Reinfected. When all this first started going, there was conversation about reinfection.

[LizBeth]

Then I started hearing that one could not be reinfected. A couple days ago I read in Japan a woman was infected twice. It seems pretty solid. Yet, I am not hearing any conversation about reinfection and to me that would be a big difference in the conversation. Has anyone else heard anything on this? Opinions?

https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-02-27-20-intl-hnk/h_8adfa7d440622ec4a812da0cf5726e91?fbclid=IwAR1cEiweVKeD2NLACLXZwU4L0nWdxcQh0QDwNzqbTfl6c7f4kAaqhzoS1Cg

8:29 a.m. ET, February 27, 2020

Japanese woman reinfected with coronavirus weeks after initial recovery

From CNN's Junko Ogura in Tokyo

The 40-year-old woman, an Osaka resident, tested positive on Wednesday after developing chest pains and a sore throat, the prefectural government said in a statement. She first tested positive in late January and was discharged from hospital on February 1, after being treated for symptoms at a hospital in Osaka.

The Japanese Ministry of Health guidelines state that coronavirus patients must get tested twice before their release.

The woman had contact with tourists from Wuhan while working as a tour guide in mid-January. An Osaka prefectural official told CNN that she did not attend work, wore a mask at all times and did not have close contact with anyone while she was not in a medical facility.