Coronavirus patient released from isolation in Texas later tested positive for virus, CDC says

A novel coronavirus patient who had been quarantined in Texas after being evacuated from Wuhan, China, by the U.S. State Department tested positive for the virus after she was released from isolation, multiple news outlets are reporting.

In a Sunday news release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the patient, who had been held at a San Antonio facility for "several weeks," was released after she "met the criteria for release, including two negative test results" for the virus. However, she was again put in isolation "after a pending, subsequent lab test came up positive for the virus that causes COVID-19," the release said.

"The discharged patient had some contact with others while out of isolation, and CDC and local public health partners are following up to trace possible exposures and notify them of their potential risk," the CDC said.

According to the San Antonio Express-News, about 12 other people came into contact with the patient at a hotel.

"The fact that the CDC allowed the public to be exposed to a patient with a positive COVID-19 reading is unacceptable," San Antonio Mayor Ron Niremberg said in a statement. "We will hold the CDC accountable to providing complete transparency for the public."

COVID-2019 (formerly Novel Coronavirus 2019) UPDATE
Posted by Mayor Ron Nirenberg on Sunday, March 1, 2020