A tour guide in Japan tested positive for the coronavirus for a 2nd time, less than a month after recovering

[Speedy]

https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyle/20.../23935458/

A woman in her 40s living in Japan tested positive for the coronavirus for a second time on Wednesday, less than four weeks after recovering from her first infection.
The patient is a tour guide in Osaka prefecture, and first caught the disease from being on a bus with tourists from Wuhan, China, where the virus first broke out, local media said.
How she contracted the virus a second time is not yet clear.
Health experts have said that it is possible that the immune system's ability to fight coronavirus after one infection is not strong or long-lasting.

[Racer X]

Now THAT scares me more than all the other reporting. Imagine being sick 4-10 times a year with the same thing? At some point your immune system would be so beat up..........

[mattkime]

Eh, there are a lot of reasons not to think too much of this.

Just one person. Could be flaws in testing procedures, etc.

[Speedy]

“ This timeline shows her first and second infections, according to the Osaka government:

January 29: She tests positive for the first time. According to NHK, she had been on a bus with tourists from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus first broke out.
February 1: She is discharged from the hospital.
February 6: She is declared virus-free.
February 19: She goes the doctor with throat and chest pains, and is sent home afterward.
February 21, 22, and 25: She visits the doctor three more times with throat and chest pains.
February 26: She test positive for the second time.
Between February 19 and 26, she wore a mask, stayed home to rest, and had no close contact with anyone, the Osaka government said. She is now being treated in an Osaka hospital, NHK reported.“

[jonny]

She was never virus free, is my guess.

[RgrF]

More troubling would be if it doesn't leave behind some trace of immunity, if the first bout doesn't kill you the 5th or 6th will.

[pRICE cUBE]

None of the scenarios that could explain this makes puts me at ease.

[NewtonMP2100]

....they are closing Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea for at least 2 weeks because of the coronavirus......