The patient was initially asymptomatic after traveling back to the U.S. from Wuhan, China roughly two weeks ago on a State Department chartered flight.
San Antonio, Texas Mayor Ron Nirenberg on Sunday said that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mistakenly released a patient who later tested positive for COVID-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus.
The CDC have confirmed that they are now retesting the individual, who has since been put back into quarantine at a local medical facility after having contact with others. After testing negative twice, the later test determined the patient to be"weakly positive," the CDC said in a statement.
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