14% of recovered coronavirus patients in China tests Positive again

14 PER CENT of the recovered coronavirus patients in China have tested positive again for the deadly virus, medical experts have confirmed.

Research shows that 3 per cent to 14 per cent of coronavirus patients that were previously give the all clear, are now testing positive again.

    The news came as experts fear China may be facing a second wave of the outbreak, due to the ‘silent carriers’ who don’t show any symptoms and an increase in the numbers of imported cases.

Millions of residents that live in the Hubei province, the centre of the pandemic, have been told they can now leave after officials lifted a two-month lockdown to prevent the spread.

Wang Wei, director of Wuhan Tongii Hospital, confirmed that five out of 147 patients tested positive again after their recovery.

Globally, over 430,000 people are infected with the deadly disease and nearly 20,000 people have died.