One patient we did ask about was patient 14. She is a close contact of the deceased patient 4. But she just tested positive this weekend - when we suspect she had been tested right after his death. We asked if that was a false negative:
Dr. Marvin Manzanero - Director of Health Services
"Can you comment on patient #14, a close contact to patient 4, yes? If she is a close contact why her positive test emerged 12 days later? It can happened if she did not have enough viruses being shed when she was initially screened. That could be the reason why. When she became asymptomatic and was shedding more viruses - that's when her test became positive. I don't think that was a false negative."
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