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They survived the coronavirus. Then they tested positive again. Why?

BEIJING - The neighbors were free at last.

After weeks of confinement to their apartments because one person in the building had tested positive for coronavirus, they were throwing a party to celebrate his recovery and their release.

It was Feb. 24, and Mr. Wang, a resident of Xuzhou, in Jiangsu province, appeared to have emerged victorious from a monthlong battle with the illness. Sixty-five residents of his building gathered downstairs to greet Wang with bouquets of pink flowers, a cake with a flamingo on it, and a red banner that read: "With strong neighborly feelings, we welcome you home."

They pressed in close around him for a group photo that was captured in a local news video.

Three days later, though, Wang tested positive for the coronavirus again. He was re-hospitalized

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