The isolation period should be longer: Lesson from a child infected with SARS‐CoV‐2 in Chongqing, China

Lin, Jilei; Duan, Jun; Tan, Tingdan; Fu, Zhou; Dai, Jihong

In December 2019, COVID‐19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) outbroke in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province, China. The disease rapidly spread to other areas in China due to a huge population movement during the New Year Festival. Here, a 7‐year‐old child with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in Chongqing, outside of Wuhan, Hubei province, was reported. This case suggested that children infected with SARS‐CoV‐2 are more likely to present milder manifestations than adults. The continuous positive real‐time reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction assay for SARS‐CoV‐2 in the child's throat swab sample indicated the isolation period for suspected child cases should be longer than 14 days.