A patient in San Antonio, Texas was released from quarantine and later tested positive for coronavirus

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• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) admitted on Sunday that it released a patient from quarantine who later tested positive for COVID-19. 
• In a statement, the CDC said an individual was being treated at a local medical facility for several weeks after returning to the US from Wuhan, China.
• The patient was discharged after meeting all of CDC's criteria for release but was later brought back under quarantine after testing positive for the disease.
• San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said in a statement that the CDC's actions were "unacceptable."
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Sunday that a patient in San Antonio, Texas, who was being treated for COVID-19, was released from quarantine but later returned after testing positive for the disease.

The coronavirus, which causes a disease known as COVID-19, has spread to at least 60 other countries and has killed more than 3,000 people and infected over 89,000 more. 

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