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Let's talk more with Cho Dong-chan, a medical journalist.

Q. Why is the patient discharged?

[Cho Dong-chan / Medical Reporter (Professional): Patient 2 is now eligible for discharge even if strict MERS standards are applied. The symptoms disappeared and the test didn't show the virus twice every 24 hours, so if you were in China and Thailand, you would probably have been discharged. But let's go much safer, and let's check again to see if we can be 100% sure there is no contagion. Since it's a new species, it's a good idea to beat a stone bridge.]

Q. What difficulties do patients have?

[Cho Dong-chan / medical journalist (specialist): Yes, being hospitalized alone in an isolation ward can give a psychological trauma in itself. In addition, social interest is so great that patients are hurt by articles and comments. Physicians say that mental health medicine and specialist psychotherapy also need to be combined. Perhaps more than 900 contacts in self-containment may have some degree of heartache, and social considerations are necessary for this.]

Q. Are AIDS and flu medicines effective?

[Cho Dong-chan / medical journalist (specialist): About three weeks ago, a Chinese research team said it was trying to cure AIDS, and this time, the Thai research team announced that it was cured by using AIDS treatment and flu treatment together. It's a bit similar. So I've tried before, and there's a risk of toxicity because I have to use too much medicine to kill the corona virus as an AIDS treatment. Influenza treatment alone had no effect on the corona virus, but a recent international paper was published. However, the Thai research team used a combination of flu and AIDS medications. It is.

However, it is impossible for domestic experts to generalize to just one treatment experience, because our country is currently treating patients with new corona without treatment. I would also like to thank all those struggling to quarantine, epidemiologically and cure for new corona patients.]

▶ Patient 2, reviewed the first hospital discharge in Korea. Patient 1 is in close proximity
▶ Patient 2, stable without any treatment… What are the status of other patients?