COVID-19 has spread worldwide since it began in late 2019, becoming a threat to global health. Recently, Li Tan et al reported a special case of a family cluster with a mild type of COVID‐19, in which treatment with plasma from recovered COVID‐19 patients efficiently cleared out the virus infection.

Coronavirus disease‐19 (COVID‐19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), has become a threat to global health. The clinical spectrum in COVID‐19 patients presents diversety. Viral shedding is a critical indicator for prognosis, and prolonged viral shedding always predicts a poor outcome. In this report, however, we describe a special case of a family cluster with a mild type of COVID‐19. In one family member, the duration from illness onset has persisted for over 49 days till now, which is the longest duration of viral shedding in symptomatic patients as far as we know. Nevertheless, this case shows a mild infectivity and a better status comparing with most cases. Fortunately, treatment with plasma from recovered COVID‐19 patients efficiently cleared out the virus infection. This report describes the detailed epidemiologic and clinical information of this special patient and his close contacts, which might provide rationale for reasonable treatment and public health management.

Fig. 1 Dynamic assessment of symptoms, body temperatures and viral infection status of Case 1 (A) and Case 2 (B) from 25 January to 19 March 2020.

Article Access: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mco2.2

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