A tiny baby – born overnight in the UK – has become the world’s youngest case of coronavirus.
The child’s mother had been rushed to a London hospital days earlier with suspected pneumonia, reports
The Sun. Overnight, she and her tot were being treated at separate hospitals in North London’s Edmonton.
The mum was tested at North Middlesex Hospital but her positive result was known only after the birth. The baby was tested within minutes of arrival.
Medics are still trying to establish whether the tot was infected during birth, or contracted the virus in the womb. The baby remains at the hospital while the mum has been moved to a specialist infections hospital.
Newborn baby becomes world’s youngest corovirus victim
