Sad! 6 Weeks Old Baby Is Nigeria’s Youngest Coronavirus Patient

A six week old baby has tested positive to Coronavirus in Lagos, being the first youngest case in Nigeria and the second in the world (after a 29-day old baby in Phillipines.)
The baby’s case was announced by Prof. Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health who stated that it was not clear how the baby contracted the virus, if from his mother’s womb or breast milk.Sad! 6 Weeks Old Baby Is Nigeria's Youngest Coronavirus Patient
Speaking in a video which he shared on Twitter, Akin Abayomi noted this is the first case of mother-to-child transmission as the mother was admitted only for the new born to be found infected. He added that research for the means of transmission will become clear as research is going on.
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We have seen mother to child transmission, we admitted a mother and her 6-weeks old child, it is not clear how the child got infected. Either through the womb or through breast milk or by close proximity of the child to the mother. We haven’t got enough information globally to distinguish or get a clear information of how the child could be infected by the mother and as we see more cases we would understand more“, he said.
Sad! 6 Weeks Old Baby Is Nigeria's Youngest Coronavirus Patient
Akin Abayomi reporting the 6-weeks-olds case
Photos Credit: Twitter

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