Covid negative mother delivers covid positive baby

Banaras: In a one-of-a-kind incident that has been reported in Varanasi, a woman delivered a covid positive baby even after testing negative for the contagion. The delivery took place at the SS Hospital in Banaras Hindu University on May 25.

There have been instances of Covid19 positive mothers delivering healthy babies who test negative but this one case is a one-of-a-kind.

Also read: Assam Covid Updates: 83 deaths, 5704 new covid cases reported in the last 24 hours

Thirty-two-year-old businessman Anil Prajapati told The Hindu that his wife Supriya was admitted on May 24 and the hospital got her Covid tests done the same day through RT-PCR. The report showed negative.

However, when Supriya delivered the baby girl the very next day, the baby tested positive as per the RT-PCR report on May 26.

Also read: Power of social media: All five accused in the viral sexual abuse video case arrested

“The baby’s sample was taken from the operation theatre even before the child was given to us… It’s strange. I did feel some anxiety. We can’t understand if the test reports are faulty,” Prajapati told the newspaper.

Both, the mother and the newborn, are doing fine.

The post Covid negative mother delivers covid positive baby appeared first on Prag News.

from Prag News https://ift.tt/3oY5FYn
via IFTTT