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The Health Department says that as of April 30, a total of 26 babies had contracted the coronavirus disease in the Philippines, 6 of whom died.
BABY CHECK. A doctor checks on a baby. Image from Shutterstock.com
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) said that as of Thursday, April 30, the youngest coronavirus patient in the country was a 9-day-old baby in Cebu.
“We are verifying the accuracy of the data we have been receiving, but this is the youngest according to our epidemiology office,” DOH Deputy Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a mixture of English and Filipino during a press conference. virtual.
On April 21, DOH Central Visayas reported that a Cebu newborn tested positive for the virus. However, the baby’s mother was negative for the disease.
A total of 26 babies had contracted the virus as of Thursday, 6 of whom died, the DOH said.
Vergeire said there was still no evidence that pregnant women can infect their babies “vertically.”
“Most of these cases, it seems, are paglabas ng bata ay baka doon nakuha [‘yung virus]. ‘Yung mga bata paglabas can pulmunya, as small as positive,” Vergeire said.
(In most of these cases, the baby apparently contracted the virus when they were born. The babies were diagnosed with pneumonia and tested positive for the virus.)
Among the babies who contracted the virus is 16-day-old Kobe, who recently recovered after 11 days in hospital confinement. National Children’s Hospital in the city of Quezon. He was discharged on Tuesday, April 28. (READ: This is how you can help baby Kobe, a survivor of the newborn coronavirus)
As of Wednesday, the Philippines recorded 8,212 coronavirus cases, including 588 deaths and 1,023 recoveries. – Rappler.com
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