COVID positive woman’s baby tests negative

The two-day old baby boy born to a COVID-19 positive patient at Gandhi Hospital, tested negative on Saturday.

Both the mother and child are admitted to different wards.

Superintendent of Gandhi Hospital M. Raja Rao said that a second test would also be conducted on the newborn.

This was the first case in Telangana where a COVID-19 woman delivered a baby.

After the birth, the newborn was admitted to the paediatric ward of the hospital. The mother continues to recover at the Obstetrics and Gynaecology department’s post operative ward for COVID-19 patients.

Associate professor at the department Anita Siddu said that the mother was safe. She does not have any co-morbidities.