LUCKNOW: A three-month-old baby boy tested positive for Covid-19 in
Basti district of Uttar Pradesh. The patient is contact and relative of Hasnain Ali, the 24-year-old youth who had died from
coronavirus at BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur.
According to data from the health department, the baby is UP’s youngest coronavirus positive patient. Prior to him, an eight-month-old baby in Noida tested positive to the infection and was declared as the youngest case of covid-19 in the state.
Born to a couple in Chembur area, the baby is undergoing treatment at the Kasturba Hospital.
Giving details about the patient, Basti DM Ashutosh Niranjan said: “the baby belongs to the family of Hasnain Ali – the youth who died of covid-19 after. The baby is the child of one of his contacts and could have contracted the infection from his mother. The report of the baby’s mother was awaited".
It may be noted that Hasnain Ali died on March 31. Among his contains, 14 have tested positive to the infection excluding the baby. Reports of several contacts are expected today.
Niranjan is also writing to BRD Medical College to take the baby under their care. “It is known that the immunity levels of a baby are low and in the best interest of this infant’s health, we have written to the BRD Medical College authorities to admit the baby in their paediatric ward,” he said.
The officer also said that the baby’s mother may be allowed to stay with him. In Lucknow too, when a two and a half-year-old baby was diagnosed with the pandemic infection, the mother was allowed to stay with him.