Karnataka: Mom positive, breastfeeds toddler in another ward

KOLAR: Steps were taken to separate a two-month-old baby boy from his lactating mother after she tested positive and was rushed to Covid hospital in Malur taluk of Kolar district. The baby is now in an isolation ward at SNR Hospital in Kolar and a couple of relatives and nursing staff are taking care of him.
Dr SG Narayanaswamy, district surgeon, said the woman, from Ettukodi in Malur taluk, gave birth to a baby boy at a hospital in Bagalur, near Hosur in Tamil Nadu, on May 5.She returned to Ettukodi on June 6 and complained of fever on July 3. On Sunday evening, her swab samples tested positive.
Dr Chandan, nodal officer of Malur taluk, said the mother can breast feed her baby after taking all precautions. To enable this, the baby has been kept at the same hospital as the mother, but in a separate ward, he said.
The Kolar city municipal council office was sealed on Monday after a staffer and a relative of his tested positive. The entire office premises and for all vehicles attached to CMC was sanitised. The staffer who tested positive had reportedly gone to Andhra Pradesh a few days ago.