#CoronavirusUpdate: Infected 17 Day Old Baby In China Recovers Without Medication

Chinese Doctors says that a 17-day-old baby who contracted the novel Coronavirus at birth had recovered without taking any medication.

#CoronavirusUpdate: Infected 17 Day Old Baby In China Recovers Without Medication
#CoronavirusUpdate: Infected 17 Day Old Baby In China Recovers Without Medication

Reports have it that the baby was born by a mother who was already infected with the disease in Wuhan.

Dailymail reports that the newborn is the youngest patient to have recovered from the virus in China so far.

She left the hospital on Friday after making a full recovery on her own without the help of medication.

According to People’s Daily, the baby was transferred to Wuhan Children’s Hospital on the same day she was born and it was discovered that she had the virus shortly after.

The girl, known as Xiao Xiao, had an infection in her respiratory system and minor myocardial damage, said Dr Zeng Lingkong, director of the Department of Neonatology at the hospital.

Because the girl’s symptoms were not obvious, doctors decided not to give her antibiotic medication and let her overcome the disease on her own.

Dr Zeng speaking with a state broadcaster for CCTV said, “She did not have obvious difficulties in breathing, did not cough or have fevers, therefore we only gave her treatment for her myocardial condition.”

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