A Surat returnee pregnant woman, who had tested positive for coronavirus delivered twins at the MKCG Medical College Hospital here on Wednesday.
The woman was admitted to the special Covid-19 ward of the hospital after she complained of labour pain.
Source said that she gave birth to a baby boy and girl at the hospital and both the patient and her twins are stable.
The pregnant woman had returned to Ganjam district from Surat in Gujarat with her husband amid lockdown. Following their return, the couple was under Government quarantine as part of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) guidelines.
On Tuesday, a 28-year-old woman, who had returned from Surat, delivered a baby boy at an institutional quarantine in Ganjam district.
As per reports, the woman Santoshini Pradhan along with husband Driver Pradhan was staying at the institutional quarantine in Mardakota Harihar High School under Beguniapada block since May 6 after the couple’s return from Surat. Santoshini underwent labour in the afternoon and gave birth to the baby boy at 3.59 pm at the quarantine centre.
Getting information, a local doctor reached the quarantine centre and carried out medical examination of Santoshini and her baby. Both the woman and her baby are doing fine, the doctor said.