A set of twin babies have contracted the Covid-19 infection. They are eight days old and undergoing treatment at the KIMS Covid Hospital here.
The twins are one of the youngest patients for the viral infection in the State.
As per reports, their mother had initially tested negative for the virus in Jharsuguda, where the family of the twins lives.
But after the woman’s condition worsened, she was brought to the Sambalpur Covid Hospital on September 7.
During a test at the Sambalpur hospital, the woman’s report mentioned she was positive for the virus. Due to her health complications, doctors made an early delivery of the woman during her seven-month pregnancy.The woman gave birth to the twins at the Sambalpur hospital on September 8.
Two days later, she died during her treatment.When doctors sent samples of the twin babies for tests, they were found to be Covid positive.