Now corona virus has started hitting the neo-natal arena with two cases appearing from East Midnapore.
According to sources in the State Health Department two infants have been identified with suffering from the deadly virus and had been undergoing treatment at a private hospital at Kolaghat 60 km off Kolkata. The incident came to light when the two patients showed corona like symptoms. “Anti-body was found in their body,” doctors said adding both the patients were serious and were in neo-natal care unit.
The first victim is 6-day-old and the second one is 13-day-old, said the doctors treating them adding “while one is from Haldia the other is from Bhagbanpur both in East Midnapore.”
Though the doctors could not confirm for sure how the patients contacted the disease they said the little ones might have got the virus from their mothers who were not tested before admission or during delivery.