A 40-year-old Coronavirus patient has been delivered of a baby girl on Monday at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
The hospital broke the news in a tweet on Monday afternoon, saying the mother and child are well and alive.
The tweet reads;
A team of LUTH Drs, anaesthetists & nurses delivered a woman with Covid19 of a baby girl this afternoon 40yr old mother & 3.3kg baby are doing fine. Our gratitude go to these gallant men & women & all warriors making d nation proud in d face of this scourge.
A team of LUTH Drs, anaesthetists & nurses delivered a woman with Covid19 of a baby girl this afternoon
40yr old mother & 3.3kg baby are doing fine
Our gratitude go to these gallant men & women & all warriors making d nation proud in d face of this scourge#WeShallOvercome pic.twitter.com/rx8VVoLUJi
— LUTH (@LUTHofficial) April 27, 2020
The Chairman Medical Advisory Committee of the hospital, Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo said the newborn was doing well but her sample would be taken for a test soon, the Punch reports.
He said;
The chance of the baby being COVID-19 is unlikely but we have to take her sample for testing, but she is doing well. The baby is going to be with her mother in a separate ward and room in our isolation centre.
