Siliguri, 26th May: Amid the rising number of coronavirus cases in the city, a coronavirus positive woman gave birth to a baby, on Tuesday, in Siliguri’s North Bengal Medical College and Hospital.
As per the information, the woman is a resident of the Atal Tea Estate area in Naxalbari, and was admitted in the isolation ward of NBMCH a few days ago. Her swab test was taken after she started showing symptoms of COVID-19, on Monday, and the report came back positive the very evening.
When the patient went into labor, the doctors and health workers of NBMCH took special care and delivered the baby wearing PPE kits. The swab test of the newborn has also be taken.