The district administration has ruled out COVID-19 infection for the two children who died at Government Medical College Hospital, Manjeri, on Saturday.
A 50-day-old child of a couple from Palakkad and a two-day-old infant of a couple from Pulikkal died at the hospital on Saturday. There were rumours that both died of COVID-19.
District Collector K. Gopalakrishnan said here that both were tested negative for coronavirus.
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