Ludhiana: A two-month-old boy tested positive for Covid-19 at CMCH on Tuesday. He is the youngest patient of the disease in the district so far.
CMCH officials said the baby, of Makkar Colony, Giaspura, had to undergo a surgery for urinary tract infection about a month ago. Recently, he had fever, so his parents took him to civil hospital. After his condition deteriorated, the doctors referred him to CMCH, they added.
The officials said usually, they don’t do Covid test of all babies brought for treatment. Since the baby had some symptoms, he was tested through TrueNat technique after hospital admission on Tuesday. The report came positive, they added.
CMCH professor of pediatrics Dr Monica Sharma said, “Both the TrueNat and x-ray confirmed that the baby has Covid. He has pneumonia and is on non-invasive ventilator. As of now, his condition is stable.”
His parents have been asked to get themselves tested for the disease.
On September 5, 2020, a nine-month-old baby had died after testing positive for Covid.