WB’s youngest coronavirus patients discharged

Sumati Yengkhom & Suman Chakraborty TNN

Kolkata  07.04.2020

: A nine-month-old girl and her six-year-old sister, Bengal’s two youngest Covid-19 positive patients, were discharged from Beliaghata ID Hospital on Monday. Both had tested negative in confirmatory tests that were done in a 24-hour gap late on Sunday. They were released along with their mother, who had tested negative before but had to stay back in the hospital for her kids.

Along with the trio, two others — including a 51-year-old Salt Lake businessman — were released after they tested negative in the dual confirmatory tests. The Salt Lake AD block resident was treated at AMRI Salt Lake.

After the children were brought to the hospital on March 28, the state had quickly deputed a paediatrician attached with the Sagore Dutta Medical College & Hospital at Beliaghata ID. “The lower immunity of the children, particularly the ninemonth-old baby, was of particular concern to doctors. However, for the last eight days, the kids remained stable. During the SARS and MERS outbreaks before, it had also been observed that young children though susceptible to such viral diseases did not depict symptoms like adults,” a senior doctor said.

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