Woman cured but her newborn twins infected

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Palanpur: 23.05.2020

In an unfortunate twist of events, while the Covid positive mother from Malipur village, 5kms off Vadnagar, got cured of infection, her healthy twin babies have tested positive of coronavirus on Friday.

Medical superintendent of Vadnagar medical college HD Palekar said that it is probably the state’s first instance when newborn infants have tested positive.

The set of twins, a boy and a girl, born to the 30-year-old woman from Mehsana district on May 16, were tested for the virus as per the health guidelines. “While the boy tested positive of coronavirus on May 18, the girl’s reports came on Friday,” Palekar said.

Earlier, the delivery of the twins were fraught with danger as the mother, who had tested Covid positive, needed an emergency caesarean section to help save all the three lives.

“The baby boy had tested positive earlier, but the girl had then tested negative. But, 48 hours later we got her tested again and she too tested positive,” Palekar added.

The twins after their birth

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