Coronavirus infected patient gives birth in LUTH

A 40-year-old woman infected by  COVID-19 pandemic,  which is popularly known as coronavirus, has been delivered of a baby in Lagos.

The management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) announced on Monday, 27 April 2020, that the patient gave birth to a baby girl.

“A team of LUTH doctors, anesthetists, and nurses delivered a woman with COVID-19 of a baby girl this afternoon.

“The 40-year-old mother gave birth to a 3.3kg baby. Our gratitude goes to these gallant men and women and all warriors making the nation proud in the face of this scourge,” the hospital’s statement on Twitter reads.

The chairman of LUTH’s Medical Advisory Committee, Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, told The Punch that the baby will soon be tested for COVID-19.

“The chance of the baby being COVID-19 is unlikely but we have to take her sample for testing, but she is doing well.

“The baby is going to be with her mother in a separate ward and room in our isolation center,” he says.