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Covid-19-infected mother gives birth in Da Nang
Updated: 21:08, 16/08/2020
A woman being treated for Covid-19 in the central city of Da Nang has given birth to a healthy baby girl.
It is the first time anyone with coronavirus in Vietnam has had a baby.
The baby was born at Hoa Vang Covid-19 treatment hospital on August 15, weighing three kilograms. The child is currently incubated, but doctors said both the baby and her mother are in good health.
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A team of doctors help a COVID-19 patient give birth at the Hoa Vang field hospital in Da Nang. |
Tests will be carried to determine if the virus has been passed on to the newborn, although the Ministry of Health said there is no evidence to suggest SARS-CoV-2 could transmit from mother to baby.
The mother is 35-years-old and works at a factory in Hoa Khanh Industrial Zone. She tested positive on July 30.
Empowered by the Prime Minister, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung on August 14 presented medical equipment worth US$60,000 as a relief package of the Vietnamese Government and people to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to support their fight against Covid-19.
First phase of human trials on a made-in-Vietnam Covid-19 vaccine could begin as early as this October.
Acting Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long proposed raising the level of Covid-19 alert in the community during a meeting of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control in Hanoi on August 14.
(BGO) – As of August 13, Bac Giang
province recorded 3,006 people relating to Covid-19 patients, including 74 F1,
994 F2 and 1,932 F3.
Social distancing regulations have been imposed across Hai Duong city in the northern province of Hai Duong as from 0:00 on August 14 after three Covid-19 cases were confirmed in the locality.
Source: NDO/VNA
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