Philippines: 16-day-old infant recovers from COVID-19
11:32, 30/04/2020, ThursdayU: Update: 11:34, 30/04/2020, Thursday
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Infant becomes youngest survivor in country, health authorities say
Philippines on Thursday said a 16-day-old infant successfully recovered from coronavirus, becoming the youngest survivor in the country.
According to the Health Department, the baby remained in the National Children’s Hospital in Quezon City, northeast of capital's Manila, for 11 days.
"Meet our youngest COVID-19 survivor! Baby, a 16-day old baby who conquered COVID-19," the department said on Twitter.
It also shared pictures of the baby.
"Our frontliners at the National Children's Hospital tirelessly took care of the neonate for 11 days and successfully nursed him back to health," the Health Department said.
Philippines has so far reported 8,212 cases with 558 deaths, while 1,023 people successfully recovered and discharged from the hospital, according to the country’s Health Ministry.
*Writing by Islamuddin Sajid
