Six-week-old baby test positive to Coronavirus in Lagos

A six-week-old baby has tested positive to COVID-19. According to the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, the baby and the mother recently returned to the Country from the United States. The Minister disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday.

The Minister noted that three of the five new positive cases came from the United States, while two came in from the United Kingdom. “We are collating information on the travellers. Two of the three from the US are Nigerians, a mother and child, making the six-week-old baby the youngest COVID-19 patient we have, and the 3rd is an American national, who crossed the land border and becomes the first COVID-19 case not arriving by air. The two cases from the UK are Nigerians.

“A detailed travel history of each person is being compiled and contacts currently being traced to identify persons who have recently been in contact with any of them.
“The National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) led by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and supported by partners, is supporting response in the states. The Federal Ministry of Health is also conducting a risk assessment to help guide decision making,” the minister said.