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One-month-old baby tests positive for COVID-19 in Bandung

A 1.5-month-old baby has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently receiving treatment at Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, West Java.

Arya Dipa (The Jakarta Post)
Bandung
Mon, March 23, 2020

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One-month-old baby tests positive for COVID-19 in Bandung A 1.5-month-old baby has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently receiving treatment at Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, West Java. (Shutterstock/-)

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1-month-old baby has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently receiving treatment at Hasan Sadikin Hospital (RSHS) in Bandung, West Java.

A hospital spokesperson said on Sunday that the hospital treated 23 patients who were under surveillance for COVID-19. Seven of them, whose ages range from 24 to 53 years old, tested positive for the coronavirus disease.

Previously, three patients under surveillance at the hospital died within three days, with a 53-year-old man and 41-year-old man dying on Thursday and a 69-year-old man dying on Saturday.

The 69-year-old passed away before his lab results came in.

As of Sunday, the RSHS had put 196 people under general monitoring for COVID-19. (aly)

 

 

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