Mother infected with coronavirus in China gives birth to a healthy baby girl

A 33-year-old Chinese woman infected with dely coronavirus pneumonia has given birth to a healthy baby girl with infection in rthwest China's Shaanxi Province, state media reported on Tuesday.

Chinese woman was at 37th week of gestation when she gave birth via caesarean to a baby with a weight of 2,730 grams at Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi on Monday, Xinhua news ncy reported.

infant, whose first nucleic acid test associated with vel coronavirus was negative, is receiving intensive care and will be tested again in next few days to confirm absence of virus, according to provincial centre for disease control and prevention.

woman and infant have been transferred to fever ward and neonatal isolation ward, respectively, for follow-up care and treatment. Both of m are currently in a stable condition, Liu Ming, director of medical ministration department of hospital said.

On February 7, woman was transferred from central hospital of city of Shangluo to designated hospital where a workgroup consisting of medical experts came up with a series of treatment plans and me preparations to ensure safety of patient and her baby, according to Liu.

Two obstetricians, two anessiologists, a midwife, three neonatologists and two nurses participated in cesarean section.

On Wednesday, a 30-hour-old infant born in a Wuhan hospital became youngest person to catch virus.

CCTV reported infected baby may be a case of "vertical transmission," referring to infections passed from mor to child during pregnancy, childbirth or right after.

On February 3, news ncy reported that a baby born in January to an infected mor h tested negative.

disease is believed to have emerged in December in a Wuhan market that sold wild animals, and spre rapidly.

death toll in China's vel coronavirus outbreak has gone up to 1,016 with 108 new fatalities reported mostly in worst-affected Hubei province while confirmed cases of infection have soared to 42,638, Chinese health officials said on Tuesday.

Outside China, re have been more than 350 infections reported in almost 30 places with two deaths, one in Philippines and or in Hong Kong. 

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