Published 16:04 IST, April 9th 2020
Thailand hospital designs face shields for newborn babies to protect them from coronavirus
Thailand hospital has created a face shield for infants to take special care of newborn babies amid the COVID-19 and to prevent them from getting infected.
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People across world are taking to invation in order to prevent spre of vel coronavirus as a cure or vaccine to treat disease is yet to be discovered. A hospital in Thailand has created a face shield for infants to take special care of newborn babies amid COVID-19 outbreak. Hospitals across globe are full of coronavirus positive patients and at same time health care facilities are also responsible for delivering healthy babies. So, Paolo Hospital in Thailand came up with this unique shield to protect babies from contracting coronavirus.
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Paolo Hospital in country's Samut Prakarn province took to its Facebook handle to share information about its latest personal protective equipment creation. In picture shared by hospital, one can see a newborn baby wearing protective gear along with a nurse who is holding infant. post has garnered more than 5,000 likes since it was shared on Facebook on April 3.
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According to data by worldometer, Thailand has so far recorded more than 2,400 confirmed coronavirus cases, of which 54 came in last 24 hours. re are currently 1,451 active cases in country with 61 of m under critical condition. As per data, Thailand has logged in 32 deaths due to COVID-19, while it has successfully treated 940 people.
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Coronavirus outbreak
dely coronavirus infection has claimed nearly 88,900 lives across world and has infected over 15,23,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China was most affected country until last month before Italy and Spain surpassed it to record most number of deaths anywhere in world due to COVID-19. United States, France, United Kingdom, and Iran have also overtaken China in terms of COVID-19 death toll. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally.
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16:14 IST, April 9th 2020