COVID-19 in US: First Infant Death Due to Coronavirus Recorded

First death from an infant who tested positive for coronavirus has been recorded in the US. The baby died in Chicago, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr Ngozi Ezike said, BBC reported.

"There has never before been a death associated with Covid-19 in an infant. A full investigation is under way to determine the cause of death," Dr Ezike said.

‘Coronavirus infections can be prevented with the practice of good hygiene. Wear a fitted mask with the absorbent white surface facing the mouth to absorb the germs that you cough out.’

"We must do everything we can to prevent the spread of this deadly virus. If not to protect ourselves, but to protect those around us."

The death of a child less than a year old with coronavirus was previously reported in China, but that child had a pre-existing condition.

Source: IANS