Parents of newborn both had Covid-19

On March 19, Mrs Natasha Ling and her husband Pele boarded a night flight from London to Singapore, just two hours before she entered her 36th week of pregnancy when she would have been barred from flying.

Research and tests are yet to be completed but doctors also told the couple that all evidence and understanding of Covid-19 suggests Boaz could be the first Singaporean to be born with Covid-19 antibodies, although whether they confer lifelong immunity is still being debated in the scientific community.

Getting a face mask before their trip proved even more difficult than getting their air tickets. The couple went to scores of pharmacies before they found just one, which cost £20 ."There were people wearing homemade hazmat suits, painting overalls and ski goggles. It was the weirdest flight ever. Natasha told me off because I was trying to take photos," Mr Ling recalls with a grin.

But their ordeal was not over; in fact, it was just beginning. The baby was expected on April 17, and the couple barely had four weeks - for two of which they had to remain home-bound - to find an obstetrician. There was also the chance that Mrs Ling could go into labour during their SHN. Later that day, a terribly anxious Mrs Ling got herself tested and spent the night alone. Like her husband, she had lost her sense of taste and smell but displayed no other symptoms. The next day, the dreaded call came.

"One was in front of me, one was beside me, one was pushing me and another group was shouting 'get out of the way, get out of the way' along the corridor. A lot of people were taking photos. It was funny even though it was horrible.""No one was communicating with me about what was going to happen. I felt everything was out of my control," she says.

Meanwhile, Mr Ling got himself transferred to NUH after much wrangling. He was"reunited" with his wife only a few days later when they were placed in opposite wards with other Covid-19 patients.

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