Three babies in the UK have now caught coronavirus

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Two of the babies are newborns.

His mum Myroslava Coates told Sky News she took him to see a doctor in Manchester on Monday after he developed a fever, and they were told he had tested positive.She said: ‘We weren’t expecting that. Cassian had a fever and cold but not the cough and symptoms everyone was talking about.‘We were told to go home to self-isolate for two weeks and keep giving him Calpol as if it was a cold.’

Health officials at the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston, said a baby was among three new cases identified in the area today.A hospital spokesman said: ‘An extensive ‘contact tracing’ exercise is now under way by Public Health England to trace anyone who might have had close contact. ‘Close contacts will be given health advice about symptoms and what to do if they become unwell in the 14 days after they had contact with the confirmed case.’

 

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