Covid negative mom gives birth to Covid+ baby

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<strong>A Covid negative mother has given birth to a baby who tested positive immediately after being born.<br />
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The 26-year-old mother had tested negative for coronavirus before the delivery when she was admitted to SSL Hospital in Banaras Hindu University on May 24.<br />
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On May 25, the woman gave birth to a baby girl who was tested for coronavirus just after her birth.<br />
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The new-born's test report came positive despite her mother testing negative for the virus.<br />
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The family and doctors are shocked over the new born being Covid positive. The BHU hospital has said they will test the two again in a few days for Covid.<br />
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SSL hospital medical superintendent K.K. Gupta said that this was not a rare or abnormal incident.<br />
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"The RT-PCR test's sensitivity was up to 70 per cent. The woman's sample might have gone beyond that sensitivity. So the woman's Covid-19 test would be done again," he said.<br />
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Both, the mother and her new born, are doing fine.<br />
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Varanasi Chief Medical Officer B.B. Singh said the RT-PCR tests will be conducted again. "I have been informed about the case, but we can say something only after their re-examination."</p>