Newborn becomes youngest person diagnosed with coronavirus

AKIPRESS.COM - A Chinese newborn has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus just 30 hours after birth, the youngest case recorded so far, state media said. The baby was born on 2 February in Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus, BBC reports.
The baby's mother tested positive before she gave birth. It is unclear how the disease was transmitted - in the womb, or after birth.
Only a handful of children have come down with the virus, which has killed 565 people and infected 28,018.
All but one of the deaths were in China.
State media outlet Xinhua reported news of the infection late on Wednesday.
It added that the baby, who weighed 3.25kg at birth (7lbs 2oz), was now in a stable condition and under observation.