BEIJING, China (AFP): A baby in China’s epidemic-hit Wuhan city has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus just 30 hours after being born, Chinese state media reported Wednesday. The infant is the youngest person recorded as being infected by the novel coronavirus, which has killed nearly 500 people since emerging late last year. The mother had tested positive for the novel coronavirus before she gave birth. The official Xinhua news agency reported Monday that a baby born last week to an infected mother had tested negative. China’s national health commission said on Tuesday that the oldest person diagnosed with the novel coronavirus is a 90-year-old, and that 80 percent of reported deaths have been of patients 60 years of age and older.

Source: The Star February 05, 2020 13:30 UTC