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A newborn baby in England has become the world's youngest victim to test positive for coronavirus

Newborn baby in London becomes youngest coronavirus victim in the world as his mother is treated in a separate hospital - as UK death toll reaches 11 and infections soar to almost 800
    The mother was rushed to hospital with suspected pneumonia before the birth
    Her results came back positive shortly after birth and the baby was tested
    The baby was also positive and is being treated at North Middlesex Hospital
    The mother is in a more serious condition and was moved to a specialist hospital
    Doctors do not know if the baby contracted it via the womb or during birth
    Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor?

A newborn baby in England has become the world's youngest victim to test positive for coronavirus.
The child's mother was rushed to hospital days ago with suspected pneumonia but her positive result was only known after the birth.
The UK's infection toll has soared by more than 200 in one day to around 800 with 11 fatalities in total
The pair are being treated at separate hospitals as the mother's condition is understood to be worse than the baby's.
The newborn is being treated at North Middlesex Hospital where it was born, while the mother was moved to a specialist infections hospital.

A newborn baby in England has become the world's youngest victim to test positive for coronavirus (stock image)
The baby is being treated at North Middlesex Hospital where it was born, and the mother has been moved to a specialist infections hospital

The baby is being treated at North Middlesex Hospital where it was born, and the mother has been moved to a specialist infections hospital
After doctors learned of the mother's positive result, the baby was tested very soon after its arrival, according to The Sun.
Doctors are trying to establish how the newborn contracted the virus, either through the womb or during birth. 
A source said: 'Staff in contact with both patients have been advised to self-isolate.
'Health officials are urgently trying to find out the circumstances behind their infections.'


Death toll in Wales could reach 20,000 people 

Up to 20,000 people in Wales could die amid the coronavirus outbreak in a worst-case scenario, the country's health minister has said.
Vaughan Gething laid bare the scale of the challenge the Welsh NHS is facing in a press conference in which he also announced non-urgent surgical procedures and outpatient appointments would be suspended.
Mr Gething gave the worst-case figures while responding to criticism about his repeated refusal to ask the Welsh Rugby Union to postpone Wales's Guinness Six Nations clash against Scotland in Cardiff on Saturday, following the union's own decision to do so 24 hours before kick-off.
On Thursday, he had said 'science doesn't tell us that it really makes a difference' that cancelling large events could save lives.
On Friday, Mr Gething said: 'This is actually about how we make choices based on the best scientific advice available, based on the best advice of our chief medical officers.
'That's going to be the way the government behaves, because our priority is to save as many lives as possible. And it should not get away from the fact that is what we are talking about.
'In an average flu season across the UK, there are 8-10,000 deaths. In the worst-case scenario, as you know in Wales, for coronavirus could be over 20,000 deaths.
'That's the choice we are making in how to use our resources.'

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