Covid-19 Patient gives birth in Ogun

A TWENTY-eight-year-old COVID-19 patient has successfully put to bed at the State Hospital, Ijaye in Abeokuta.

Commissioner for Health Dr. Tomi Coker confirmed this on Wednesday while congratulating the health workers who took delivery of the patient’s baby at the hospital.

She said a dedicated team of doctors, midwives and other health workers took the safe delivery of the mother, who was asymptomatic, in the early hours of Tuesday without putting their health and others at risk.

She noted that the decision to celebrate the health workers was to appreciate their longstanding professional efforts towards containing further spread of the deadly virus.

The husband of the patient, who pleaded anonymity, appreciated God and the team of healthcare workers for the safe delivery of the newborn