Months-old baby tests positive for COVID-19 in Lebanon

Months-old baby tests positive for COVID-19 in Lebanon

Author: Thu, 2021-01-21 22:39

BEIRUT: A four-month-old baby boy has become the youngest person to test positive for coronavirus in Lebanon.

The infant returned the positive test alongside his six-year-old sister and both his parents.

The boy's father, Mazen Al-Muqaddam, revealed the test results, saying that his son's symptoms "are still tolerable“ and that the family is receiving treatment while quarantining at home in the southern village of Toul.

"My son Mohammed started showing symptoms three days ago. He was coughing and unable to sleep,“ the father said.

"Doctors told us that we caught the virus a week ago. We still do not know how. For nine months we have been following all the necessary preventive measures.“

Despite eight days of total lockdown, the number of coronavirus cases in Lebanon is still rising, with 64 deaths recorded on Wednesday.

A 24-year-old woman was among the latest victims.

The latest surge in cases has filled public and private hospital emergency wards, and stretched medical and nursing staff to the limit.

A Supreme Defense Council meeting led by President Michel Aoun on Thursday decided to extend the lockdown until Feb. 8.

Lebanon is expected to start receiving the Pfizer vaccine early in February, with Hassan Diab, the country's caretaker prime minister, confirming that "all