In what would be Chandigarh’s youngest COVID-19 positive case so far, a 10-month old girl has been tested positive for the deadly disease.
The baby girl and her 59-year old grandmother were tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.The infant is the daughter of NRI couple who had come from Canada on March 13 and was tested positive of Coronavirus on March 30. The Sector 33-A based Non-Resident Indian couple had developed symptoms on March 26 and got admitted to the GMCH-32 on March 28.
The couple was not on the passengers list sent to the Chandigarh Administration by the Centre and also did not follow the 14-day quarantine as per the protocol. As many as 58 persons have been put under quarantine from Sector 33-A till Thursday evening.
“A 59 years old female and 10 months old baby girl (child and her grandmother), living in Chandigarh who are primary family contacts of NRI couple (positive for COVID-19) have also tested positive. All of them are admitted at GMCH-32,” said an official spokesman. The spokesman said that three contacts of a neighbouring family have also been admitted in GMCH-32.
With two more fresh positive cases of COVID-19 in the city, the total number of cases has jumped to 18 in the city. More than 1200 are currently under home quarantine in the city. So far, 124 persons have been tested for COVID-19 in the city, out of which 18 have been tested positive.
