A 16-day-old baby in Manila has successfully been nursed to health after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The Department of Health (DOH) announced in a Facebook post on Thursday the neonate is the country’s youngest COVID-19 survivor.
The baby stayed at the National Children’s Hospital for 11 days.
“Our frontliners at the National Children’s Hospital tirelessly took care of the neonate for 11 days and successfully nursed him back to health,” the Facebook post read.
The details of how the baby contracted the disease were not mentioned.
Earlier, the health department revealed that six out of 25 infants with COVID-19 have died.
