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Coronavirus patient gives birth in Lagos

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The Management of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, disclosed that its medical team on Monday delivered a 40-year-old Coronavirus patient, of a baby girl.

The hospital, in a tweet via its verified Twitter handle on Monday, stated: “A team of LUTH doctors, anaesthetists and nurses delivered a woman with COVID-19 of a baby girl this afternoon.

“The 40-year-old mother and 3.3kg baby are doing fine.

“Our gratitude goes to these gallant men and women and all warriors making the nation proud in the face of this scourge.”

It can be recalled that LUTH on April 19 said it had successfully delivered a 68-year-old woman of a set of twins, following an IVF conception.