4-month-old girl recovers from coronavirus in UAE

A four-month-old Egyptian baby admitted at a hospital in Dubai in the third week of April after testing positive for Covid-19, has been released after overcoming the disease.

The girl has left the at Dubai's Al Zahra Hospital with her parents after the third negative Covid-19 test.

The parents took her for testing after the oldest 15-year-old son tested positive for Covid - 19. The baby was running a slight fever and started coughing, the same symptoms experienced by her 15-year-old bother. The mother, father and middle sibling all tested negative for the virus.

"We were really worried as baby T.M is only 4 months old and we knew she had to be placed in isolation. Al Zahra Hospital Dubai allowed me to stay with her and with my three-year old toddler at the hospital,"he mother of the baby said

"It is a frightening thing for a parent to have their children infected with COVID 19. But the hospital staff has been very helpful in putting us at ease and supporting us through the recovery journey." she added.

Dr. Yasser El Nakhlawi, American Board-Certified Pediatrics Consultant and the treating doctor of the patient said: "The baby came in with mild symptoms and remained in stable condition throughout her stay in the hospital."

"At the beginning of the outbreak, it seemed that the number of infected children was not high. However, we now see an increase in the number of children with Covid-19. At this point it is believed that children are at the same risk of acquiring the COVID-19 virus as adults, but luckily their symptoms are milder" he added.