Manila Bulletin
‘Baby COVID-19’ discharged from hospital in Oriental Mindoro
The youngest COVID-19 patient in the Philippines, a one-year and nine-month-old girl, has been discharged from a hospital in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro.
She tested negative for COVID-19 in her second laboratory test, and her pneumonia and other respiratory ailments, including dengue, have been treated.
The child, known as "Baby COVID-19", will undergo a 14-day home quarantine as per health protocol.
Her attending physician recommended oral medication and a 14-day quarantine at home.
Governor Humerlito A. Dolor expressed gratitude to the medical staff for the child's recovery.
The child, logged as Patient 14, had a travel history to Muntinlupa before the Luzon-wide lockdown.
A third laboratory test will be conducted at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) to comply with Department of Health protocol.
The DOH Mimaropa region has eight remaining confirmed COVID-19 cases across its provinces.
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