11 months old child defeats COVID-19

Kathmandu:An 11-months-old child suffering from COVID-19 defeated Covid-19 and has been discharged from the Mahakali Hospital after recovery.

The child, Sushank Sunar, from Shuklaphanta municipality-11 of Kanchanpur district had been kept in isolation ward of the hospital for 14 days for treatment, Hospital’s officiating medical superintendent Dr. Hari Kumar Shrestha said.

Dr Shrestha said the boy would be kept in home isolation for a week after his discharge on Monday. He said the toddler’s parents have been given all health safety information that needs to be followed during the home isolation.

Hospital management committee president Krishna Dutta Joshi had given a farewell to the child and his mother. Thirty people suffering from coronavirus are receiving treatment at the hospital at present (RSS).