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In Manipur, the medical fraternity at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal has created another landmark during the ongoing fight with COVID-19 by treating a month old baby from COVID infection.
A 23-day old baby along with his mother who had returned from Chennai was found of COVID-19 positive on 20th of May and admitted at the Isolation Facility of JNIMS Hospital of Imphal for further treatment. The baby was found negative on 35th day last night. His mother was also found negative and both of them will be sent home today.
Speaking exclusively to AIR News this morning, Director of JNIMS Prof. Th. Bhimo said, treating a child for any kind of infection is very difficult. However, the medical team of JNIMS Hospital has treated the baby and people need not to worry much about COVID-19. It can be treated and avoided if people follow the guidelines issued by Government of India and other reputed organizations. He said that Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratory of JNIMS tested record 803 COVID-19 samples yesterday till late night and the laboratory is trying to increase the capacity more to meet the requirement based on the number of returnees reaching Manipur every day. This is the highest number of samples tested in a day so far.
The first COVID-19 patient of Manipur was treated successfully at JNIMS and the State Government rewarded the medical team of JNIMS for their dedication and expertise in the field recently.
It may be mentioned that Manipur has recorded 83 positive cases of COVID-19 and the number of active cases is 72 till today. No causality has been reported in Manipur due to COVID-19 so far.
