Beijing Baby Released: Huzzah!
Beijing’s youngest COVID-19 patient, a 9-month-old little girl the media is calling Qiqi, was released from Ditan Hospital this morning along with her mom and sister, all cleared of the virus.
The Beijing News reported this morning that the mother of the two children were part of a family of seven that had come to Beijing for vacation from Wuhan when three of them fell ill.
Both mom and Qiqi entered the hospital on Jan 26. Qiqi’s older sister contracted the disease and ended up with them in the same hospital room on Feb 1. The children’s father also contracted the disease but was treated and released last week from another Beijing hospital. In total, mom and little Qiqi spent 19 days in the hospital, while sis spent 13 before being released.
Due to the delicate nature of the child, hospital staff had to employ special techniques in extracting blood samples required for diagnosis, by drawing the samples from Qiqi’s inner thigh, while striving to do all the tests necessary with as little blood as possible removed from the child.
Qiqi and her family received a standardized antiretroviral therapy specific to the COVID-19 virus which saw the full recovery of both Qiqi and the rest of her family members. Just the shot of good news needed at this time.
Photos: Unsplash, ECNS
