Georgian doctors were unable to save the life of a baby infected with coronavirus alpha.
The death of a child in the children’s hospital named after I. Tsitsishvili in Tbilisi was officially confirmed. Two more children under the age of 1 year with coronavirus “alpha” and “delta” are in critical condition.
The child was reportedly treated for two weeks.
Yes, I confirm, the baby died. He was infected with the alpha strain. The child was a newborn. He was five days old when he came to us. We treated him for 15 days, but were unable to save him,” TASS quotes the words of an employee of the press service of the clinic. Tsitsishvili.
The child was treated for more than two weeks. He was diagnosed with the alpha strain, a British mutation.
After the development of respiratory failure, the baby was transferred to mechanical ventilation.
Three more children infected with SARS-CoV-2, no older than one year, remain connected to the device.
One of them came from Abkhazia. He was diagnosed with coronavirus delta, the second infant with the alpha variant of coronavirus. Both are in critical condition.
