translated from Spanish: A 23-day-old baby is killed in the Philippines, born by Covid-19

Manila.- A 23-day-old baby has died in the Philippines affected by COVID-19, in Lipa, a city about 70 kilometers south of Manila, reported its mayor, Eric Africa, on Facebook.The newborn, one of the earliest baby cases killed by coronavirus in the world, died on April 5, but the positive result of the COVID-19 test was not known until this Thursday.

Another baby as young as four days old diagnosed with COVID-19 died Wednesday in Brazil of respiratory failure after being born prematurely; and one of five months died the next day in Bolivia from coronavirus after singing for a week in intensive care. The Philippine Department of Health has yet to confirm the death of Lipa’s baby in its daily newsletter, which until last night collected 4,076 cases, 203 deaths and 124 recovered patients.
Luzon Island, the largest in the Philippines, has been under strict quarantine since March 17 as it is the main focus of COVID-19 in the country, although cases have been reported in all Philippine provinces. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered on Monday to extend quarantine in Luzon – home to 57 million people, more than half of the Philippine population – until April 30 to consolidate efforts in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, health authorities have warned that containment of the contagion curve is still a long way off, as positive cases rise every day as the Philippines increases its ability to conduct diagnostic tests. The government has announced that from next week the Philippines will be able to conduct mass tests to isolate positive cases, including asymptomatic cases, thanks to the enablement of laboratories across the country and the arrival of hundreds of thousands of diagnostic tests donated by China, South Korea and Brunei.



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