Coronavirus UK: Baby among three cases at English hospital

A baby is among three patients at an English hospital to test positive for coronavirus.

James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Norfolk confirmed the patients are being treated in isolation.

Infants and children under the age of nine remain the least-affected age group, and scientists have yet to confirm a link between coronavirus in pregnancy and any effect on newborns.

Dr Hazel Stuart, medical director at the NHS trust, said: “To protect yourself, please be scrupulous with your hygiene and avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth and use and then bin tissues if you cough or sneeze.

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The virus under a microscope. Picture: National Institutes of Health/AFP via Getty Images | Getty Images

“Through hand washing we will help to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

“Currently, patients with appointments or those who need to attend for urgent or emergency care should still come to the hospital.”

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