Two-day-old Baby with a Corona-infection died in South Africa

The Coronavirus pandemic holds the world in suspense! More than 5 million people were infected worldwide with the new Covid-19 – 176.486 of them so far in Germany.

In South Africa, has died, according to the authorities a two-day-old Baby who was infected with the Coronavirus. As the Minister of health had announced Zweli Mkhize on Wednesday night, it was a premature birth. The newborn was born with lung problems to the world – the mother was infected with the Coronavirus. Corona-cases of deaths of babies are extremely rare. The pan-African health authority in Africa, the CDC stressed on Thursday that it was the first such case on the continent.

The government has imposed since the end of March in the fight against the Coronavirus is a strict curfew. Millions of South Africans in the informal economy or without work, have since been fighting to Survive; Poverty and food security have deteriorated dramatically. South Africa has so far reported 18 003 Infected and 339 Covid-19-Dead.

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