Mother with COVID-19 gives birth to triplets in China


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KUNMING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- A pregnant woman with COVID-19 Wednesday morning gave birth to triplets in the quarantine area of a designated hospital in southwest China's border city of Ruili, the Yunnan provincial health commission said on Thursday. It is the first case of its kind in China. Photo: Yunnan Daily The newborns' first nucleic acid tests -- performed on samples taken from amniotic fluid, throat swabs and gastric juice -- were all negative. The woman, 29, was just 28 weeks pregnant when she was hospitalized as a confirmed COVID-19 case on July 9 in southwest China's Yunnan Province....