The Federal Medical Centre in Abeokuta, Ogun state has confirmed its first infant case of Covid-19 infection as a 2-year old child has contracted the virus.

Spokesperson of the hospital, Segun Orisajo confirmed that the child was admitted at the hospital some few days ago. He said:

“Due to the persisted high temperature, she was isolated, hence no member of staff or other patients were unduly exposed,To confirm the initial suspicion by a team of care givers, on the third day, she was screened for coronavirus while her treatment continued. The samples of her test returned positive for coronavirus few moments ago.

“The girl is already receiving treatment at the Centre’s isolation ward while the facility where she was initially admitted has been decontaminated.” he added.

The child is currently under treatment at the medical facility