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A young pregnant woman who was found positive for coronavirus was deemed necessary to undergo emergency delivery according to what Health Minister Michael Hadjipandela Michael Hadjipandela told RIK's First Update programme.
According to the minister, the mother is being treated intubated at the hospital, while the father of the child was also found positive for the virus.
"We have reached the point, while a child is born, which is the most joyful moment, the family is living in panic whether the child will live and whether the mother will live" Hajipandela said.
According to the Cyprus Times, the newborn was transferred to the Makarios Hospital where he is being treated.
State hospitals are on alert
State hospitals are on alert and vigilance due to the large increase in the number of coronavirus cases and the possible increase of cases that will require hospitalization.
Speaking to state radio, the spokesman for the Haralambos Harilaou spokesman of the OCYP, said that so far there is no information about hospitalization of a patient with the variant Omicron which will be clarified by the national report that will be announced today.
\NHe pointed out that the number of inpatients is stable at 170 to 180 patients. There is, however, an increase in the number of patients in intensive care units and intensive treatment units, which he described as expected.
Harilaou pointed out that the percentage of inpatients who are unvaccinated has exceeded 85 per cent. He also said that of the patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit the vast majority are unvaccinated.
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