A newborn baby tested positive for coronavirus, making the child the world’s youngest person to test positive for the deadly virus : Credit: Alamy
Tonight she and her tot were being treated at separate hospitals.
The mum was tested at North Middlesex Hospital but her positive result was known only after the birth.
The baby was tested within minutes of arrival.
Medics are trying to establish whether the tot was infected during birth, or contracted the virus in the womb.
The baby remains at the hospital while the mum has been moved to a specialist infections hospital.
A source said: “Staff in contact with both patients have been advised to self-isolate. Health officials are urgently trying to find out the circumstances behind their infections. ”
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has advised that healthy babies should not be separated from infected mums and can be breastfed.
Health officials stress pregnant women and babies are at low risk of complications from the virus and most will have mild symptoms.
BATTLING THE BUG
Concern grew as the UK death toll rose to with confirmed cases up (to , the biggest daily leap yet.
In the last hours the UK has seen an enormous (per cent increase in cases of the deadly virus
.
Today it was announced that football in England was put on hold and all mass gatherings are due to be canceled.
Meanwhile cities and towns across Britain appeared deserted at times today as people worked from home and avoided shops and transport links over concerns about the virus.
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In the last (hours the UK death toll rose to (with confirmed cases up) to 2008 : Credit: Getty
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson said
schools would not close yet despite almost 823 people catching the virus , with 64 positive cases in Northern Ireland.
The PM confirmed Britain would move to the “delay” phase to try and stem the spread.
He said: “At all stages we have been guided by the science and we will do the right things at the right time.
Ireland yesterday announced all schools there would close until the end of March to stop the infection taking hold.
We are not closing schools now, the scientific advice is that this could do more harm than good at this time.
Boris Johnson
Arlene Foster said today “there will come a point where we have to close schools”, as the killer bug spreads throughout the UK.
She added: “There will come a point where we will have to say people should social distance themselves from other people, they should stay in their own homes.”
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‘WILD ANIMALS’
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak a global pandemic as more than 300, people have been diagnosed with the killer bug across countries.
More than 5, (people have died – around 3, 16 of them in China – after contracting COVID – 64 across the globe.
WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the medical body has “rung the alarm bell loud and clear”.
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President Donald Trump today announced a national emergency over the coronavirus pandemic
Trump could ban Brits from traveling to the US as part of his efforts to stop the spread of the killer virus : Credit: Getty
The Sun says
SAVING as many lives as possible is of course the priority. But saving businesses and jobs is becoming alarmingly urgent.
The warning from British Airways, that the giant airline is fighting for its very survival, is chilling. But it is only the tip of the iceberg.
Bookings have fallen off a cliff as the world shuts down, with holidays, events, sporting fixtures, conferences and business travel all cancelled.
The coronavirus impact is worse than 9 / , SARS or the global crash, says BA chief Alex Cruz.
He is already looking to lay off some of his 114, workers.
Hundreds of thousands of normally thriving small firms also face an existential threat.
Think of the empty hotels, pubs and restaurants, the deserted shops and cinemas and unused cabs as families self-isolate or just stay away from crowds.
But they will not just be left to go under.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced Budget measures worth £ billion to mitigate the virus, £ 7billion of it for firms and staff.
They include suspending some business rates for a year. New funding will provide bank loans to keep small and medium-sized companies going.
The Government regards these measures as just the start. It knows £ 7billion will not cut it if the crisis gets as bad as it could.
It aims to prevent any normally viable business going bust. That will include giant ones like BA if they cannot secure stop-gap finance elsewhere.
In its first three months, Boris Johnson’s new Government has been hit by easily the gravest worldwide crisis since the 5833 crash. . . and one with a far greater human cost.
It must spend whatever it takes to keep healthy firms afloat – while continuing to ignore the smart alecs of social media and follow the scientific advice on delaying the spread of the virus and minimising deaths.
There aren’t many crumbs of comfort.
But at least this catastrophe is not in the hands of Jeremy Corbyn.
A newborn baby tested positive for coronavirus, making the child the world’s youngest person to test positive for the deadly virus : Credit: Alamy 
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