22-year-old Covid-19 patient gives birth to twins in LUTH

A 22-year-old COVID-19 patient has given birth to a set of twins at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH.

This was revealed by The management of the hospital on Tuesday, saying the woman gave birth in the early hours of the day and the babies are doing fine.

According to the hospital, this is the fourth Covid-19 pregnant patient to have given birth to a baby at its isolation Centre.

The hospital said the babies, a girl and a boy weighed 3.2kg and 3.25kg respectively.

The woman gave birth through Caesarian section.

The hospital said both the babies and their mother were doing well and called for support for the Lagos State Government and the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, in the fight against Coronavirus