6-YEAR-OLD UNTOUCHED BY COVID-19 DESPITE 15-DAY EXPOSURE TO ILL PATIENTS
AMRITSAR: In a peculiar case, a six-year-old boy remained unaffected by Covid-19, despite staying with his infected parents during their 15-day long treatment period in the isolation ward of Gurdaspur civil hospital.
Gurnoor Singh of Gurdaspur’s Dostpur village had accompanied his parents on their pilgrimage to Hazur Sahib in Nanded, Maharashtra, were they were stranded for around one and a half months. On return, he tested negative for Covid-19, but his parents turned out infected and were isolated.
“As other family members of the boy had also tested positive for Covid-19, nobody was there to look after him in his parents’ absence. Moreover, the child insisted to live with his parents. Under these circumstances, the administration decided to allow him to live with his parents in the isolation ward, where total 40 patients were admitted,” said Gurdaspur civil surgeon Dr Kisan Chand.
Gurnoor’s father said, “Though we were asymptomatic, keeping him (son) with us in the isolation ward was risky as we had tested positive and many infected patients were there. We kept him with us because we had no other option”
When asked how the boy was able to resist the infection, Dr Chand said, “First of all, his immunity played a major role. Second, we gave special attention to this case to keep him fit.”