Wife of coronavirus-hit Bangladeshi man in Singapore gives birth
The wife of a coronavirus-infected Bangladeshi migrant worker in Singapore has given birth to a baby boy in Bangladesh, reports Singaporean newspaper The Straits Times.
The infant arrived on Monday afternoon, the Migrant Workers' Centre, or MWC, said, adding that both the mother and child were healthy and fine.
The baby’s father, a 39-year-old construction worker, isn't aware of it yet, according to the report
The wife, however, surely got to see her husband with a video call a day before having a baby, so she could "seek strength from seeing her beloved prior to the delivery," the MWC said.
The Bangladeshi man, generally known as Singapore's Case 42, is still sedated and in critical condition since he was first admitted nearly 8 weeks ago.
He remains in an intensive care ward because of complications due to Covid-19.
The worker was cleared of the condition and transferred from the National Centre for Infectious Disease a few days ago, the MWC said in a Facebook post on Tuesday.
"His condition remains critical, but we are encouraged by this latest development and continue to require everyone's prayers for him.”
The man is currently warded at another government hospital, based on the newspaper.
The Bangladesh High Commission had earlier said that the worker suffered from respiratory and kidney problems, and pneumonia before he was infected with the virus.
In an interview with The Straits Times last month, the wife, who declined to be identified, said she had last seen her husband in June this past year.
They have already been married for just two years and the baby is their first child.
Her husband, who has been employed in Singapore for near to ten years, was the to begin five Bangladeshi work-pass holders associated with a cluster of infections in a Seletar work site. The four other personnel have already been discharged, The Straits Times reports.
