Sindri: Two babies, three and six-year-old, were tested positive for Covid-19 in Dhanbad on Friday.
Children were accepted at Shahid Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital (Snmmch) along with their mother, who was not infected.
The hospital source said a 6-year-old girl and resident of the Rajanjnya area arrived at Snmmch along with his parents for treatment.
In accordance with the Covid protocol, they are asked to test themselves for viruses before treatment.
When the girl underwent a RT-PCR test, she turned out to be positive but her mother was negative.
The girl was immediately treated at the PG Hospital block.
In another case, a three-year-old boy was tested positive with his father, a CISF Jawan.
The hospital source said the family arrived from Telangana.
According to the norms, the family was asked to live in quarantine for seven days after that they had to undergo testing.
When their report returned on Friday, both father and son were tested positive while the mother was negative.
Children with his mother had been treated in a pediatric ward while the Father had been treated in a separate ward.
The medical officer responsible for the PG SNMMCH block, Dr.
D P Bhushan said the variant of the virus that infected children can only be ensured after the sequencing of the genome will be sent if they get orders from higher authorities.
Meanwhile, a special drive to invest the driver and staff of LPG gas distributors were held on Friday.
About 100 autorickshaw drivers and 90 gas delivery personnel are vaccinated in the drive.
Two Children Test Covid + Ve in Dhanbad
