Woman gives birth at COVID-19 quarantine centre in Odisha

A woman gave birth to a baby at a COVID-19 quarantine centre in Odisha's Kendrapara district on Friday, an official said. She had returned from Surat in Gujarat and was staying at a temporary medical centre at Badagaon Bajramahakali Primary School within the jurisdiction of Jayachandrapur panchayat, he said.

She delivered the baby under the supervision of a doctor and a local accredited social health activist (ASHA) worker, the official said. The mother and the baby girl have been shifted to the community health centre at Mahakalpada for better post- childbirth care, officials said.

On Tuesday, another woman had given birth to a baby at a quarantine centre in Ganjam district..