Woman at Greek camp virus positive after giving birth

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A migrant looks at a greek police officer at a closed camp of Kleidi near Promahonas, Northern Greece on March 21,2020, where migrants are being transferred as the country is battling hard to control the spread of the COVID-19, the novel coronavirus among tens of thousands of migrants in the overcrowded camps. – The situation was recently qualified as a “health bomb” by a Greek government spokesman. On March 18, 2020, the migration ministry said it was “drastically” reducing the movement of camp residents on Greek islands, where the worst congestion occurs. (Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP)

ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Greece’s migration ministry on Tuesday said an asylum-seeker from a camp near Athens had tested positive for the coronavirus after giving birth at an Athens hospital.

The unidentified woman lives at Ritsona, a camp on the island of Evia, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Athens.

It was not immediately clear if the infection had taken place inside the maternity hospital.

The ministry said another person living with the new mother had tested negative for the virus.

“The public health organization is already tracking the contacts of this case in recent days, and taking all necessary measures to protect (camp) residents and staff,” the migration ministry said.

There have been 46 recorded deaths and 1,212 cases of COVID-19 in Greece, which has a population of 11 million.

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