A health official yesterday confirmed that the 4-month-old baby from Siparuta, Region Six, who died after experiencing breathing difficulties tested negative for COVID-19.
According to a Guyana Police Force report, the infant died around 11.15 am last Wednesday. It was stated that the baby’s father, Andrew Joseph, 30, said that child was put to sleep on a bed at their home in Siparuta about 11 am. However, Joseph said that shortly before the child was put to bed, she seemed to have difficulty breathing and when he decided to check on her around 11.15 am, he found that she was no longer breathing.