Infancy

Ukraine's human rights ombudswoman has appealed to authorities to find a solution for scores of infants born to surrogate mothers for foreign parents who are stranded because the country's borders are closed under coronavirus restrictions.

Ten newborn babies have reportedly caught coronavirus from infected medical staff at a hospital in Romania. 

The hospital in the western Romanian city of Timisoara is under investigation by authorities after the babies tested positive for the virus, according to Romanian media reports. 

The hospital functions on regular basis, and 16 babies were born during the previous day. Over 30 newborns are currently in the maternity ward.
As for TV Prva Branka Nikolic, PhD said, they are also prepared in case someone conceals to have the symptoms or does not know that they are positive for coronavirus.

The first baby from a woman who tested positive to the novel coronavirus was born in a hospital in Athens on Wednesday, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported Thursday.

An initial test on the infant born at the maternity clinic of the Attikon General Hospital has shown it is not infected.

An official report by coroners on Tuesday has revised the assertion on Monday that the 11-month-old infant from Syria that was proclaimed dead at Pedon childrens' hospital in Athens on Sunday had been sexually abused.

An 11-month-old infant from Syria that was proclaimed dead at Pedon childrens' hospital in Athens on Sunday had been sexually abused, the coroner who performed the autopsy told media on Monday.

Romania's natural population growth was negative in November 2019, while the number of deaths among infants aged less than one year was 72, by 25 fewer compared to October of the same year, show data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS), published on Tuesday.

French police have discovered the Bulgarian woman who escaped from the hospital with her baby, NOVA correspondent in Paris reported.

After being found yesterday, the woman explained that she was scared the authorities will take her child. She is currently under the care of social services.

More than 15 million babies are born prematurely each year (2012 data), and in Europe alone they are about 500,000. Over 1 million babies die each year as a result of premature birth due to complications. In Bulgaria, statistics are also alarming - over 6,000 babies a year are born too early.

Banu Baltacı, who lives in Bursa, takes her disabled dog out every day on a baby stroller.