Another COVID-19 positive woman gave birth to a healthy and infection-free child in Tripura on Tuesday night.
The incident took place at Unokoti district and the child was born on a moving ambulance.
The woman is a resident of Pecharthal in North Tripura district and she was admitted to Pecharthal Hospital for delivery on Monday.
However, owing to certain medical complications, she was referred to Kailashahar District Hospital for delivery.
She had tested positive for COVID-19 after she showed mild symptoms of the disease.
After she tested positive for COVID-19, the pregnant woman was referred to GBP Hospital Agartala on Tuesday as the Kailashahar District Hospital did not have the requisite facilities for treating COVID-19 patient.
Shortly after she left for Agartala in an ambulance, the woman went into her labour and she delivered the child in the ambulance.
The mother and the child were healthy and stated to be out of danger.