First child with severe coronavirus symptoms recovers

The first child with severe coronavirus symptoms in Wuhan City recovered Thursday and was discharged from the hospital.

Wuhan's Children Hospital diagnosed the 14-month-old child with pneumonia of both lungs and partial consolidation of the right lung on January 27, and sent him to intensive care unit. His nucleic acid testing result was positive and he was diagnosed with severe COVID-19 symptoms.

The hospital had been carefully treating the boy who started to show signs of recovery since February 5. The hospital has issued a certificate of discharge.