the virus Has Changed the course of newborn babies first hours and days of life
Ãna Caroline Haran was born the day the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a pandemic. She came into the world weighing 3.5kg at 7.47pm on March 11th, just hours after Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for countries to take âurgent and aggressive actionâ against coronavirus.
âReady your hospitals,â the WHOâs director general warned.
Earlier that morning, as her mother, Ruth Cullinaneâs labour began, Ireland was still trying to cling to the last threads of normality. There had been 10 cases of Covid-19 the previous day, and the morningâs news bulletins were full of speculation schools might have to close.