Six-Month-Old Baby Who Survived Open Heart Surgey Contracts Coronavirus

PARENTS of a ‘miracle baby’ are furious that people aren’t taking lockdown guidance seriously, as their baby is battling coronavirus on an oxygen machine.

Six-month-old Erin Bates weighed just 5lbs 4oz when she was born and had a heart condition which required open heart surgery.

After months of treatment she was given a good chance of recovery.

However, last Friday, she tested positive for coronavirus.

A heartbreaking picture of her was released by her parents, showing their daughter lying in hospital on a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine supplying oxygen.

Because only one parent can stay with her, mother Emma Bates, 29, remains with Erin at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool.