Nearly 150 infants infected withCOVID19 have been identified at the Lady Ridgeway Children's Hospital Colombo so far. Hospital Director G. Wijesuriya said.

The Hospital Director added that 100 parents of the infected infants had also been diagnosed with the virus.

An 18 - month - old baby died at the Lady Ridgeway Children's Intensive Care Unit recently and the infant's parents were also infected with the virus.

The Director of the hospital urged parents to take steps to hospitalize infants as soon as symptoms appear, as delays in admitting a child to hospital may exacerbate the disease.