Both mother and her son, who belongs to Sankoo village are in good health affirmed Kargil District Development Commissioner Baseer-ul-Haq Choudary.
"She had a normal delivery. Both the mother and her baby are doing fine. We had tested her as a preventive measure and the reports came back negative. She was shifted from the containment zone to district hospital where she delivered the baby," Baseer-ul-Haq Choudhary said.
Hospital officials said a team of doctors and nursing staff ensured safe delivery of the baby under stringent Covid-19 prevention protocol.
To fufill all the requirements of the woman and her newborn which includes clothing and food, the volunteers of influential Islamia School Kargil, a socio-religious institution also came forwad amid the nation-wide lockdown.
"Her entire family is under quarantine. A local girl, who did not know the woman, came forward to help her. Even some people contributed to buy clothes and medicines amid lockdown. We rushed to the hospital and saw the girl with few hundred bucks trying to locate a shop. Since everything is shut, I asked the girl not to worry. I went home to bring traditional food which we usually give to the lactating mother. Besides, we also arranged clothes for baby," said Liqayat Ali, a volunteer from Islamia School.
So far, Ladakh has recorded a total of 13 positive cases, including two from Sankoo village. Meanwhile, three of the patients have recovered from the disease and the rest are in stable condition.
After two people from Sankoo village were tested positive for the Covid-19, the woman and her family were put under quarantine as a precautionary measure though she was tested negative.
After woman's quarantine span ended she was asked to go home. Indeed it was a moment of double happiness for her.
"She has been discharged and allowed to go home. Her quarantine period is over. Since the entire zone had been declared containment zone after two cases tested positive, she was in the preventive quarantine."