MOBILE APP USERS: Watch Fox 32 News on the go by clicking here A New York man with coronavirus symptoms hid them so he could get into the maternity ward as his wife gave birth last week, Fox News has confirmed.
It happened at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, part of the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). The new mom began showing symptoms of COVID-19 shortly after delivering, the Democrat & Chronicle first reported.
That’s when the dad fessed up. “The patient in question and her partner were in a private maternity room throughout their hospital stay,” said Chip Partner, a URMC spokesman. “Both the mother and partner were isolated from other patients.” When the new mother started showing symptoms, hospital staff learned