A brave six-month-old 'miracle baby' born with a heart condition is battling coronavirus in hospital. The distraught family of Erin Bates, from Bury, have released a heartbreaking photo of the tot hooked up to an oxygen machine surrounded by wires, tubes and equipment as they plead with the public to take COVID-19 seriously.
Erin - who weighed just 5lbs 4oz when she was born - underwent open heart surgery and endured problems with her windpipe, but after months of treatment she stood a good chance of recovery.
However, last Friday, she was confirmed as having the killer bug and is now being treated at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, the Mirror reports.