Li Qing'e and Hu Xiang, a married couple in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, were excited to take their newborn daughter from hospital after the family of three had been separated for 24 days due to the coronavirus epidemic.

Li tested positive for the virus on March 7 when she underwent prenatal checkups while accompanied by her husband Hu.

At 5:22 pm, Li gave birth to a baby girl at Wuhan Union Hospital West Campus, a designated hospital for coronavirus patients. The baby was nicknamed "Xiao Qi'e" in advance, which means little penguin.

Only after a short visit with her mother, the baby was handed to her father waiting outside the operating room. For the safety of the family, the father had to immediately bring his newborn daughter to Wuhan Children's Hospital for quarantine and medical observation via ambulance.

Then the father, as a close contact, also lived in a quarantine facility in the community. The family of three was separated in three different places in the city.

On March 16, Li recovered and was discharged from the hospital but she had to experience another 14 days of isolation before she could return home. Considering Li had just given birth and needed good care, she was allowed to live with her husband in the community's quarantine facility.

Thankfully, both of the parents stayed healthy after the 14-day isolation. On March 30, they returned home after nearly a month of leaving. And what made them the happiest is that they could finally take their baby daughter home.

They cleaned the house, took showers, changed clothes and also prepared clothing and a baby carriage to welcome their "little penguin" home.

(Source: chinadaily.com.cn)