In Shanghai, the father of a two-month-old has designed a pod with an air purification system to protect his baby from the coronavirus outbreak. Cao Junjie, 30, transformed a cat carrier into a sealable pod that incorporates an air-quality monitor that controls the concentration of carbon dioxide inside the pod.

“Because of the epidemic, I spent a month making this baby safety pod for my kid…It can provide a safe and comfortable environment for the baby,” Cao told Reuters on Wednesday.

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Fang Lulu, the infant's mother, said she had her doubts about putting her baby inside the pod, yet after testing it a few times, she now believes it's safe. Cao says that he was inspired to create the pod, which provides a sheltered environment for the infant when he leaves his home, after the coronavirus epidemic reached record levels in China.

The pod resembles a sterile chamber used to protect those born severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), a rare genetic disorder resulting from the altered development of functional T cells and B cells. Children born with SCID are extremely vulnerable to infectious diseases.

So far, there have been 81,218 confirmed cases of coronavirus in China. 3,281 people have died and 73,650 have recovered. Wuhan, the city at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in China, will lift its lockdown on April 8, two months after the city was first quarantined.

There has been a significant decrease in infections with new cases dropping to zero for five consecutive days from March 19. At the height of the epidemic in February, the city was reporting thousands of new cases each day. Globally, there are now more than 380,000 confirmed cases, with more than 16,500 deaths.

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Other countries such as Italy, Spain and France have instituted similar lockdowns although new cases continue to rise. In Spain, top health official Fernando Simon says the country has still not reached the peak of its outbreak. He has predicted that the number of cases will continue to rise in the next few days, though he believes the peak of the infections could come "in a matter of days," which would be followed by a slow descent in new cases each day.

Source: NY Post