Covid-19: Basildon nurse meets her baby after months in hospital with virus

A nurse who gave birth nearly three months ago while seriously ill with Covid-19 has held her daughter for the first time.

Eva Gicain, 30, had the long-awaited reunion with her baby after being discharged from Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge earlier this month.

Baby Elleana had to be delivered about a month early by C-section, but Mrs Gicain has no memory of her birth.

"When I held Elleana for the first time I didn't want to let go," she said.

"It was a special moment."