<p class="bodytext">A woman was shifted to a COVID-19 hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district after her one-year-old daughter tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said on Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-in-india-live-updates-today-lockdown-50-maharashtra-karnataka-tamil-nadu-mumbai-bangalore-delhi-bengaluru-kolkata-chennai-covid-19-news-world-narendra-modi-843634.html">Follow live updates on the COVID-19 pandemic here</a></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Six migrant workers and the girl who came from Tamil Nadu tested positive for COVID-19, following which they were shifted to the Muzaffarnagar Medical College on Tuesday. The girl's mother was also shifted to the hospital despite not testing positive, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The people of Kawal village in Jansath area requested the authorities for quarantining the girl in her home as she was a toddler, but the plea was turned down.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashok Kumar, the incharge of the primary health centre, said the woman was also shifted as the baby cannot be kept in the hospital alone.</p>
<p class="bodytext">A woman was shifted to a COVID-19 hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district after her one-year-old daughter tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said on Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-in-india-live-updates-today-lockdown-50-maharashtra-karnataka-tamil-nadu-mumbai-bangalore-delhi-bengaluru-kolkata-chennai-covid-19-news-world-narendra-modi-843634.html">Follow live updates on the COVID-19 pandemic here</a></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Six migrant workers and the girl who came from Tamil Nadu tested positive for COVID-19, following which they were shifted to the Muzaffarnagar Medical College on Tuesday. The girl's mother was also shifted to the hospital despite not testing positive, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The people of Kawal village in Jansath area requested the authorities for quarantining the girl in her home as she was a toddler, but the plea was turned down.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashok Kumar, the incharge of the primary health centre, said the woman was also shifted as the baby cannot be kept in the hospital alone.</p>