A hospital in Xuhui welcomed the first baby born in the new year. The newborn girl arrived just in time to celebrate the year of 2020.

Weighing 3,530 grams, the girl was delivered at 0:00am on January 1. She and her mother are resting comfortably.

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Three minutes later, a baby boy was born in the Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University (Shanghai Red House Ob & Gyn Hospital) in Yangpu district. Weighing 3,370 grams, he was born at 0:03am. His mother Ms. Fang is a 26-year-old nurse working at the same hospital, and had anodyne labor. As of 1:00am on January 1, three babies had been born in the Shanghai Red House Ob & Gyn Hospital.

The communications offices in Shanghai’s hospitals keep in touch as the city celebrates the New Year to see which hospital earns the honor of welcoming the first baby.

Last year, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital delivered the city’s first baby, who was also born at 0:03am.