Smallest baby update

A baby thought to be the world’s smallest at birth has been discharged from a Singapore hospital after 13 months of intensive treatment.

Kwek Yu Xuan was just 212g (7.47oz) – the weight of an apple – when she was born and measured 24cm long.

She was delivered at just under 25 weeks – far short of the average 40.

The previous record holder was a girl in the US who weighed 245g at birth in 2018, according to the University of Iowa’s Tiniest Babies Registry.

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