Story By: Ana Lacasa, Sub-Editor:  Joana Mihajlovska, Agency: Newsflash

A 12-year-old girl has given birth at home after she fell pregnant during COVID-19 lockdown by a teenage lodger, and nobody in the family or at school noticed.

The girl, whose name has not been revealed, gave birth to a baby boy at her mother’s house in the northern Spanish region of Cantabria on Sunday.

Both mother and baby are in good health despite the fact it was considered a risky pregnancy and birth due to the girl’s age.

Local media said the father is a 17-year-old boy who is close to the family and was living with them at the time.

The family has not been identified to protect the girl’s identity and all of them were reportedly shocked at the fact that she turned out to be pregnant.

They are also investigating the circumstances under which the girl became pregnant.

An underage girl cannot give consent to sex, and officials are still trying to find out if she was forced into it.

She fell pregnant at the beginning of lockdown in March, according to reports.

When lockdown was lifted, the girl returned to school and nobody noticed that she was pregnant there either.

She continued to get good academic results at school, and her family have said the baby will be put up for adoption.

Emergency services were called after she went into labour and paramedics arrived in time to help with the birth.

They were taken to the Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital in the city of Santander where a social worker evaluated the situation.

The girl has been released while the baby boy is still at the hospital under surveillance.

The investigation is ongoing.

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