Kelsey Blais says she didn’t think much of it when she began feeling a head cold coming on last Tuesday.

Her symptoms weren’t serious and no one else in her family was sick.

But the Stephenville, N.L., woman knew something was wrong when her three-month-old son, Wesley, became lethargic the following day.

“[He was] taking longer naps and wasn’t really being smiley like he usually is,” Blais said.

She took a rapid test, which came back positive for COVID-19, and by suppertime on Wednesday, she said, Wesley had developed symptoms as well — a barking cough and difficulty breathing.

Her husband took