Schwerin (dpa / mv) - When the champagne corks popped everywhere around midnight, he made his first cry: Theon Klaus Nitsch saw the light of day on New Year's Day at 2:02 a.m. in the Schwerin Helios clinics and is therefore allowed to be the first baby of the new year in Mecklenburg -Vorpommern apply.

He is the third child for mom Anika Nitsch, as the 32-year-old told the German press agency on Friday.

A few hours after the outpatient birth, the two were already back home.

She decided to do this because of the corona situation, said Anika Nitsch.

Any possibility of infection should be avoided.

Theon Klaus was 3345 grams at birth and 52 centimeters tall.

Around 13,000 children are born in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania every year.