The baby abandoned in a bag in the Milan area had been born about two hours earlier

The search for the mother who yesterday abandoned her newborn baby in a shopping bag in a street of the town in the Milan hinterland is concentrated in a space that includes Cinisello Balsamo and the surrounding area.

Without neglecting broader scenarios, the child, who is said to be a foreigner, would have been given birth no more than two hours before being found in the shopping bag placed on the ground and which was noticed by a woman who was walking her dog.

The analysis of the images from the cameras viewed so far would not have immortalized the moment in which the woman abandoned the newborn but it is hoped that wider-ranging images may have captured the woman in Cinisello. In this case investigators could use facial recognition. There would be no useful witnesses to reconstruct the moment of abandonment.

The newborn's condition is stationary. The Niguarda hospital reiterates that the child is considered "in fair general condition". At present no one has come forward to claim him while the police investigations continue to identify the mother. The images from the surveillance cameras in the area have been analyzed and we continue to search Lombardy hospitals for access to the emergency room for symptoms that may indicate childbirth.