Italian woman has sextuplets

A SOUTHERN Italian woman has given birth to sextuplets in the first such case in Italy since 1997.

The ANSA news agency says the babies – boys Paolo and Maurizio, and girls Francesca Pia, Angelica, Annachiara and Serena – are in good condition. The babies each weighed between 610 and 800 grams.

They were born on Sunday in the 27th week of pregnancy to 32-year-old Carmela Oliva in Benevento, near Naples.