A woman in Singapore was tested positive for COVID-19 in March when she was pregnant. The lady has given birth to a baby who has born with “antibodies against the virus”, this opens new avenue for scientists to examine if the mother could have possible transferred the infection to the child.
The baby’s birth took place this month. The baby tested negative for COVID-19 but carried the antibodies for the same, reported the “Straits Times newspaper”. The mother, Celine Ng-Chan was quoted by the newspaper saying:
“My doctor suspects I have transferred my COVID-19 antibodies to him during my pregnancy”.
Ng-Chan had mild symptoms of the disease and spent two and half weeks in the hospital for the treatment of the same. Nevertheless, the National University Hospital, where Ng-Chan gave birth to her baby as well as Ng-Chan herself did give any immediate reply to “request for comment” on the matter.
WHO has informed that data hasn’t yet been gathered to say if “a pregnant woman with COVID-19 can pass the virus to her foetus or baby during pregnancy or delivery”. However, till date the samples embryonic fluid from the womb as well as breast milk did not show the presence of any active virus.
According to Reuters:
“Doctors in China have reported the detection and decline over time of COVID-19 antibodies in babies born to women with the coronavirus disease, according to an article published in October in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases”.
In October, JAMA Pediatrics featured “New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center” report stated that COVID-19 transmission from “mothers to newborns is rare”.
References:
reuters.com
The baby’s birth took place this month. The baby tested negative for COVID-19 but carried the antibodies for the same, reported the “Straits Times newspaper”. The mother, Celine Ng-Chan was quoted by the newspaper saying:
“My doctor suspects I have transferred my COVID-19 antibodies to him during my pregnancy”.
Ng-Chan had mild symptoms of the disease and spent two and half weeks in the hospital for the treatment of the same. Nevertheless, the National University Hospital, where Ng-Chan gave birth to her baby as well as Ng-Chan herself did give any immediate reply to “request for comment” on the matter.
WHO has informed that data hasn’t yet been gathered to say if “a pregnant woman with COVID-19 can pass the virus to her foetus or baby during pregnancy or delivery”. However, till date the samples embryonic fluid from the womb as well as breast milk did not show the presence of any active virus.
According to Reuters:
“Doctors in China have reported the detection and decline over time of COVID-19 antibodies in babies born to women with the coronavirus disease, according to an article published in October in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases”.
In October, JAMA Pediatrics featured “New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center” report stated that COVID-19 transmission from “mothers to newborns is rare”.
References:
reuters.com