Singapore:
A Singaporean lady, who was infected with the novel coronavirus in March when she was pregnant, has offered birth to a infant with antibodies against the virus, providing a new clue as to whether or not the infection can be transferred from mother to kid.
The infant was born this month devoid of COVID-19 but with the virus antibodies, the Straits Times newspaper reported on Sunday, citing the mother.
“My doctor suspects I have transferred my COVID-19 antibodies to him during my pregnancy,” Celine Ng-Chan told the paper.
Ng-Chan had been mildly ill from the illness and was discharged from hospital soon after two-and-a-half weeks, the Straits Times stated.
Ng-Chan and the National University Hospital (NUH), exactly where she gave birth, did not promptly respond to a request for comment.
The World Health Organisation says it is not but recognized whether or not a pregnant lady with COVID-19 can pass the virus to her foetus or infant for the duration of pregnancy or delivery.
To date, the active virus has not been discovered in samples of fluid about the infant in the womb or in breast milk.
Doctors in China have reported the detection and decline more than time of COVID-19 antibodies in babies born to girls with the coronavirus illness, according to an post published in October in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Transmission of the new coronavirus from mothers to newborns is uncommon, medical doctors from New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center reported in October in JAMA Pediatrics.
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