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Singaporean mother gives birth to baby with COVID-19 antibodies

Oluwaseye Ogunsanya November 30, 2020 28


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According to Straits Times, a Singaporean publication, a Singaporean woman, who was infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy, has given birth to a baby earlier in November with antibodies against the virus.

The birth of the child gives a new hint as to whether the novel virus can be transmitted from mother to child.

Celine Ng-Chan, the mother of the child, was quoted to have said her doctor suspected that she transferred the antibodies to her child during pregnancy.

“My doctor suspects I have transferred my COVID-19 antibodies to him during my pregnancy,” she reportedly said.

Ng-Chan is said to have been mildly ill from the virus and was discharged after two and a half weeks in the hospital.

According to studies from China, antibodies that protect against COVID-19 are present in newborns of mothers who have had the the virus and possess these antibodies.

In transmission of the virus from mother to fœtus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is unknown if a pregnant woman infected with COVID-19 can pass the virus to her fœtus or baby during pregnancy or childbirth.

The active virus has not been found in samples of fluid around the baby in the womb or in breast milk till date.

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