THE MIND OF THE PEOPLE – The threat of the Covid-19 virus is still a big challenge throughout the world, especially Indonesia. This also raises anxiety, especially for pregnant women.
Many pregnant women fear that they can transmit the corona virus to their future babies if they are exposed to Covid-19.
Regarding this, the Chairperson of the Covid-19 Task Force for the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) Prof. Dr. dr Zubairi Djoerban SpPD-KHOM also responded to this.
He said that quite a lot was questioned about pregnant mother and its relation to Covid-19. Namely, what pregnant mother those who are positive for Covid-19 will infect the baby or should pregnant mother undergo a Covid-19 screening before giving birth?
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In this case, he answered whether Covid-19 could be transmitted by mothers to unborn or newborn babies? However, according to him, until now, this virus had not been found in samples of amniotic fluid or breast milk.
“However, research on 101 babies in New York found that there were two babies infected with Covid-19 from positive mothers, “Wrote Prof. Zubairi Djoerban as quoted Pikiran-Rakyat.com from his personal Twitter account @ProfZubairi, Friday, March 26, 2021.
Besides, it is related pregnant mother those who are exposed to Covid-19 can increase the risk of miscarriage until the baby has disabilities. According to this oncologist, that the Covid-19 case against pregnant mother indeed the risk of preterm birth.
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