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KOMPAS.com- Celine Ng-Chan, native mother Singapore who just gave birth baby male, admitted that his child was born with a condition of having Covid-19 antibodies.
As quoted from ABC, Monday (30/11/2020), Ng-Chan known positive for Covid-19 During pregnancy.
Baby those who were just born this month are known to be in good health without Covid-19. However, oddly enough, baby the boy was born with the antibody condition corona virus.
“Doctors suspect I have transferred Covid-19 antibodies to him (baby) during pregnancy,” Ng-Chan told Straits Times.
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Before giving birth baby Ng-Chan caught his son in November this year after returning from a vacation in Europe with his family.
He developed mild symptoms of Covid-19 and was discharged from the hospital after two and a half weeks of treatment.
” Pregnancy and my delivery went smoothly, even though I was diagnosed with Covid-19 in the first trimester, which is the most unstable stage in pregnancy, “he said.
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Origin of transmission of Covid-19 antibodies
Associate Professor Tan Hak koon from KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital said it was still not known whether Covid-19 antibodies appeared on newborn baby this will provide a level of protection against infection with these diseases, especially the duration of protection.
Meanwhile, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is still not known that whether pregnant mother those who are positive for Covid-19 can transmit the corona virus to a fetus or baby during pregnancy or childbirth.
However, until now the corona virus that causes active Covid-19 has not been found in the fluid samples around baby in the womb, as well as in breast milk (ASI).
In a scientific article published last October in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, a doctor in China reported a decrease in Covid-19 antibodies over time in babies born to women infected with the SARS-CoV-2 corona virus.
Another study also states that until now, evidence of Covid-19 transmission during pregnancy is rare.
However, reported from Reuters, a small Italian study that has been published in the journal Nature, showing that it could happen.
The study showed that Covid-19 antibodies can be transmitted when a mother breastfeeds her child or baby.
Meanwhile, Dr Tan from KK said that there is evidence that Covid-19 antibodies can be transmitted through the placenta to the baby during pregnancy.
A disease expert and President of the Asia Pacific Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Paul Tambyah said that antibodies appear in newborns in Singapore a few months after the mother is infected.
This adds to broader evidence that these antibodies offer protection against coronavirus infection.
“Worldwide there are millions of infected people, including maybe thousands of pregnant women. With very few reports of infection Covid-19 in infants, this suggests there may be antibody protection to mothers and breastfeeding, “added Tambyah.
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