Singaporean doctors were interested in a woman who became infected with coronavirus in the first months of her pregnancy. In November, a woman gave birth to a child who, according to doctors, had antibodies to covid-19 in her blood, but was not infected with coronavirus. Doctors in China have also detected antibodies to covid-19 in the blood of newborns born to mothers who are infected with coronavirus.
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“It is still unclear whether the presence of antibodies provides the neonate with any degree of protection against covid-19, let alone how long this protection lasts,” said Tan Hak Koon, the head of gynecology at a children’s hospital in Singapore.
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Medical research also aims to focus on the consequences of covid-19 on pregnant women and children before and after childbirth.
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However, according to leading Singapore infectious disease expert Paul Tambyah, it is possible that children have some protection against coronavirus. According to him, there have been very few cases of infection in the world among newborns born to mothers who have contracted the infection. “This would suggest that (newborns) could be protected in some way by maternal antibodies,” he said.
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), pregnant women are at higher risk of having a serious covid-19 disease. However, according to the WHO, it is not clear whether mothers can infect a baby with coronavirus or give them antibodies before or after birth.
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