COVID-19 antibodies found in babies born to coronavirus positive mothers: Study

Pregnant women with COVID-19 give birth to babies with antibodies against vel coronavirus, said a Singaporean study published on December 18 along with ting that such woman witnesses usual symptoms of highly-infectious disease. According to a small study of at least 16 women did t find any sign of transfer of disease between mor and her child which led experts to believe that viral infection causing unrest across globe, is still t fully explained. 

"Recently published in journal Annals of Acemy of Medicine, Singapore, study tracked clinical course and outcomes of 16 pregnant women from 23 to 36 years of , infected with COVID-19 in all three trimesters of pregnancy, between 15 March 2020 and 22 August 2020."

" study results were reassuring," Singapore Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research Network said in a statement. "This demonstrates that incidence and severity of COVID-19 among pregnant women parallels general population trends."

World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that it is unkwn if a pregnant woman with COVID-18 can pass virus to her fetus or baby during pregnancy or delivery, re is t a single case yet in world where coronavirus was transferred in such a manner. active virus has t been found in samples of fluid around baby or in womb.

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Singaporean Woman Gives Birth To Baby With COVID-19 Antibodies

study came after most recently, it was reported that a Singaporean woman who h contracted COVID-19 when she was pregnant gave birth to a baby with antibodies against highly-infectious vel coronavirus. As per Strait Times report on vember 29, Celine Ng-Chan gave birth to her second child earlier this month and paediatrician said that he has antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.

However, doctors were t sure if antibodies were passed from mor or baby h developed m for him or herself. Moreover, a paper was published in October by journal Emerging Infectious Diseases said that all 11 infants who were born to women with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China h some levels of IgG antibodies at birth and five h IgM antibodies. IgM is initial antibody developed in response to an infection but is usually t transferred from mor to fetus but IgG is smaller and can be transferred passively. 

Celine Ng-Chan, who was mildly ill with COVID-19 and was discharged in two-and-a-half weeks, told paper that “My doctor suspects I have transferred my COVID-19 antibodies to him during my pregnancy”. 

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