Mothers who have coronavirus are unlikely to pass the virus to their newborns if appropriate hygiene precautions are taken, a small study suggests.
The findings, which involved 120 babies and their mothers, suggest that mothers can breastfeed and stay in the same room as their newborns, if they use face coverings and follow infection control procedures.
The research is published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal. Lead author Dr Christine M Salvatore, from the Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Komansky Children's Hospital, US, said: "Data on the risk of Covid-19 transmission during pregnancy or while breastfeeding are limited to a small number of case studies. "Consequently, guidelines for pregnant women and new