Researchers in the UK discovered simply 66 circumstances of COVID-19 in newborns amongst 10,000 births at hospitals from March 1 by means of April 30, in keeping with the examine printed in The Lancet medical journal.
Newborns are most unlikely to contract the coronavirus whereas hospitalized, in keeping with a brand new examine. (iStock)
“Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 an infection is unusual in infants admitted to hospital,” the examine discovered.
Of the 66 contaminated newborns, 28 of them had a extreme case of the sickness. One of many contaminated infants died, however not from coronavirus, the examine stated.
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The examine additionally discovered that infants are unlikely to contract coronavirus even when their moms had examined constructive earlier than giving start.
As of the tip of July, 58 — or 88 % — of the newborns that had COVID-19 have been already launched from the hospital.
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