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Pasteurisation inactivates COVID-19 virus in human milk: Study – Devdiscourse
In the study, the scientists experimentally infected small amounts of frozen and freshly expressed breast milk from healthy donors. “We then heated the milk samples — now infected with SARS-CoV-2 – to 63 degree Celsius for 30 minutes to simulate the pasteur…
Scientists have found that pasteurisation inactivates the novel coronavirus in human milk, an advance that could help inform guidelines around safe expressing and storing of milk from COVID-19-infected mothers. However, the study, published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, noted that breastfeeding is still safe for mothers with COVID-19, adding that there is no evidence to suggest the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted via breastmilk.
According to the scientists, inc…
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