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Singapore woman gives birth to baby with coronavirus antibodies, report says
A Singaporean woman who was infected with COVID-19 in March when she was pregnant has given birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus, offering a new clue as to whether the infection can be transferred from mother to child.
Key points:
- Celine Ng-Chan’s doctor suspects she passed COVID-19 antibodies to her unborn child, who was born without the coronavirus
- The World Health Organization has not yet confirmed whether or not a pregnant woman can pass COVID-19 to her foetus during pregnancy
- Singapore has the lowest coronavirus death rate in the world, with just 29 fatalities compared to 907 in Australia
Celine Ng-Chan told the Straits Times newspaper that her son Aldrin was born this month without COVID-19 but with the coronavirus…
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