A relatively small number of newborns and infants with a confirmed COVID-19 infection was recorded. Most had a mild clinical picture of the disease.

There is no evidence that pregnant women are at a higher risk of severe disease, or that they have specific disease symptoms.

In many countries, due to isolation measures and fear, the pandemic has compromised perinatal care and breastfeeding support practices.

Close contact and early, exclusive breastfeeding help your baby to thrive. Breast milk provides antibodies that give babies everywhere a healthy boost and protect them against many infections and may fight against COVID-19 infection, if baby is exposed. In addition, the coronavirus has not been found in breast milk, and transmission via breastfeeding has not been demonstrated.  

If you are expected or confirmed to have COVID19, extra precautions will be needed during delivery and right after the birth of your baby: 

Baby skin - pink, soft, smooth - puts a smile on one's face and instills the need to touch.

COVID-19 is a respiratory tract infection caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. It was first diagnosed in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

It is best to bathe newborn babies while holding them over your arm until the umbilical stump falls off and the umbilical wound heals, usually during the first month.

Newborn babies should not be bathed while in the maternity hospital. It is enough to wipe their skin with warm water and wash it in the area of the genitals and buttocks. In this way, we "preserve" the protective layer with which the baby is born, which the baby needs in the first days of life.