First Case Of Vertical Transmission Of COVID-19 From Mother To New Born Reported In Pune
The first documented cases of vertical transmission of COVID-19, where the inflation has been transmitted to a pregnant woman to her newborn.
This was reported from the BJ Govt Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital in Pune in May.
The 22-year-old woman was admitted for delivery at the hospital and had a high fever.??
Though she had tested negative for COVID in the RT-PCR test but found that she had developed antibodies.?
After the baby was delivered, the baby's nasopharyngeal swab, placenta and umbilical stump tested positive for COVID by RT-PCR, said Sassoon Hospital.
She had also developed symptoms within 24 to 48 hours and had fever, lethargy and signs of severe COVID infection along with abnormal blood tests suggesting severe inflammation.
The baby who was in a critical condition made a full recovery after three weeks of hospitalization.
The first case report of possible vertical transmission of COVID-19 infection was published on the Journal of American Medical Academy, while previous reports showed the absence of transplacental transmission.
Previous studies have suggested that it is possible for vertical transmission of Covid-19. Transplacental transmission of the infection cannot be excluded.
Ever since COVID-19 cases began reporting around the world there was a major concern about whether SARS©\CoV©\2 can be vertically transmitted from mothers to their fetuses, thus causing congenital infection.
Data from recent studies showed that most pregnant women had mild to moderate COVID©\19 symptoms, and in all cases, symptoms manifested during the third trimester of pregnancy, therefore, the time interval from clinical manifestation of SARS©\CoV©\2 to delivery was short.
