Singaporean gives birth to baby with Covid antibodies

Singapore: A Singaporean woman, who was infected with coronavirus 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.

The baby was born this month without Covid-19 but with the virus antibodies, the Straits Times newspaper reported on Sunday.

“My doctor suspects I have transferred my Covid-19 antibodies to him during my pregnancy,” Celine Ng-Chan told the paper. Ng-Chan had been mildly ill from the disease and was discharged from hospital after two-and-a-half weeks, the Straits Times said.


Ng-Chan and the National University Hospital, where she gave birth, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The WHO says it is not yet known whether a pregnant woman with Covid-19 can pass the virus to her baby.