Doctors said that the woman gives birth to the first known baby with antibodies against coronovirus

Pediatricians have reported the first known case of a woman who was given her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy, giving birth to a child with antibodies against the novel coronavirus.

According to the peer-reviewed study so far, the preprint server was posted to MedRixive, with the mother receiving a single dose of the modern mRNA vaccine at 36 weeks and three days of her gestation.

Three weeks later, she gave birth to a vigorous, healthy, full-term girl, whose blood sample taken soon after birth revealed the presence of antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the study noted .

“Here, we detect the first known case of an infant with SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in cord blood after maternal immunization,” noted co-authors Paul Gilbert and Chad Rudnick of Florida University in the US.

Doctors reported that the woman who exclusively breastfed the child received a second dose of vaccine according to the usual 28-day vaccination protocol time.

While earlier studies have shown that COVID-recovered mothers through the placenta were less likely to pass antibodies to their fetuses, current research suggests “protection and infection from SARS-CoV-2 with maternal immunization Risk reduction. ” However, Gilber and Rudick noted that long-term studies are needed to determine the response to antibodies in infants born to mothers vaccinated.

Pediatricians wrote in the study, “The protective effect and ideal timing of maternal immunization in newborns remains unknown.”

“We urge other investigators to conduct pregnancy and lactation registries as well as to study the efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant and lactating women and their offspring,” she said.