Coronavirus: mother-baby transmission unproven despite case of newborn

A 30-hour-old baby is the youngest person to be diagnosed with the virus but experts warn against jumping to conclusionsNews that a 30-hour-old newborn baby had become the youngest person to have been diagnosed withcoronavirus has promptedspeculation that the potentially lethal illness could potentially be passed from a mother to a fetus.But medical experts have warned against drawing conclusions so early in investigation of the virus, which has infected 24,500 people mostly in China.Continue reading...
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