Only 9 infants were identified with COVID-19 in China between December 8, 2019 and February 6, 2020. This small number of infected infants is potentially due to infants having a lower risk of COVID-19 exposure or due to infants potentially having asymptomatic COVID-19.

Novel Coronavirus Infection in Hospitalized Infants Under 1 Year of Age in China

In this study, four full-term infants were born to pregnant women who had COIVD-19 in Wuhan, China. None of the infants tested positive for the virus, or developed symptoms such as fever, cough, or diarrhea. In a past study, five infants who were born to mothers who had SARS (during the outbreak in the early 2000s) were not detected to have the virus. 

Infants Born to Mothers With a New Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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