Baby is born immune to Corona: Rare case in Singapore causes a stir

A woman in Singapore contracted the coronavirus while pregnant.

Your little son was born without Covid-19 but with antibodies against the virus.

• A woman from Singapore was infected with the

  corona

  virus

  *

  while on vacation in Europe

  .

• During her pregnancy, she was hospitalized for treatment.

• But her son is healthy at birth and even has

  antibodies

  .

Singapore -

usually take extra care of their health.

In a global pandemic, however, that is easier said than done.

The

poses challenges for expectant mothers.

A woman from

experienced this firsthand.

The 31-year-old spent her

and returned home with a

*, according to the local newspaper

.

The woman's mother and little daughter were also infected, but her husband and father were spared.

Although the disease was

in the pregnant woman herself

, she had to be

for over two weeks

.

Corona case in Singapore: Doctors are puzzling over antibodies

The possibility that your little son

could also have

the

after the birth

was there until the end.

Even if,

according to some studies

, the

between mother and fetus are rather low.

A test for the virus after birth was

only

positive

in around

, explained Professor Mario Rüdiger from the Dresden University Hospital to the

.

Together with other scientists, he is researching how a corona infection

can affect

.

But in the case of the young mother from Singapore, everything went well.

Her son Aldrin was born

November 7th with a birth weight of 3.5 kilograms

.

The amazing thing is that

could be detected in

the little one's blood

.

"It's very interesting.

The pediatrician says my Covid-19 antibodies are gone, but Aldrin has some, ”the Singapore woman told the

.

"My doctor suspects that I transferred my Covid-19 antibodies

during my

." This would make her son

*.

Baby with corona antibodies: rare but not an isolated case

Aldrin is now at home with his family.

There his mother recovers from the

She and her daughter got off lightly, but their mother had to be ventilated.

The elderly lady almost lost her life.

She does get the chance to get to know her grandson.

The little boy's case is a rarity in Singapore.

So far, very few babies have been born there whose mothers were previously infected with the virus.

But this has already happened elsewhere and in these cases too, the

often had

.