China News Service, March 22. According to Kyodo News, the team of the Japanese Society of Pediatrics stated on the 22nd that one of the 52 babies born to pregnant women who were infected with the new crown in 2020 has been diagnosed with the new crown virus nucleic acid test (PCR). The new crown is suspected to be a mother-to-child infection. The team said this is the first time in Japan.
Allegedly, the baby has no symptoms and no health problems.
Data map: On January 7, local time, in Tokyo, Japan, people took to the streets wearing masks.
According to reports, the team asked 2,507 pediatric facilities across the country to assist in the questionnaire survey from September to October 2020.
Among the approved facilities, the responses of the 624 facilities that accept the delivery of pregnant women were analyzed.
In 31 facilities, a total of 52 pregnant women who were infected with the new crown gave birth to 52 babies. In the short-term postpartum test, one baby was diagnosed with the new crown and the other 51 were uninfected, with an infection rate of 1.9%.
According to the team of the Japanese Academy of Pediatrics, the rate of maternal and infant infection reported abroad is several percentage points, which is roughly the same as this result.
According to the report, team member and professor at Nihon University Ichiro Morioka said: “Mother-infant infection may occur, but the chance is very small, and the possibility of infants becoming severely ill is also very low. In case of infection with the new crown, the mother-infant reception system is also It has gradually been completed, so I hope not to worry too much."