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Singaporean gives birth to baby with COVID-19 antibodies - report

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/11/30/20191129-singapore-skyline-gcs-s0882.jpg"/><figcaption>Singapore skyline as seen from the Leisure Park Kallang on November 29, 2019. <em>Gigie Cruz/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>SINGAPORE - A Singaporean woman, who was infected with the novel coronavirus in March when she was pregnant, has given birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus, offering a new clue as to whether the infection can be transferred from mother to child.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/04/16/20/explainer-what-are-coronavirus-antibody-tests">EXPLAINER: What are coronavirus antibody tests?</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/08/20/after-recovery-from-coronavirus-most-people-carry-antibodies">After recovery from coronavirus, most people carry antibodies</a></li></ul><p>The baby was born this month without COVID-19 but with the virus antibodies, the Straits Times newspaper reported on Sunday, citing the mother. </p><p>&quot;My doctor suspects I have transferred my COVID-19 antibodies to him during my pregnancy,&quot; Celine Ng-Chan told the paper.</p><p>Ng-Chan had been mildly ill from the disease and was discharged from hospital after two-and-a-half weeks, the Straits Times said.</p><p>Ng-Chan and the National University Hospital (NUH), where she gave birth, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p><p>The World Health Organization says it is not yet known whether a pregnant woman with COVID-19 can pass the virus to her fetus or baby during pregnancy or delivery.</p><p>To date, the active virus has not been found in samples of fluid around the baby in the womb or in breast milk.</p><p>Doctors in China have reported the detection and decline over time of COVID-19 antibodies in babies born to women with the coronavirus disease, according to an article published in October in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.</p><p>Transmission of the new coronavirus from mothers to newborns is rare, doctors from New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center reported in October in JAMA Pediatrics.<strong> (Reporting by Aradhana Aravindan in Singapore, additional reporting by Chen Lin Editing by Robert Birsel)</strong></p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lHka6qpsgIQ?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>SINGAPORE - A Singaporean woman, who was infected with the novel coronavirus in March when she was pregnant, has given birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus, offering a new clue as to whether the infection can be transferred from mother to child.</p>

SINGAPORE - A Singaporean woman, who was infected with the novel coronavirus in March when she was pregnant, has given birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus, offering a new clue as to whether the infection can be transferred from mother to child.