Japan first finds a suspected case of mother infant infection with COVID-19

according to Japan According to Kyodo News Agency, the team of the Japanese Academy of Pediatrics said on the 22nd that pregnant woman 52 babies baby In the middle, there is a sutra Neocoronavirus Nucleic acid test (PCR) confirmed the infection of new crown, suspected Maternal and infant infection , the team said this was the first time in Japan. It is said that the baby has no symptoms and is healthy.

It is reported that the team asked 2507 pediatric facilities nationwide to assist in the questionnaire survey from September to October 2020. Among the agreed facilities, the responses of 624 facilities receiving pregnant women's delivery were analyzed. In 31 facilities, a total of 52 pregnant women infected with COVID-19 gave birth to 52 infants. In the detection shortly after the birth, one infant was confirmed to be infected with COVID-19, and the other 51 were not infected, with an infection rate of 1.9%.

According to the team of the Japanese Academy of Pediatrics, the maternal and infant infection rate reported abroad is several percentage points, which is roughly the same as this result.

According to the report, team member Yilang Morioka, the professor in charge of the University of Japan, said: "Mother infant infection may occur, but the probability is very small, and the possibility of severe cases of infants is also very low. In case of infection with COVID-19, the mother infant receiving system has gradually completed, so I hope not to worry too much."