Two Babies Who Contracted COVID 19 in Mother's Womb Suffer Brain Damage

     In what is known as the first two confirmed cases of babies born after contracting COVID-19 in their mother's womb, research undertaken by the University of Miami shows that it affected their brains.

      It is believed that the virus was transmitted through the placenta of their mothers, who had contracted the virus during the second wave of COVID-19, the Delta variant era.

 

    Published in the pediatric journal, the report further stated that the lack of vaccines made it further severe.

 

     The babies, one of whom died at 13 months and another who had been hospitalized, is suffering considerable developmental delays and seizures since the day of birth.

 

     However, neither of them had tested positive for COVID-19 at birth, but there was a high amount of presence of antibodies to the virus in their blood, as told by Dr. Merline Benny, a neonatologist at the University of Miami.

 

     During pregnancy, one of the mothers hadn't suffered severely but underwent mild symptoms carrying the baby for a full term, despite testing positive for COVID-19. The other mother, however, had become severely sick and had to deliver the baby at the gestation of 32 weeks.

 

     In another study, though traces of the virus were found in the placentas of both the mothers and in the brain of the child, the strain causing the disease is disputed. There is no clarity on whether the strain is Delta or an Omicron-related variant.

 

     The women are, however, urged to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Shahnaz Duara have also advised pregnant women to inform about these situations to their child's pediatrician to check for developmental delays.

 

 

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