Some 105,000 babies have been born in Israel since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, including 700 to mothers who were positive for coronavirus at the time of the birth. However, only 24 of those babies (3.5%) tested positive at or shortly after birth, a new report from the association that represents neonatal physicians and Israeli Neonatal Association reveals.
Of those 24, 11 were born prematurely.
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Thus far, there have been no reported cases in Israel that prove that newborns contracted the virus from their mother's placenta, although there have been cases of babies contracting the virus in the days following birth.
The Israeli data correlates with data collected worldwide, which indicates that pregnant women rarely if ever transmit COVID-19 to fetuses.
