Positive mothers suspected of having COVID-19 should breastfeed their babies and not separate from them unless they feel very unwell, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a regular conference on coronavirus. .
"Based on the data we have, the benefits of breastfeeding outweigh any potential transmission risks of COVID-19.
In the breast milk of positive women with coronavirus, the live virus has not been identified but some fragments of it, so there is no evidence that COVID-19 is transmitted from mother to newborn, "said Anshu Banerjee, a maternity health expert. children and adolescents for WHO by referring to the guidelines published on the UN Agency website.