A pregnant woman in Florida who received a dose of the coronavirus vaccine gave birth to her first child with Covid-19 antibodies. This happened after her mother had been vaccinated against the virus.
Dr. Paul Gilbert and Chad Rudnick said the mother, a frontline health care worker, received her first dose of the Moderna vaccine in January, when she was 36 weeks pregnant.
According to "The Guardian" the woman gave birth to a strong, healthy baby girl three weeks later after receiving the vaccine. The researchers analyzed the blood from the child's umbilical cord and discovered the antibodies.
"Thus, there is potential for protection and reduction of the risk of Sars-CoV-2 infection with maternal vaccination. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case in the world of a child born with antibodies after the mother was vaccinated," Gilbert told the West Palm Beach ABC affiliate.
"We tested the baby's cord to see if the mother's antibodies were passed on to the baby, which we see happens with other vaccines given during pregnancy.", he said.
The paper makes clear, however, that further research is needed to determine whether infants are protected by these antibodies.
"We urge other investigators to establish pregnancy and breastfeeding registries, and to conduct studies of the efficacy and safety of Covid-19 vaccines for pregnant and lactating women and their offspring." called the newspaper.
"This is the first case in thousands and thousands of babies who will be born to mothers who will be vaccinated in the coming months", Rudnick said on the local ABC station.
"Further studies should determine how long this protection lasts. They need to determine what level of protection or how many antibodies a baby needs to have in order to provide them with protection."
Gilbert and Rudnick said their article had been accepted for publication and that they were waiting for it to be officially posted on the journal's website.
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