A new United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) finding has shown that mothers infected with Coronavirus can breastfeed their babies without
The UNICEF Nutrition Team, led by Olumiji Oyedokun, said this while presenting a paper, ” 2021 World Breastfeeding week, a shared responsibility to support, breastfeeding and promote zero water campaign in Kano”, Wednesday, at Tahir Palace.He said, “BreastFeed during COVID-19, active virus has not been detected in any breastmilk of a Mother, which simply means Child can be BreastFeed even if She is actively infected.
However, the UNICEF Nutrition Team, said what a mother needs is taking precautionary measures of effective wearing of clinical mask, using gloves and lack of excessive body contact with the child as well as using medically approved substances by the mother. Mr Banda said children that are exclusively breastfed for two years have a 19 percent chance of survival, adding that if a child is put to breastfeeding within one hour of his birth it reduces malnutrition and child mortality cases and they are protected from infections.
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