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Mum gives birth to baby 'with Covid-19 antibodies but without the disease'

A newborn baby. (Shutterstock)

A woman gave birth to a baby with coronavirus antibodies. The Singaporean mum, who was infected with the coronavirus in March when she was pregnant, delivered a child who did not have Covid-19. The baby did have coronavirus antibodies however, giving them protection against the deadly disease, the Straits Times newspaper reported on Sunday.

"My doctor suspects I have transferred my Covid-19 antibodies to him during my pregnancy," mum Celine Ng-Chan told the paper.

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