Cristian Carlos. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
It was reported that, in the state of Florida, a mother, a frontline health care worker, gave birth to a baby girl with antibodies to COVID-19.
The mother, at 36 weeks of pregnancy, reportedly received the Moderna vaccine because she was a frontline health worker caring for COVID-19 patients.
The birth took place at the end of January; however, the specialized media MedRxiv reported the findings of the investigation recently.
Once the mother gave birth, the researchers took a blood sample from the umbilical cord immediately after it was cut, and plasma was obtained from the placenta to see if an antibody test resulted in any reaction to the S protein of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 disease thought to have originated in a market in the Wuhan region of China.
It is important to note that the vaccine from Moderna Pharmaceuticals requires two doses. The mother would have received the second dose during her postpartum period, after 28 days of receiving the first dose of vaccine to achieve immunity.
The study urges the scientific community to thoroughly investigate the safety and efficacy of vaccines against the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus during pregnancy, as the effectiveness in newborns is unknown even when clinical studies show the presence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 to prevent disease derived from the new coronavirus: COVID-19.
In addition to its effectiveness in newborns, the researchers also called for research into the ideal time for pregnant women to get any of the available vaccines.
Details of the research can be found on the MedRxiv website: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.03.21250579v1
