Its still about us Little Planet on the brink who spoke to some of these experts and the fish. Hook up just to get a couple of good sense. That. Its normally a time of great joy. Parents welcoming a baby into the world. What happens when coronavirus enters the picture. Find a new side tested positive to get back on my own without my husband to do the 2 days ahead of the past were incredibly stressful i was so afraid for my baby. With covered 19 still infecting people. One of the risks of pregnancy and childbirth. Welcome to this covered 19 special on robots in berlin its great to have you with us so little can be more exciting than the arrival of a newborn can even though it naturally comes with its anxieties particularly for 1st time parents however theres anxiety have been added to those welcoming a baby into a world ravaged by corona virus. 3 new born babies who all tested positive for covert 19 neither of the triplets parents have the Coronavirus Health officials in San Luis Potosi station mexico are calling the case on preset dented i. Q. Locust in the muscle we need to consider here is one of the coronavirus could have been transmitted through the placenta thats not something that we can be sure of at this time its a theory that we have to look at us its a new virus theres no International Literature yet but this will be worth reviewing. Its just one example that highlights how much is yet to be discovered about the impact the virus can have before and during birth. What we do know is based on limited data early studies suggest that pregnant women arent more likely to full severely ill from kovac 19 most newborns who test positive will recover but there have been some cases of infants falling severely ill. Transmission from mother to baby via breath milk appears on likely so several cases have been identified where there have been r. N. A. Fragments of fragments of the fire is in breast milk but we havent actually identified life i recent breast milk and so the risk of transmission from mother to child therefore so far has not been established. Over in colombia pregnant women are among the hundreds of migrants whove been trying to cross back into venezuela as the virus dampens their prospects of setting up a new life. Border closures part of lockdown restrictions have left them waiting days to access humanitarian corridors conditions are dire not least for expectant mothers. Were hungry weve no place to cook and as long as we have no money well stay hungry. But whether its overstretched Health Services restrictions on movement or simply a lack of data giving birth during a pandemic is especially anxiety inducing but with every new life comes the prospect of a Brighter Future free of culls at 19. We can now speak to. The doctor at the clinic for gynecology out of step tricks here in berlin dr thanks for joining us how different is giving birth now to even just a few months ago before the pandemic of hello a few things have changed obviously depending on your local Health Care System and where you can prove how effective a lot in your country is but many women are confronted with visiting rules in the hospital so many might have to give birth along and might not be able to be visited after the birth so this is what has changed significantly. Yeah and if youve got these extra restrictions in hospital visiting issues etc i imagine that might be quite off putting for some mothers to be so are some mothers choosing not to give birth in hospitals where they might have otherwise yes some mothers choose to have home birth is orange they might go to a hospital to give birth and leave the hospital. Very shortly after the birth so this would be a good solution not to stay in the hospital but many hospitals have have taken extra care of mothers and off they are new brown babies so depending on the local system youre confronted with and you might have a secure solution in your house consistent or a solution where you are affected with the possibility of infections would home birth is. Going to say which you were right as against home births they were where possible to be edging them despite the fact that you know them i worry about hospitals you know theyve got patients in them that have got coronavirus but would you still be advising mothers to go to hospital. When yes i would many of central warrants have have a cuckoo cuckoo strategy that kooning there i was technical words they protected from infections and from other patients from the hospital so it depends on what Health Care System you have at home birth is kerry and extra risk of well not being medically assistant during your birth and theres so many risks coming this is that if i sing everybody to be at home giving birth its not nothing i would say. And all these restrictions are aiming to prevent both a mother and a baby contracting cover 19 themselves but you have dealt with babies who have got the condition how do you approach that well as a National Journal guideline how to deal with insect babies. For a long time it was known that babies are not prone to be infected with the blood of an infected mother but anyway we have seen some babies being infected even babies times the syrian section so any any birth weight could lead to an infected baby if the mother is infected and then National Guideline coping with these infected babies is that you should not restrict a mother from the baby take the baby away from the family you shouldnt as a mother if youre infected or not take extra care of the baby and has high hygiene standards but breastfeed anyway and not give the baby away thought because babies are not a risk group even if they contract. They might not be severely ill most of the babies will not be severely ill dr mandy mangler from the vantage clinic for gynecology obstetrics here in berlin thank you so much for your time. And now is your chance to ask the questions to our science correspondent Derrick Williams. When will this pandemic be over. You know thats the trillion dollar question isnt it i wish i could answer it but right now no one can the w. H. O. Has broken influenza pandemics down into 6 stages and theyre only considered over when levels of flu have returned to stable a prepare endemic levels but what if the definition of an end to the covert 19 pandemic means reaching a stable number of infections worldwide then we still have a very long way to go in the absence of measures like social distancing the number of new infections will only stabilize with the advent of herd immunity when an estimated 60 to 70 percent of the earths population has been infected and recover. But a huge Vaccination Program with a highly effective vaccine would of course accelerate that process so while we can say that this pandemic too will certainly one day ends there is still way too many factors in play for anyone to say exactly when that day will be. Is there a chance a vaccine could cause the virus to grow more deadly. To even attempt to answer it you have to look at what other vaccines have done to viruses in the past. That seems of course contribute to viral evolution by driving selection as more and more people in a population acquire immunity strains for example that evolved to be more highly contagious would would have at least a temporary advantage but what advantages would growing more deadly bring sars cove to i mean if people began. Hiding even more than they are now vigilance would would ramp up even higher and that would lead to less spread so its not actually in the viruses best interest to grow more deadly its true in fact as many people as possible so id say that while theres theres no question maxines pushed viruses to evolve i dont believe in this case it will push them to evolve in the direction of greater virulence in fact id expect a vaccine to push it to be less virulent but more contagious but thats just my best guess. When you get covert 19 from an open wound or cut. To invade the body of 2 has to latch on to whats called the ace 2 receptor which is is quite abundant in the membranes of cells in the upper respiratory tract as well as in a range of different organs including your lungs and your kidneys and your heart ace too theres a kind of door knob that allows the virus to enter those cells in tissue made up of cells that have few or no ace to receptor like your skin and subcutaneous tissue the door is effectively blocked so all the evidence indicates that even if sars cove 2 got into an open scratch it wouldnt be able to turn into a full blown infection because it wouldnt be able to invade the cells effectively or spread effectively in that tissue to do that it has to invade tissue like the membranes in your upper respiratory tract which which carry lots of face to. Science correspondent Derrick Williams now a lot changed since the corona virus spread worldwide and even in the face of fashion it would appear here in berlin on thursday one designer unveiled her 2021 collection malvo. Evening and cocktail dresses each with matching face covering. And thats all from this covered 19 special thanks for joining us and to stay healthy. Into the conflict zone with Tim Sebastian indias government is using the firing line the time when the brewers refused to stop me humming the coronavirus from lying about the use of fossil between its own troops and Chinese Forces in the former my guest this week from new delhi is sudan to share very easy a member of the alpha house of politics on the national spoke for us in the d. J. Flicks of. Digital. Armstrong really walk on the moon. Isnt the earth really flat have to wrong. Does the government use plain stupid reason us. 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