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Questions and Answers about Breastfeeding and COVID-19

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World Health Organization

This page offers answers to questions about breastfeeding issues and COVID-19.

The questions include:

  • Can COVID-19 be passed through breastfeeding?
  • In communities where COVID-19 is prevalent, should mothers breastfeed?
  • Following delivery, should a baby still be immediately placed skin-to-skin and breastfed if the mother is confirmed or suspected to have COVID-19?
  • Can women with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 breastfeed?
  • If a mother confirmed or suspected to have COVID-19 does not have a medical face mask should she still breastfeed?
  • I have confirmed or suspected COVID-19 and am too unwell to breastfeed my baby directly. What can I do?
  • I had confirmed or suspected COVID-19 and was unable to breastfeed, when can I start to breastfeed again?
  • I have confirmed or suspected COVID-19, is it safer to give my baby infant formula milk?

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July 21, 2020

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