Pune's Sassoon Hospital Reports India's First Case Of Mother-Baby COVID-19 Transmission

Pune's Sassoon General Hospital has reported India's first mother to baby transmission of COVID-19, reports PTI. "Whereas vertical transmission means when the baby is in the uterus itself and the mother has an infection, (she may be) either symptomatic or asymptomatic,and she can transfer the infection through the placenta to the baby," Dr Aarti Kinikar told PTI.

"The baby went through a stormy course but after three weeks both mother and baby have been discharged and are doing well," Dr Kinikar told BOOM.