Coronavirus: Newborn Babies at a Thai Hospital Are Being Given Tiny Face Shields to Protect Them from COVID-19
Naturally, as the images made their way across the internet, they stirred up a lot of emotions. “So cute and so unbelievably sad. What a world to be born into. Meanwhile, in the UK not even frontline NHS staff can get face shields,” one person tweeted.
“This is sad. And also? The cutest thing ever,” Busy Phillips wrote.
Per Yahoo News UK, Thailand had a total of 2,473 cases of COVID-19 and 33 people had died from the coronavirus as of April 10. According to the New York Times, the U.S. has almost 500,000 reported cases and over 18,000 deaths.
There is still a lot that is unknown about COVID-19’s effect on pregnant women and newborns. “We do not currently know if pregnant people have a greater chance of getting sick from COVID-19 than the general public nor whether they are more likely to have serious illness as a result,” the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) says on their website. “Based on available information, pregnant people seem to have the same risk as adults who are not pregnant.” The CDC also notes that pregnant women’s bodies are going through changes that may put them at a higher risk for some infections and illnesses caused by viruses.
Once again, we must ask you to stay home as much as possible, practice social-distancing and help to flatten the curve.