Research Suggest Babies Born to Vaccinated Mothers Have Coronavirus Antibodies
Babies born to mothers who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine prior to giving birth were born with protective antibodies against the virus, according to a preliminary Israeli study.
Researchers at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem took blood samples from the umbilical cords, which is the same blood found inside the babies, of 40 newborns, finding that antibodies against the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, were present in all. All mothers whose babies were studied had received their second dose about a week before giving birth, according to The Times of Isreal.
“In our study, we found immunoglobulin G antibodies that are active against the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, which basically block the entry of the virus to cells. This follows research which suggests that [breast] milk has another type of antibodies, Immunoglobulin A,” Prof. Dana Wolf, head of Hadassah’s virology department, told the Israeli outlet.
