COVID-19 and Breastfeeding

El-Gilany AH^1*

¹Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt

Corresponding Author: Abdel-Hady El-Gilany MD

Address: Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt; Tel: 0020-1060714481; E-mail: ahgilany@gmail.com

Received date: 04 April 2020; Accepted date: 10 April 2020; Published date: 01 May 2020

Citation: El-Gilany AH. COVID-19 and Breastfeeding. Asp Biomed Clin Case Rep. 2020 May 1;3(2):102-105.

Copyright © 2020 El-Gilany AH. This is an open-access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords: Breastfeeding; Breast Milk; COVID-19

Abstract

This editorial highlights the most recent updates on breastfeeding in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Possible modes and risk of transmissions, preventive measures to be taken in hospitals and homes as well as current recommendations were discussed.