Dr. Reeta Bora. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
A vaccinated person without any high-risk factor for infection should take care of the infant six feet from the mother when not in contact with her, the northeast’s only doctor of medicine for neonatology said
A COVID-19 positive mother should continue with kangaroo care with proper hygienic practices and preferably let vaccinated persons take care of the infant six feet away when not breastfeeding or in contact with her, the only doctor of medicine for neonatology in the northeast has said.
Kangaroo mother care (KMC), initially developed in Colombia, is a method of care practised on babies, usually on a pre-term infant, where the infant is held skin-to-skin with his or her mother, father, or substitute caregiver.