Healthcare officials have been closely following the use of treatments such as convalescent plasma, which uses blood donated by people who have recovered from COVID-19 to help patients.
“Now they’re looking to see if breast milk is another option to gain those antibodies, especially when we talk about the vaccine, Combs said. We don’t vaccinate young children because it hasn’t been studied in them yet. Whereas maybe antibodies from breastmilk might be an option for treatment for the newborn babies.
Combs encourages new mothers who have contracted COVID-19 to keep breastfeeding their baby and to keep wearing a mask.