Breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Tatyana P Kobylskikh First Saint-Petersburg State Medical University named after academician I.P. Pavlov 197022, Saint-Petersburg
  • Natalia N Smirnova First Saint-Petersburg State Medical University named after academician I.P. Pavlov 197022, Saint-Petersburg
Keywords:
дети грудное вскармливание COVID-19 COVID-19 infants breasting

Abstract

The brief review presents the dynamics of pediatricians’ relationship to breastfeeding in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest data, mother’s infection is not an absolute contraindication for breastfeeding her child. The need for further study of this issue was stressed.

Author Biographies

Tatyana P Kobylskikh, First Saint-Petersburg State Medical University named after academician I.P. Pavlov 197022, Saint-Petersburg
ul. Leo Tolstoy, 6-8
Natalia N Smirnova, First Saint-Petersburg State Medical University named after academician I.P. Pavlov 197022, Saint-Petersburg
ul. Leo Tolstoy, 6-8; Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Pediatrics