Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding & COVID FAQs

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Breastmilk protects infants against many infections. Most health organizations recommend that mothers breastfeed, even when sick, with few exceptions. 

Here’s what we know now.

Can breastmilk transmit the coronavirus?

Studies of coronaviruses, including COVID-19 and SARS, did not find the virus in breastmilk.

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