Post by shahadat560 on Jan 18, 2024 4:34:35 GMT -5
The Ministry of Health has once again updated its scientific-technical report on Covid-19 , the disease caused by the new coronavirus, in which it has highlighted that it has not been proven that the new coronavirus is present in the amniotic fluid, umbilical cord and breast milk.
Therefore, the department headed by Salvador Illa insists that the transmission of the disease from mother to child, in the cases in which it occurs, occurs due to close contact between them after birth.
However, the document indicates for the first time that some cases of vertical transmission have been observed, which is why it recognizes that it would be "possible" , although it insists that some studies have attempted to detect the virus in the amniotic fluid, umbilical cord and breast milk although it has been "unsuccessful".
"It has not been possible to demonstrate the presence of Country Email List viable viruses in the milk in this case nor that this infection occurred due to breastfeeding," the Spanish health authorities stated in the new report published this Tuesday.
Another novelty reflected in the new work is the detection of the virus in tigers, zoo lions and hamsters, thus expanding the sample of animals that can contract the disease. Therefore, and according to the available evidence, ferrets , felines (cats, tigers and lions), minks and hamsters are susceptible to infection and can develop the disease, as well as dogs to a "much lesser extent."
Finally, Health assures that at this time there are "very few cases" described of transmission from animals to humans, so it "does not seem" that the disease in animals has a great contribution to the epidemic of the new coronavirus.
Therefore, the department headed by Salvador Illa insists that the transmission of the disease from mother to child, in the cases in which it occurs, occurs due to close contact between them after birth.
However, the document indicates for the first time that some cases of vertical transmission have been observed, which is why it recognizes that it would be "possible" , although it insists that some studies have attempted to detect the virus in the amniotic fluid, umbilical cord and breast milk although it has been "unsuccessful".
"It has not been possible to demonstrate the presence of Country Email List viable viruses in the milk in this case nor that this infection occurred due to breastfeeding," the Spanish health authorities stated in the new report published this Tuesday.
Another novelty reflected in the new work is the detection of the virus in tigers, zoo lions and hamsters, thus expanding the sample of animals that can contract the disease. Therefore, and according to the available evidence, ferrets , felines (cats, tigers and lions), minks and hamsters are susceptible to infection and can develop the disease, as well as dogs to a "much lesser extent."
Finally, Health assures that at this time there are "very few cases" described of transmission from animals to humans, so it "does not seem" that the disease in animals has a great contribution to the epidemic of the new coronavirus.
