Earlier this month, another hospital in Thailand also shared that they would be sending newborns home with protective shields.
“We have extra protection measures for little ones and friends, Paolo Hospital Samutprakarn wrote on Facebook, noting that the face shields “can be used in case of travel or protection.”
The hospital also reiterated that they did not recommend that the newborns wore the masks “all the time.”
Although people who are 65 and older are more likely to die from COVID-19, the virus can affect people of any age.
Earlier this month, it was announced that a six-week-old baby in Connecticut died after testing positive for the virus. “This is absolutely heartbreaking. We believe this is one of the youngest lives lost anywhere due to complications relating to COVID-19,” Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said at the time.
Pregnant women are also considered as being of a higher-risk demographic because of weakened immune systems, although early anecdotal evidence shows that that mom-to-baby transmission is unlikely.
“It is always important for pregnant women to protect themselves from illnesses,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote in an advisory notice.
In Thailand, which has been under lockdown since last month, there have been at least 2,473 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 33 deaths as of Friday, according to a Johns Hopkins database.
Globally, there have been over 1.6 million confirmed cases and at least 101,732 people have died.
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