FOCUS: Is breastfeeding safe during the coronavirus pandemic?

Some mothers are worried about transmitting the novel coronavirus to their newborns during nursing, after it was reported in Japan that a mother's breastmilk tested positive for the virus causing COVID-19.Medical organizations differ on how to tackle the issue, although at least one doctor is urging calm, arguing that there is no evidence of a child being infected through breastfeeding.Japanese media reported on July 9 that breastmilk of a young mother from the western prefecture of Wakayama tested positive for the novel coronavirus.The woman had been hospitalized after testing positive for…READ FULL ARTICLE