Questions and Answers about Breastfeeding and COVID-19

This page offers answers to questions about breastfeeding issues and COVID-19.

The questions include:

• Can COVID-19 be passed through breastfeeding?
• In communities where COVID-19 is prevalent, should mothers breastfeed?
• Following delivery, should a baby still be immediately placed skin-to-skin and breastfed if the mother is confirmed or suspected to have COVID-19?
• Can women with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 breastfeed?
• If a mother confirmed or suspected to have COVID-19 does not have a medical face mask should she still breastfeed?
• I have confirmed or suspected COVID-19 and am too unwell to breastfeed my baby directly. What can I do?
• I had confirmed or suspected COVID-19 and was unable to breastfeed, when can I start to breastfeed again?
• I have confirmed or suspected COVID-19, is it safer to give my baby infant formula milk?

Source: Questions and Answers about Breastfeeding and COVID-19