Last updated:  08 September 2020

 

COVID-19 and breastfeeding

A woman with COVID-19 should be supported to breastfeed safely.

 

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Skin-to-skin care and early, exclusive breastfeeding helps a baby to thrive

 

 

Women with COVID-19 can breastfeed if they wish to do so

 

 

If a woman with COVID-19 is unable to directly breastfeed, she can be supported to safely provide her baby with breastmilk in other ways