Neonatal COVID-19

ABSTRACT

Novel coronavirus infection is a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and named as coronavirus disease 2019. First confirmed case in adult was reported in December 2019 in China. Since then, research is being conducted in multiple sites in order to better define the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, prevention and treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 infection in adults. Few cases have been observed in children and newborn infants who seem to have a milder form of clinical disease than other age groups. The purpose of this review is to summarize the available evidence on severe acute respiratory syndromecoronavirus- 2 transmission, the associated clinical presentation, outcomes and treatment in newborn infants with the aim to provide adequate information to neonatologists, pediatricians and obstetricians for managing such patients.