Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 infection: is this a vertical transmission?
Neonatal COVID-19, its manifestations and transmission, remains unclear. As the pandemic continues more evidence will emerge but so far, vertical transmission of COVID-19 is rare with just a few reports in the literature.1 We share our experience of managing a preterm newborn with COVID-19 in our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) where the vertical route seems the most likely mode of transmission.
Femi AdeniyiST6 Paediatrics
femi.adeniyi@nhs.net
Sanjeev Rath
Neonatal Consultant
s.rath@nhs.net
Yewande Wey
MTI Fellow
yewande.wey@nhs.net
Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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- NoPE provides enhanced clinical care within neonatal intensive care settings.
- European and UK NoPE training statements mandate collaboration between paediatric cardiology and neonatology.
- Collaborative NoPE training can be delivered within the UK neonatal HST programme.
- Formal UK certification and NoPE training programmes should be developed.
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