Coronavirus COVID-19 and Postpartum Visitors - Yes or No?

To reduce the spreading of the coronavirus it’s better to postpone visitors who like to see your baby postpartum. Only if everyone is healthy, no one is in the risk group and no one had potential contact with infected people (but how sure do you know?), then it’s allowed. Take care of hygiene, wash your hands often, keep social distance, don’t shake hands and clean your home.

The coronavirus is a virus that occurs in different varieties. It gives flu kind of symptoms, they are called: COVID-19. The symptoms look like the “normal” flu. Often people respond with mild symptoms but some people can become very ill.

Now the corona virus spread quickly around, it’s better to wait to receive visitors after the baby is born.

Don’t receive visitors if:

• You or your visitors have a cough, a cold, a sore throat or fever.
  
• You or your visitors have been in touch with someone who is infected.
• You have been in an area where has been an outbreak of the corona virus like: Italy, Austria, Germany, Spain, China, South-Korea or Iran.
  
• You or your visitors are in the high risk group. People older than 70 years, people with heart, lung and kidney diseases, diabetics, people with a low resistance or hiv-infection.
  

Can I receive visitors in the hospital?
Normally yes, but for now since the corona virus is spreading around only you and your partner are allowed.

Is the corona virus dangerous for the newborn baby?
Because of skin to skin and cuddles with the baby, it’s potential possible to infect the baby with COVID-19.
The illness causes the same symptoms as by adults. The symptoms for children seems however very mild. Admitting into a hospital or death is not common. This occurs especially under elderly people who already have health issues.

Advice to follow if you still has visitors visiting you and your baby:

• Wash your hands often with water & soap
  
• Cough & sneeze in your elbow
• Use paper towel and throw that away
• Clean the house before & after the visit (doorknobs, crane, toilet, doorbell and arms of chairs).
  
• Don’t shake hands
• Keep an arm length of distance