Severe Covid-19 infection in newborns is rare, study suggests

Severe Covid-19 infection is newborns is rare, study suggests (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Severe coronavirus infection appears to be rare in newborn babies, a new study suggests.

At the peak of the first wave of the pandemic, researchers traced all babies less than 29 days old with Covid-19 across the UK, who needed to be admitted into hospital.