THE onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted everybody, including children and newborns. Malaysian babies born after March 18, 2020 (the day the first nationwide lockdown came into force), will only know a world in the grip of a pandemic. As long as the pandemic continues (along with movement restrictions), they certainly will not have the same opportunities to interact with others compared with children born before the pandemic began. Covid-19 has also changed the way newborn babies are cared for within the neonatal setting due to the wearing of masks. Babies have an uncanny ability to process faces, so will face processing in infants be adversely affected?

Source: The Star July 08, 2021 22:30 UTC