MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) will review the Chinese scientists’ findings that mother’s milk could prevent the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) or treat patients infected with the disease. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Tuesday that it has long been the advocacy of the DOH to inform the public that breast milk provides protection to babies from certain diseases. According to a report from the South China Morning Post, a research team in Beijing tested the effect of human breast milk on cells exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The milk was collected in 2017, long before the onset of the pandemic. The report said results showed that most living virus strains were killed by breast milk.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 29, 2020 03:22 UTC