• Fabrício Silva Pessoa, Marynéa Silva do Vale, Patrícia Franco Marques, Susana da Silva Figueira, Izabel Athayde da Silva Cruz Salgado, and Roberta de Sousa Wernz Cancian Mochel.
• Infectologista Pediátrico. Serviço de Infectologia Pediátrica do Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luis, MA, Brasil.
• Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2020 Dec 1; 66 (12): 1621-1624.

AbstractWe present the case of 33 weeks + weeks pregnant patient (G1P0), with proven COVID-19 infection by RT-PCR and, at admission, she presented with a dry cough and "tiredness when talking,". Chest computed tomography was performed, which showed the presence of attenuations with ground glass opacification and bilateral consolidations. She then had a cesarean section because of maternal respiratory decompensation. She was transferred to the ICU of the same hospital with an O2 catheter. The newborn was transferred to the neonatal ICU of the same hospital in ambient air and maintained in respiratory and contact isolation. RT-PCR was collected for SARS-COV-2 at 6 h of life, which was positive. Faced with the knowledge gap on vertical transmission, RT-PCR for SARS-COV-2 at 6 h of life gives cause for concern, thus representing the possibility of vertical transmission by SARS-COV-2, although additional investigations are required.

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