Abstract

The first four weeks after birth seem to be a relatively safe period in relation to the first pandemic of the century. Although SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted from the mother to the newborn through droplets, the clinical symptoms are usually nonsignificant and uncomplicated. It is especially truth when SARSCoV- 2 infection concerns the full-term newborn. We present the fatal disease course of COVID-19 in full term newborn delivered vaginally with appropriate weight and with Apgar score 10. On the fourteenth day of life, neonate rapidly deteriorated and within the next three days died of hyperglycemia that stimulated an inflammatory reaction.

Keywords: SARS CoV-2; COVID-19; Newborn; Hyperglycemia; Inflammatory response