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Passing through the birthing canal is a mechanism for intergenerational transmission of vaginal and gut microorganisms for the vertical transmission of microbiota not only from our mothers and grandmothers but also from earlier ancestors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Methods<\/jats:title>Many national and international instructions have been developed since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak in January 2020 in Wuhan in China. All of them pointed out hygiene measures, social distancing and avoidance of social contacts as the most important epidemiological preventive measures. Pregnancy and neonatal periods are considered as high risk for Covid-19 infection.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>The instructions defined the care for pregnant women in the delivery room, during a hospital stay and after discharge. 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