In the United Kingdom, official recommendations indicate that the preventive separation of a mother and her healthy newborn baby should not be taken lightly and that they should remain together for the period following childbirth if care neonatology are not necessary. Literature from China recommends separating infected mothers from their babies for 14 days.
Nchini Uingereza, mapendekezo rasmi yanasema kuwa utengano wa tahadhari wa mama na mtoto mwenye afya haupaswi kufanywa kwa urahisi na wanapaswa kuwekwa pamoja katiki kipindi cha baada ya kujifungua ambapo utuzaji wa mtoto aliyezaliwa hauhitajiki. Mwandishi kutoka Uchina alipendekeza mama walioambukizwa kutenganishwa na watoto kwa siku 14.