Babies covered with blankets while asleep risk suffocation, paediatricians warn

Paediatricians have warned that covering babies with blankets increases the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, a tragic phenomenon, where a healthy infant dies unexpectedly. The specialists also warned that obstructing a baby’s airways with pillows, toys, shawls, or other materials could be fatal within four minutes. This, they said, contributed to the global burden