Pregnant women are no more likely to become severely ill with COVID-19 than other women, according to a preliminary study in Britain, but most expectant mothers who do develop serious illness tend to be in the later stages of pregnancy.
FILE PHOTO: Stephanie Bowers who is 8 months pregnant poses for a photograph outside her home, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, Manchester, Britain April 9, 2020. Picture taken April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble/
This suggested that mothers-to-be are at no greater risk of severe COVID-19 than the wider population, said the research team led by Oxford University and Britain’s Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. In an editorial comment on these findings, published on Sunday in the medical journal Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, experts said women should “be advised to take necessary precautions to avoid infection during pregnancy”.
“It is concerning that more pregnant women from black and minority ethnic groups are admitted with COVID-19 in pregnancy and this needs urgent investigation.”
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