Prognosis
Pregnancy Doesn’t Elevate Risk of Severe Covid-19 in Study
- Most admitted to hospitals were more than six months pregnant
- Pregnancy linked to severe cases of some other viral diseases
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Mothers-to-be are at no greater risk of developing severe cases of Covid-19 than the general population, according to a team led by researchers at the University of Oxford.
About 0.5% of all U.K. pregnant women between March 1 and April 14 were hospitalized with Covid-19, according to the study, which hasn’t been peer-reviewed or published in a journal. Of 427 who were admitted to hospitals, about one in ten needed intensive care.