Safe Motherhood in Covid 19 and its Medicolegal considerations Panel discussion

Pregnant women do not appear more likely to contact the infection than the general population. However, pregnancy itself alters the body’s immune system and response to viral infections in general, which can occasionally be related to more severe symptoms and this will be the same for COVID-19.

Reported cases of COVID-19 pneumonia in pregnancy are milder and with good recovery.

Pregnant women with heart disease are at the highest risk (congenital or acquired).

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