Delivery Complications Uncommon in Coronavirus Infected Pregnant Women

According to a new JAMA study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital published on September 23, 2020, an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus during pregnancy does not appear to increase the risk of complications during delivery or negatively impact the health of newborns.

This research also found that approximately two out of three women who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 were asymptomatic, which means they were not aware of the virus infection.

However, preeclampsia was more common in infected women, stated these researchers in a press release.