Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research, it is important to study the effect of coronavirus on pregnancy. The study done by the department of biotechnology at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, summarized that there is no evidence to suggest that pregnant women are more likely to contract the virus and SARS-CoV-2 might not get transmitted from the mother to the neonate.
The study, however, concluded that it is "important to include a big cohort to study the course of SARS-CoV-2 infection systematically in pregnant females".Click here to read the Mint ePapermint is now on Telegram.