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Pregnancy doesn’t elevate risk of severe covid-19 in study

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About 0.5% of all UK pregnant women between March 1 and April 14 were hospitalized with Covid-19, according to the study 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 UK 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. Pregnancy has been shown to elevate the risk of severe illness from other viral infections such as influenza, and many countries urge women considering having children to get the annual flu

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