The proportion of pregnant women who need intensive care treatment for Covid-19 is "worrying", according to the chair of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Consultant Obstetrician at the Coombe Hospital in Dublin Dr Cliona Murphy said that around 10% of patients in ICUs with Covid-19 are pregnant women and while the absolute numbers are not high, "they are worrying to us." Speaking on RTÉ's News at One, Dr Murphy said: "Even as our ICU numbers dropped, the proportion of those ICU admissions were pregnant women and this raised red flags. "In the six weeks that we have been reporting on, from the end of June to August, we saw the proportion of hospitalised cases at 4%, which is more than one would expect from the population