While pregnant women are at higher risk of severe illness, the COVID virus can also trigger inflammatory and vascular responses in the placenta during critical periods of foetal development in symptomatic and asymptomatic cases.
How does Covid-19 affect pregnant women and children? New study sheds light - While pregnant women are at higher risk of severe illness, the virus can also trigger inflammatory and vascular responses in the placenta.
A new study has found that pregnant women should get vaccinated to minimize the detrimental health effects COVID-19 has on the placenta, the foetus, and the newborn.