Ten percent of infected pregnant women suffer from long COVID

New research suggests that many pregnant women who contract COVID-19 during pregnancy develop long COVID. About 1,500 pregnant women who got COVID in pregnancy were then followed to see if they developed long COVID. 

“The key takeaway for clinicians who are taking care of pregnant patients is that nearly one in 10 people who have COVID during pregnancy still have persistent symptoms six months later," said the study lead author Torri D. Metz, M.D., of the University of Utah.

Read more: American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology

 

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