Vaccinate: Protecting Pregnant Patients from COVID-19

Abstract

Pregnancy has been identified as an independent risk factor for
severe COVID-19 disease. Pregnant women are more likely than
their non-pregnant counterparts to die, require invasive ventilation
or require ICU admission if infected. This is in contrast to
early reports in the pandemic which showed no increased risk
of severity in pregnant populations. A large analysis from the
USA, including over 400,000 women of childbearing age, of which
more than 30,000 were pregnant, showed a 2.5-fold increase in
ICU admissions and a 70% greater risk of mortality in pregnant
women.