HEALTH NEWS
Delta variant increases risks for pregnant women
As per reports, infections with the Delta variant lead to worse outcomes for unvaccinated pregnant women.
Doctors studied 1,515 pregnant women with Covid-19 who received care from a large public health system in Dallas from May 2020 through Sept. 4, 2021.
In total, 82 women – 81 of whom were not vaccinated – developed severe illness, including 10 who needed ventilators and two who died.
The proportion of severe or critical cases among pregnant women was around 5 per cent until early 2021, and were “largely nonexistent” in February and most of March 2021, the researchers said in a statement.