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COVID-19 and pregnancy: what we know about what happens to your immune system – The Conversation UK

Your immune system changes when you are pregnant, and this may help protect you and your child from COVID-19 – but we need more research to understand this better.

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Any new infectious disease poses unique challenges to people who are pregnant during an outbreak. The effects of Sars, Zika and influenza in pregnancy highlight the potential immediate and longer term detrimental health outcomes a virus can have for both mother and baby. These risks include premature delivery of the baby with Sars, birth defects with Zika and greater risk of severe influenza.
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