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Covid infection rates high in pregnant women: US study – The Tribune India
‘Pregnancy should be considered a high-risk health condition for Covid-19 vaccine allocation in Phase 1B all across the US’
New York, February 17
Pregnant women appeared to be at a higher risk of catching Covid-19 infection, as per a new study conducted in the US.
The study, published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, showed that the Covid-19 infection rate among pregnant women was estimated to be 70 per cent higher than in similarly aged adults in Washington state.
“Our data indicates that pregnant people did not avoid the pandemic as we hoped that they would,” said researcher Kristina Adams Waldorf…
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