Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

March 17, 2020

An Analysis of 38 Pregnant Women with 2 COVID-19, Their Newborn Infants, and Maternal-Fetal Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Maternal Coronavirus Infections and Pregnancy Outcomes

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  • Schwartz studied 38 pregnant women with COVID-19 in China to understand the effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy outcomes and found that there were no maternal deaths, no confirmed cases of intrauterine transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from mothers to their fetuses, and all neonatal specimens tested negative for SARS-CoV-2.  

Schwartz (Mar 17, 2020). An Analysis of 38 Pregnant Women with 2 COVID-19, Their Newborn Infants, and Maternal-Fetal Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Maternal Coronavirus Infections and Pregnancy Outcomes. Archives of Patho & Lab Med. https://doi.org/10.5858/arpa.2020-0901-SA