Pregnant women who catch Covid are twice as likely to develop serious complications and three times more likely to suffer a potentially fatal blood clot, warns a new study. Coronavirus also doubles the risk of of premature birth, acute respiratory distress syndrome and sepsis, according to the research.
In the UK, mums-to-be who have not had the jab make up a fifth of the most ill patients in intensive care, data showed. Infected patients who took part in this latest study were three times as likely to have a blood clot - known medically as a thromboembolism, scientists discovered.
Thromboembolism can cause a blockage in the main artery of the lung or form elsewhere and become life threatening. Overall, the coronavirus raised the risk of a severe maternal illness two-and-a-half times, researchers found.
