Pregnant women infected with the novel coronavirus have developed moderate to severe symptoms at about twice the rate of nonpregnant women, according to a Japanese research team.
The research team was made up of Japanese institutes, including the National Center for Child Health and Development. The research results were released via a U.S. medical journal on Tuesday.
The researchers analyzed 1,122 women who met certain conditions, such as age and history of chronic illness, based on data collected on women aged 15 to 44 who were hospitalized from January 2020 to April 2021.
