Open AccessInfection by the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) and Pregnancy: 2 Cases Reports at the University Teaching Hospital of Angre/Abidjan
Author(s) -
Adjoby Cassou Roland,
Gbary-Lagaud Eléonore,
Effoh Ndrin Denis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of gynecology research reviews and reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2634-1255
DOI - 10.47363/jgrrr/2019(2)115
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , pregnancy , china , developing country , medicine , population , health care , coronavirus , global health , economic growth , family medicine , environmental health , public health , political science , virology , nursing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , law , disease , pathology , biology , outbreak , genetics
The novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) that appeared in December 2019 in China quickly spread to all countries around the world leading the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a pandemic on 11 March 2020. This pandemic is particularly serious in that it severely undermines health care systems in all affected countries, including developing and resource-constrained countries, forcing them to adapt quickly. Current data on COVID-19 and pregnancy are limited. The first published Chinese data seem to show that the symptoms in pregnant women are substantially the same as those in the general population. Through the first 2 cases of COVID-19 observed during pregnancy at Angré University Hospital, the authors wanted to share their experience, under the conditions of a low-resources country