“A few days ago, in a city clinical hospital No. 10, with a gestational age of 39 weeks, a Saratov resident gave birth with confirmed COVID-19 ... The child has a confirmed infection of an asymptomatic course, he was transferred to the regional children's infectious diseases hospital,” he said.
According to him, the girl “receives preventive treatment with antiviral drugs”, the issue of joint stay of mother and child is being resolved.
He said that the specialists “worked at childbirth using personal protective equipment”.
“At present, the state of the puerperas is satisfactory, without complications, receiving the necessary therapy,” he added.
The Minister said that currently six pregnant women with confirmed COVID-19 are under medical supervision in the region, they all feel satisfactory.
As the first deputy minister of health of the region Stanislav Shuvalov explained, the patient who gave birth and her child “feel absolutely normal.”
“We must pay tribute to our doctors, who worked as expected ... Therefore, we hope that in the future both the mother and the child will be fine,” he said.
As of the end of April, it was reported that in Russia, almost 400 pregnant women had a confirmed diagnosis of coronavirus infection.