Pregnant women with new coronavirus infection delivered safely and discharged from the hospital Sagamihara April 27, 20:38

Kitasato University Hospital in Sagamihara City announced that a pregnant woman infected with the new coronavirus gave birth and her mother and child were discharged safely without any baby infection.

According to the Kitasato University Hospital, a pregnant woman accepted by the hospital was found to be infected just before birth and had symptoms of pneumonia, so doctors and nurses should wear protective clothing to respond and I had a baby by Caesarean section earlier this month.

The baby was uninfected and the two immediately spent in another room, the mother continued to treat pneumonia in a room prepared for the infected person, and then the test was negative twice in a row. The baby tested negative multiple times.

The mother and child were safely discharged later this month.

The hospital says that the birth of a pregnant woman infected with the new coronavirus will be the first in Japan.

Shinya Umino, Director of Maternal and Child Health Center, Kitasato University Hospital, said, “I think pregnant women may be anxious, but I would like them to know that even if they are infected, their child will be born safely. Both of them are burdensome, so please be careful not to get infected first. "