New Corona Utilized to support data collection of pregnant women infected by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare 17:53, September 3
To clarify the impact of the new coronavirus on pregnant women and newborn babies and to provide necessary support, the research team of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will collect and analyze the data of pregnant women infected with the new coronavirus from this month.
This research is started by a research group of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare led by Professor Hideto Yamada of Kobe University Graduate School.
So far, there is no report that the new coronavirus is likely to become severe if a pregnant woman is infected, or that it affects the newborn baby, but it is not yet known in detail.
For this reason, the research group called on pregnant women who were infected with the new coronavirus after January to cooperate through medical institutions nationwide such as the perinatal center that gives birth to pregnant women at high risk, and what kind of symptoms they had. It is about collecting data on the impact on childbirth and whether the newborn is infected.
The research team will analyze the collected data in detail, investigate the risks when pregnant women are infected, safe birth methods, etc., and will be able to create future support mechanisms and provide information to relieve anxiety of pregnant women. I will.
Professor Yamada, who is the representative of the research group, said, "The second wave is about to end, but the third and fourth waves may come again. The frequency and severity of infections in pregnant women I want to make use of it for future prevention of mother-to-child transmission, etc."