With the rapid spread of the new coronavirus, the number of infected pregnant women is also increasing.
The Tokyo Midwives Association recommends that pregnant women with symptoms such as a sudden fever who cannot find a medical institution where they can consult should call the fever consultation center in Tokyo, which is open 24 hours a day, even on weekends and holidays. I am calling.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, even if infected with the new coronavirus during pregnancy, if there are no underlying diseases, the course will be the same as that of non-pregnant women of the same age. Pregnant women are being called on to consult with their primary care physicians by phone as soon as possible even if they have relatively mild cold symptoms.
Under these circumstances, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has commissioned the Tokyo Midwives Association and other organizations to monitor the health of infected pregnant women by telephone and other means.
According to the metropolitan government, the number of health observations of pregnant women by the midwives association was 510 last month, but this month, by the 22nd, it has already tripled to 1,720.
On the 28th, the midwives called the pregnant women in charge to check on their fevers and coughs.
According to the Midwives Association, there were no pregnant women who were hospitalized due to a sudden change this month, but there were some who started giving birth while infected.
A woman in her 30s who is 7 months pregnant and is recuperating at home said, "I am very relieved that you call me every day to check my health."
On the other hand, the woman had symptoms of fever on the 17th of this month during the three consecutive holidays, and the medical institutions where pregnant women can receive new corona tests were fully booked, and I also contacted the medical institution where I was planning to give birth. However, I could not see a doctor because there was no doctor.
For this reason, the woman ordered the test kit distributed by the city on the Internet, tested it herself, and found that it was positive.
The woman said, "I expected that it would be difficult to connect to the phone, but it was a shock when the hospital where I gave birth refused to take the test. So I thought it would be scary if that happened," he said of his uneasy feelings at the time.
The Tokyo Midwives Association recommends that pregnant women with symptoms such as sudden fever should call the Fever Consultation Center in Tokyo, which is open 24 hours a day, even on weekends and holidays, if they cannot find a medical institution where they can consult. I am calling.
The phone number is 03-6258-5780 or 03-5320-4592.