Author(s)

Laila Yahya A. Alhubaishi¹, Atif Bashir Eltayeb Fazari^1,2*

¹Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Latifa Hospital, DHA, Dubai, UAE.
²Faculty of Medicine, University of Medical Sciences & Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. This novel coronavirus is called SARS-COV-2 and the disease that it causes is called COVID-19 causes serious respiratory morbidity and mortality. We aim to spot COVID-19 disease during pregnancy during this pandemic era. COVID-19 has various clinical presentations almost same in pregnant and non-pregnant victims. The hallmark for treatment is supportive management. Vertical transmission is probable but still not well confirmed and no evidence for virus in amniotic fluid, cord blood, neonatal throat swabs, placenta swabs, genital fluid and breastmilk samples from COVID-19 infected mothers. Research is running everywhere looking step ahead for actual treatment and vaccination. COVID-19 is newly emerged disease still not well explored in many aspects looking for soon definite treatment and vaccination for prevention to roll COVID-19.

Coronavirus-COVID-19, Pregnancy, Hydroxychloroquine, Maternal Morbidity, Maternal Mortality, Neonatal Outcome, Teratogenicity, Low Resources Countries

Alhubaishi, L. and Fazari, A. (2020) Pregnancy in Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: Clinical Opinion. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 10, 708-713. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2020.1050064.