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The global spread of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), resulting from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2), is a serious public health emergency, especially for susceptible individuals and communities, including health care workers, patients with chronic infections, and pregnant females Generally, pregnant females are more vulnerable to respiratory infections Primary literature on the relationship between COVID-19 and pregnancy was collected from the PubMed, NCBI, and Google Scholar databases and a Google web search The relevant articles, including a few articles related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 1 (SARS-CoV-1) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), were carefully reviewed and included in this comprehensive report The comparison of SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 showed that maternal mortality and neonatal complications were more frequent in SARS and MERS than in COVID-19 The delivery outcomes of COVID-19-infected mothers were found to be better than those of mothers infected with SARS or MERS No study has reported the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in amniotic fluid, placenta tissue, umbilical cord blood, gastric juice, or the mother’s milk Only one case report exists of a neonate being born with COVID-19 from an infected mother The current clinical research data indicate that COVID-19 has low adverse effects on pregnancy and fetal health No study supports vertical transmission of the virus from mother to fetus Delivery via caesarean section has been found to be significantly safer than vaginal delivery It is necessary to investigate congenital diseases in neonates at a large scale, and it is important to collect data from pregnant females and fetuses to ensure the health and safety of mothers and neonates © 2020, Pakistan Pediatric Journal All rights reserved
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