Pregnant women urged to take 'normal' Covid precautions as virus linked to four stillbirths 

Pregnant women are being advised by Deputy CMO Dr Ronan Glynn to carry on their normal safe practices in light of a study carried out at Cork University Maternity Hospital into covid placentitis, an 'uncommon but distinctive complication of maternal Covid-19 infection'. File picture

Pregnant women are being advised to maintain their normal safety practices in relation to Covid-19 and to contact their GP if they have specific concerns following preliminary reports of four stillbirths potentially linked to Covid-19.

A rare condition called covid placentitis is a coronavirus infection of the placenta in pregnant women who have Covid-19. It has been provisionally linked by coroners to four stillbirths here, although their reports are not finalised.