Cork obstetrician says pregnancy complications linked to Covid-19 are 'very uncommon'

Cork obstetrician says pregnancy complications linked to Covid-19 are 'very uncommon'

Professor Keelin O’Donoghue was speaking after a preliminary report linked four stillbirths in Ireland to a condition called Covid placentitis, a coronavirus infection of the placenta in pregnant women who have Covid-19. 

A UCC professor and obstetrician at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) says pregnancy complications due to Covid-19 are “very uncommon”. 

Professor Keelin O’Donoghue was speaking after a preliminary report linked four stillbirths in Ireland to a condition called Covid placentitis, a coronavirus infection of the placenta in pregnant women who have Covid-19. 

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