Help pregnant patients during the covid-19 pandemic

Pregnancy can be challenging during Covid times as there is a great risk for the life of baby. Pregnant women should take extra care of health and hygiene in the pandemic. Various measures like maintaining physical distancing, avoiding crowded places, hand washing, wearing proper mask and communicating with the doctor if anything is unusual should be taken care.
Many practitioners give online or phone counseling to avoid direct contact. So telemedicine can limit the patient visit while still monitoring pregnant patients. However, if the symptoms of cough, fever or respiratory symptoms persist, then covid test should be conducted by doctors.
The need of hour is to make immune system strong and stay positive. All these factors influence the health of baby. Hospitals should also limit the number of visitors in hospitals and if any pregnant women get covid, she should be admitted to hospital and proper care and monitoring should be done.

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