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Apr 24, 2021
New Delhi, April 24 (ANI): In a new worldwide study of 2,100 pregnant women, those who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy were 20 times more likely to die than those who did not contract the virus. The findings of the study were published in the journal 'JAMA Pediatrics'. The study was led by UW Medicine and University of Oxford doctors. The investigation involved more than 100 researchers and pregnant women from 43 maternity hospitals in 18 low-, middle- and high-income nations; 220 of the women received care in the United States, 40 at UW Medicine. The research was conducted between April and August of 2020.The study is unique because each woman affected by COVID-19 was compared with two uninfected pregnant women who gave birth during the same span in the same hospital. Aside from an increased risk of death, women and their newborns were also more likely to experience preterm birth, preeclampsia and admission to the ICU and/or intubation. Of the mothers who tested positive for the disease, 11.5 per cent of their babies also tested positive, the study found. Women whose COVID-19 was asymptomatic or mild were not found to be at increased risk for ICU care, preterm birth or preeclampsia. About 40 per cent of the women in this study were asymptomatic. Pregnant women who were obese or had hypertension or diabetes were at the greatest risk for severe disease, the findings showed. Babies of the women infected with COVID-19 were more likely to be born preterm; but their...
Amid COVID surge, Poonch administration restricted markets to 50 pc operational
Poonch (J&K), Apr 24 (ANI): In the backdrop of the second surge of COVID-19 in India, J&K’s Poonch administration restricted markets to just 50 per cent....
Train derailed by Naxals in Chhattisgarh, all passengers safe
Apr 23, 2021
New Delhi, April 24 (ANI): A passenger train was derailed by Naxals between Bhansi and Bacheli in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada on April 23. About 30 passengers were...
Government organises bird flu awareness campaign in JandK
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), Apr 24 (ANI): With several parts of Jammu and Kashmir reporting bird flu cases an awareness campaign was organised by the Department...
Received 45 MT of oxygen from Visakhapatnam, informs Nagpur Add. Municipal Commissioner
Nagpur (Maharashtra), Apr 24 (ANI): Received three tankers with a capacity of 15 MT each in Nagpur, informed Nagpur Additional Municipal Commissioner Jalaj Sharma on April...
4 held for black marketing Remdesivir in Delhi, 81 injections recovered: DCP Crime Branch
New Delhi, Apr 24 (ANI): Delhi Crime Branch busted 2 interstate gangs in connection with black marketing of Remdesivir and arrested 4 people and recovered 81...
RORO Oxygen Express arrives at Nagpur Junction
Nagpur (Maharashtra), April 23 (ANI): Roll On Roll Off (RORO) Oxygen Express has arrived at Nagpur Junction Railway Station on April 23 amid Oxygen crisis in...
Watch: IAF aircraft lands at Indore airport to carry empty oxygen tankers to Jamnagar
Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Apr 23 (ANI): IAF C-17 aircraft landed at Indore airport, earlier today. It has taken off with empty oxygen tankers, for Jamnagar in...
New COVID mutants seem to be undetectable by RT-PCR: Delhi Doctor
New Delhi, Apr 23 (ANI): Speaking on the COVID pandemic in the country, Delhi Doctor Souradipta Chandra on April 23 said, “The new mutants seem to...
This auto-rickshaw driver giving free rides to people visiting hospital
Ranchi (Jharkhand), Apr 23 (ANI): Since the COVID ‘storm’ has hit the country, several organisations and individuals have come out to support people in need. An...
Keep tankers ready: Railway Board Chairman to Delhi govt over liquid oxygen supply
New Delhi, Apr 23 (ANI): Speaking on the Oxygen supply to national capital through rail wagons, Chairman of Railway Board, Suneet Sharma on April 23 said...
Zydus’ Virafin gets emergency use approval for treating moderate COVID-19 cases
New Delhi, Apr 23 (ANI): The Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) has approved emergency use for Zydus Cadila's Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b, 'Virafin' for treating moderate...
Patients in Lucknow gasp for oxygen, families in despair
Lucknow (UP), Apr 23 (ANI): As COVID ‘storm’ has hit country, hospitals across nation are facing acute shortage of oxygen. Despite assurances from the UP government,...
