More pre-term babies during second wave, say doctors

45 of the 276 COVID-19 positive pregnant women at the designated hospital in Bengaluru since March had pre-term deliveries

appear to be testing positive for and developing complications during the ongoing second wave. As a result, gynaecologists are seeing a rise in pre-term deliveries and stillbirths in the State. Although there is no statewide data available as yet, doctors said they are seeing many pregnant women reporting with severe breathing problems. There is a rapid deterioration in the condition of such patients making urgent intervention and premature births inevitable, they said.