COVID-19 in Pregnancy

Dear Colleagues,

It was 11 March 2020, when the World Health Organization declared Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic, which would later shock the entire globe. Among the people most vulnerable to infection are pregnant women due to rearrangements in the immune and angiotensin systems. To combat COVID-19, specific and innovative vaccines have been launched in record time by conditional marketing authorization, whose long-term effects on the mother, fetus and newborn are not yet known. There are still limited data on the implications of COVID-19 infections for labor, although an increased risk of preterm delivery has been reported. Early studies indicated no evidence for vertical mother-to-child transmission of COVID-19 in late pregnancy, but more recent findings show that vertical transmission can occur in some cases. The aim and scope of this Special Issue is therefore to collect as much up-to-date information as possible on COVID-19 in pregnancy through a multidisciplinary approach.

Dr. Luca Roncati

Guest Editor

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