Sign up here to receive the need-to-know headlines every weekday(CNN) The number of stillborn babies and women who have died during pregnancy increased by nearly a third during the pandemic, a review of 40 studies that covered 17 countries has found. Public health experts have warned about the pandemic having a disproportionate impact on women and their health from the outset. The higher risk of maternal mortality is just one of the many ways the pandemic has affected women. Johnson & Johnson said that none of the lost doses affects the company's goal of delivering 20 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in March. Those doses come from J&J's Janssen vaccine plant in the Netherlands.

Source: CNN April 01, 2021 11:48 UTC