The CDC has found that pregnant women are more likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit and to be put on mechanical ventilators than non-pregnant women, he said. The agency said that pregnant women did not have a higher risk of death. They added it does not have data yet on how Covid-19 affects the outcomes of those pregnancies. And we need to respond to them," Redfield said, pointing to rising hospitalizations in Arizona and Texas. While Covid-19 cases have fallen in states like New York and New Jersey, coronavirus is on the rise in the South and West as states have reopened restaurants and businesses.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 25, 2020 18:45 UTC