The increase in pregnant patients with COVID-19 per day can be up to 10 cases. Today there are 43 people in hospitals, 18 have been diagnosed with bilateral polysegmental pneumonia.
The doctor urges Volgogradok to comply with all preventive measures, including wearing protective masks and staying in self-isolation. At the first, even minor symptoms of acute respiratory viral infections, you should immediately seek medical help.
“We know cases when a pregnant woman is treated at home with raspberries and tea for about a week on the advice of her relatives, and she gets to the doctors in a serious condition,” Verovskaya told the correspondent of Volgogradskaya Pravda.ru. – The coronavirus is proceeding unpredictably, any complaint should alert you.
Pregnant women with suspicious symptoms are now being admitted to two hospitals: maternity hospital No. 1 and hospital No. 5. There, Volgograd women can undergo the entire set of studies in order to identify any deterioration in health indicators in time. A consultative reception was also opened at the perinatal center.
Before the upcoming fall season, the gynecologist also recommends that expectant mothers get a flu shot. According to Verovskaya, the vaccines used in the Volgograd region are specially purified preparations for pregnant women.