When pregnant women develop mild symptoms such as nasal congestion and throat irritation, for those with history of traveling to or living in the high epidemic areas, or close contact with coronavirus infected patients within the past 14 days, and with no fever, they can stay at home for full rest and observation, monitor their body temperature and observe the development of
symptoms by themselves every day.

If a pregnant woman has a history of traveling or living in a high epidemic area, or having close contact with a patient diagnosed with coronavirus infection within the past 14 days, she should stay at home or in a designated place for medical observation according to the requirements. During the observation, the pregnant woman should pay close attention to her own symptoms and fetal movements. She should contact the community management or medical observation staff to inform them her health status accurately, and seek medical care in a timely manner in case of the suspicious symptoms relating to the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia, including fever, cough, sore throat, chest distress, breathing difficulty, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, conjunctivitis, muscle pain, etc.

For the treatment of infected pregnant women, we should calculate the gestational age, choose medications that have less impact on the fetus as much as possible, and consider whether to treat after pregnancy termination, followed by adequately informing the patients. Pregnant women with severe or critical COVID-19 should terminate the pregnancy with caesarean delivery being the first choice.

Source: Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention