WHO calls for inclusion of pregnant women in clinical trials of Covid-19 treatments and vaccines – Xinhua English.news.cn

Securities Times News, according to CCTV news, on the 12th local time, the WHO held a routine press conference on new coronary pneumonia. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the risk of pregnant women contracting the new coronavirus will not be higher, but if they are caught Infection, the risk of developing severe disease will be higher. In addition, mother-to-child transmission of the new coronavirus is very rare, and no active virus has been found in breast milk. The WHO also called for the inclusion of pregnant women in clinical trials of treatments and a vaccine for the new crown.