Colombo, Sept 8 (NewsWire) – Health authorities have advised women to delay their pregnancy by one year due to the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant.
Speaking during today’s Health Promotion Bureau press briefing Gynaecologist Dr. Harsha Atapattu said due to the spread of the Delta variant, lives of both the mother & the newborn will be at risk.
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“If it’s possible, delay pregnancy by 1 year,” Dr. Harsha Atapattu requested.
Previously, COVID-19 cases during pregnancy were focused on the final trimester and birth, whereas lately there have been more serious cases in the second and occasionally first trimester, he said.
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