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Covid ‘significantly’ impairs the placenta’s immune response – ‘increases’ infection risk

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As a result, Dr Adams Waldorf stressed the importance of getting vaccinated against Covid and working to protect yourself from infection if you are pregnant.

“The disease may be mild, or it may be severe, but we’re still seeing these abnormal effects on the placenta,” she added.

“It seems that after contracting COVID-19 in pregnancy, the placenta is exhausted by the infection, and can’t recover its immune function.”

And it is not yet known exactly how different variants of Covid affect pregnant women.



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