Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore (Jan 2024)

Perinatal outcomes of pregnancies affected by COVID-19 in Singapore: A cohort study

  • Alicia May Lim,
  • Jia Ming Low,
  • Mary Grace Tan,
  • Alvin Jia Hao Ngeow,
  • Wing Yee Tong,
  • Ka Hee Chua,
  • Chee Fu Yung,
  • Selina Kah Ying Ho,
  • Zubair Amin,
  • Kee Thai Yeo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2023278
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 53, no. 1
pp. 53 – 56

Abstract

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Pregnant women and infants were not spared from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after it was first identified in December 2019.1,2 In the beginning of the pandemic, a lack of data on transmission risks and outcomes of pregnancies affected by SARS-CoV-2, impacted perinatal clinical decision-making.1,3 We report the perinatal outcomes of pregnancies affected by COVID-19 in Singapore, covering the period from initial virus identification to the emergence of the Omicron variant in late 2021. We investigated the impact of COVID-19 vaccination and the Omicron variant on the perinatal outcomes of infected pregnant women and their newborns.