Background
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus.1 Which was declared by The World Health Organization as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of August 2020, a total of more than 21 million cases have been confirmed globally. Qatar has recorded its first documented case of COVID-19 on February 29, 2020, and has a total of 124,850 confirmed cases, with a total of 214 deaths (updated Sep 28, 2020).2 With the COVID-19 pandemic; pregnant women and their newborns were also afflicted significantly due to anatomical, physiological, and immunological changes. Pregnant women are a potentially highly vulnerable population.3
Pregnant women are potentially more vulnerable to respiratory pathogens including COVID-19 3 due to anatomical, physiological, and immunological changes of pregnancy putting them and their unborn babies at higher risks of adverse outcomes.