Health are called to pregnant women to vaccinate against COVID -19 - the new day

Aunque las hospitalizaciones por COVID-19 siguen bajando, la cantidad de embarazadas contagiadas con el virus que acude ainstalaciones médicas mantiene en alerta a los profesionales de la salud.

"The numbers (hospitalizations by Covid-19) have come down, but they are still pregnant with Covid, not by Covid, who come to give birth with Covid," said Dr. Miguel Colón.

According to the infectologist, most pregnant women who have reached hospitals or are not vaccinated against COVID-19 or have not put the reinforcement.

“The problem is that we do not know, in the long term, the effect of covid on pregnant women. Los bebés están naciendo superbién, pero no sabemos, por ejemplo, el efecto cognoscitivo que podrían tener esos bebés, como déficit de atención”, comentó.

According to the Mayo Clinic, pregnant women with COVID-19 have more likely to give birth before the 37th week of pregnancy (premature childbirth) and could run a greater risk of having problems and complications.

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Los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) recomiendan la vacuna contra el COVID-19 a personas gestantes,en período de lactancia,  quienes están intentando quedar embarazadas o que podrían estarloen el futuro.

“Pregnant people have a higher risk of contracting a serious disease by COVID-19, defined as a greater risk of hospitalization, admission to the intensive care unit, need for mechanical ventilation and even death, compared to people of agereproductive not pregnant, ”the CDC warns.

Due to the risk of pregnant women and babies to be born, Columbus reiterated the importance of women in gestation and reproductive age to vaccinate against the virus.“La idea es proteger al bebé por los anticuerpos de la mamá (a través de la vacuna)”, subrayó Colón.

According to the infectologist, there are currently a lot of pregnant women with Covid-19 at the San Juan Municipal Hospital."All are clinically stable, none is clinically ill," he said, warning that they arrived already infected.

Gynecologist Nabal Bracero said he is not surprised by the one who has a pregnant rise with Covid-19 in hospitals."The population of pregnant women is equally exposed as the general population," said the subspecialist in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.

The doctor warned that, to date, no effect on pregnant women have been noticed with the virus.

Similarly, Dr. Víctor Ramos, president of the Surgeon's College, said that, although he did not know if there has been an increase in infected pregnant women, it would not seem strange."At a medical center, people have arrived by trauma, and they leave Covid positive," he said.

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Dr. Carmen Zorrilla, professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical Sciences (RCM) enclosure of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), said that she is also concerned about the low vaccination rate of COVID-19 between pregnant women, based on databases from databases ofUSA.

La investigadora principal del Centro de Estudios Materno Infantiles (CEMI) del recinto de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Puerto Rico comentó que, en Estados Unidos, se estima que un 30% a 40% de las embarazadas están vacunadas.In Puerto Rico, however, there are no specific data on that matter, since it is not included in the official report, he warned.

As for the positivity rate, he commented that, among women aged 20 to 29, it amounts to 26.3%, while, in the 30 to 39 is at 23.7%.Yesterday, the virus positivity rate in Puerto Rico was in 21.43%, according to health department data.

Yesterday, in Puerto Rico, 19 deaths were reported by COVID-19, all in people 60 years or older.Likewise, the registration of the virus on the island included 647 people hospitalized for this condition, 122 of them in intensive care units.Of the 647 admissions by COVID-19, 46 were pediatric.

As we, most pediatric hospitalizations for COVID-19 are due to dehydration, generally children under three years who are admitted for periods of 24 to 48 hours.