Record 98 pregnant women in Tokyo had COVID-19 in July: study

A total of 460 pregnant women tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Tokyo between April 2020 to July this year, with the highest monthly figure of 98 logged last month, a survey conducted by a university hospital director showed Monday.The study, compiled by Nippon Medical School Tamanagayama Hospital director Akihito Nakai, follows the case of a COVID-19 positive pregnant woman in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, who was unable to find a hospital that would admit her and lost her baby after going into labor prematurely and giving birth at home.The incident has underscored the strain on ho…READ FULL ARTICLE