Read CRH’s Dr Stock’s expert commentary in this important BBC article discussing Covid-19 and pregnancy, including the rise in pregnant women needing treated in ICU. Image Read the article. Dr Stock said there was ‘evidence Covid-19 led to higher premature birth rates and probably caused more stillbirths as well’. She added: "Being pregnant affects your response to infections. We know that pregnant women are more susceptible to viruses - and this is probably what we're seeing with Covid-19." Dr Stock also spoke on Good Morning Scotland and Reporting Scotland to raise awareness that pregnant women could be severely affected by Covid-19 infection (and explained why), whilst encouraging them to get vaccinated. She also discussed the COPS study, which she co-leads. See the most recent result from the COPS study below: Data for Scotland on confirmed cases of COVID-19 occurring in pregnancy, and COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women, has been released by Public Health Scotland. The data comes from the COVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS) study, which is co-led by Public Health Scotland and the University of Edinburgh. This article was published on 2024-09-10
