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In December 2019, the transmission of a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2 began in Wuhan, China and caused the COVID-19 disease; spreading rapidly to the world and producing the pandemic that is active until now.

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  • In December 2019, the transmission of a new coronavirus called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2 began in Wuhan, China and caused the COVID-19 disease; spreading rapidly to the world and producing the pandemic that is active until now [1]

  • It has been observed that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can induce clinical manifestations similar to those presented by the coronavirus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) [3]

  • The data collected from the files and epidemiological studies were age, municipality of origin, months of gestation, signs and symptoms, comorbidities, days elapsed between the onset of symptoms and admission, days of stay, duration of the clinical manifestations and history of exposure to contact with suspicious or positive respiratory symptoms for COVID-19 two weeks before the onset of symptoms [18]; lymphocyte and D-dimer levels were analyzed

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Introduction

In December 2019, the transmission of a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2 began in Wuhan, China and caused the COVID-19 disease; spreading rapidly to the world and producing the pandemic that is active until now [1]. The sudden outbreak and spread of COVID-19 led to a serious challenge to the global public health system. Am J Biomed Sci & Res. The infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus cause coronavirus disease called COVID-19. Pregnant women are a vulnerable group that present a double susceptibility to fall ill due to their condition of pregnancy and the state of immunosuppression to which they are exposed; even more so if women live in places with difficult access to health services

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