12 Expecting Mothers Test Positive For Coronavirus
Twelve (12) expecting mothers at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH)’s Lady Rodwell Maternity Unit have tested positive for the coronavirus prompting authorities to conduct mass testing and disinfection of the building.
The Herald reports that those who tested negative will be taken to the Mpilo Central Hospital maternity ward while the UBH maternity unit will be turned into an isolation centre.
UBH acting chief executive officer Dr Narcisious Dzvanga confirmed the outbreak, saying they have reacted swiftly to scale up containment measures for the deadly pandemic. Dr Dzvanga said:
_I can confirm that there is an increase in pregnant mothers testing Covid-19 positive. At the moment we have 12 expecting mothers who are positive at Lady Rodwell Maternity Unit._
_We are taking measures to see if between our two sister hospitals of Mpilo Central Hospital and UBH, one of them can be turned into a red zone for the pregnant mothers. The proposal is that the UBH maternity unit becomes a red zone for those who are positive and require hospitalisation with Mpilo absorbing the negative ones._
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_The number of expecting mothers who are Covid-19 positive and that of negatives is almost running at 50-50 per cent. We are now preparing to turn our UBH maternity unit into the red zone for the province and that is work in progress and by end of day, we would have concluded the issue._
Some studies have shown that some mothers transmitted the virus to their babies but it is unclear whether these newborns were infected while in the womb or if these infections were acquired after birth, as the newborns were tested when they were days old.
The possibility of vertical transmission (passing the virus from mother to baby) has not been ruled out.
More: Pindula News; The Herald
