Şebnem ALANYA TOSUN, Sdettin Oğuzhan TUTAR, Davut GÜVEN, Ayşe Zehra ÖZDEMİR

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection and Antenatal Care in Pregnancy

In this review, we evaluated the protection of healthy pregnant women from the COVID-19 infection caused by the new type of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and the antenatal care with suspected or diagnosed COVID-19 in the light of current literature.

Keywords:

COVID-19, pregnancy, antenatal care, infection,

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