‘Poor COVID-19 preventive measures in pregnancy can worsen Nigeria’s maternal mortality’

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ALTHOUGH a high proportion of pregnant women in Nigeria have the knowledge of COVID-19 infection, at least 70 per cent of them do not adhere to its preventive measures such as regular hand washing with soap and water to avoid the infection, a study has said.

In a research, which spanned a 2-month period, held among 284 pregnant women at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, adhering to preventive measures against person-to-person transmission of coronavirus infection was poor. This was contained in the April edition of the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics.

The preventive measures included regular hand washing with water and soap, social…



Source: Nigerian Tribune