A fetal stillbirth in Israel was at high risk of dying from coronavirus, Israeli doctors said Tuesday amid concerns that pregnant women are at risk of contracting the disease in utero.
The 29-year-old mother was in her 25th week of pregnancy when she was admitted to the hospital with Covid’s symptoms and said she had not felt the fetus move, according to Israeli media reports.
“The fetus was infected through the placenta and, with a high level of diagnosis, died as a result of coronavirus,” Dr. Tal Brosh, head of the infectious disease department at Assuta Hospital in Tel Aviv, told the Ynet news website .
Dr. Yossi Tobin, head of the maternity ward at the hospital, agreed that the evidence showed that the fetus was shortened to coronavirus.
“This is a rare occurrence because a baby is usually contracted with coronavirus after birth as a result of contact with the mother. The fact is that we were able to find out that they were already positive. in the womb indicates a high probability that [the foetus] he died as a result of coronavirus, “said Dr Tobin.
This is the first known case of fetus dying of coronavirus in Israel. Similar incidents have been reported in Brazil.
Dr Brosh said the death could have been avoided if the mother had received the Covid vaccine. Pregnant women are allowed to have the injection in Israel, as officials say there is “no evidence” that it poses any health risk.
Israel has given the first of two Covid jobs to nearly four million citizens, meaning two-thirds of the eligible population is partially protected from the disease.
Nearly a third of the country’s 9.1 million people have received both measurements. The country is preparing to reopen its economy on Sunday, when Israelis will have the opportunity to visit gyms, cultural events and swimming pools if they provide confirmation of the vaccine.
On Tuesday, Palestinian leaders on the West Bank said Israel refused to allow a batch of Russian vaccines Covid to continue his trip into Gaza. The Palestinian Authority, based in the West Bank of Israel, had planned to send Russian Sputnik V doses through Israel to Gaza, which is run by the Islamic movement Hamas.
Israeli officials said they had received a request to move 1,000 doses of vaccine to Gaza but denied that delivery had been suspended, saying the request was still being processed.