Introduction
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) in
Wuhan in December 2019[1], the epidemic has spread
rapidly throughout the world, especially in Europe and North America.
There have been almost 90 million cases worldwide[2]. It was declared to be a pandemic and one of
the most important public heathy issues worldwide. Till now, there are
many studies on the epidemiology, clinical characteristics and treatment
of novel coronavirus pneumonia [3-4], and the
novel virus that caused the pneumonia was named severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)[5] . Studies
about pregnant women with COVID-19 were limited, and vaginal delivery in
such patients was not reported so far. We admitted 30 pregnant women in
Union Hospital (Wuhan, China) between 31 January to 20 April 2020,eight
of them delivered vaginally. This study retrospectively analyzed the
clinical features and maternal and fetal outcomes of these 8
patients,with the aim of discussing the indications of vaginal delivery
and whether vaginal delivery increases the probability of mother to
child transmission of SARS-COV-2.