Dr, Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Trisakti, Jakarta, Indonesia
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Impact of COVID-19 Comorbidities on Pregnant Mothers
Author(s): Edy Parwanto*
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Common symptoms that occur in pregnant mothers with COVID-19 include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and
diarrhea. Currently, SARS-CoV-2 has mutated and based on facts it is also shown that number of COVID-19 cases
increasing. Increase in number of COVID-19 cases associated with the emergence of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2
due to mutation. Furthermore, the severity of COVID-19 patients is influenced by comorbidity of COVID-19 .
The three major comorbidity of COVID-19 that affects the severity of COVID-19 patients are diabetes mellitus,
hypertension and heart disease. For general community who have comorbidity of COVID-19, especially diabetes
mellitus, hypertension and or heart disease (top three comorbidity of COVID-19) should still be careful and have a
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