Top in ID: COVID-19, victory against Ebola, and more
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According to new findings, pregnant women with COVID-19 are at an increased risk for hospitalization, ICU admission and a need for mechanical ventilation compared with women who are not pregnant and of the same age.
This was the week’s top infectious disease story.
Another top story was about the end of the second largest Ebola outbreak in history in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, a new outbreak was confirmed in early June by WHO on the other side of the country, in Équateur Province.
Here are the top headlines:
Pregnancy increases risk for severe COVID-19 illness
Pregnant women with COVID-19 are at greater risk for hospitalization, ICU admission and receipt of mechanical ventilation compared with nonpregnant women of the same age, according to findings published in MMWR. Read more.
WHO declares end of the second largest Ebola outbreak in history
WHO declared the end of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s 10th Ebola outbreak last Thursday, marking the end of the second largest Ebola outbreak in history. Read more.
Spring break trip results in 64 COVID-19 cases among travelers, contacts of travelers
A college spring break trip to Mexico from March 14 to 19 resulted in 64 cases of COVID-19, according to data published in MMWR. Read more.
6 months later, the COVID-19 pandemic ‘is not done with us’
The novel coronavirus outbreak was first reported on Dec. 31, 2019, in Wuhan, China. Since then, cases of COVID-19 have surpassed 9 million. Here is what we know 6 months into the pandemic. Read more.
WHO reports record amount of COVID-19 cases in a single day
As COVID-19 case counts reach 8.8 million worldwide, including 465,000 deaths, more than 183,000 new cases were reported to WHO on Sunday — the most in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic. Read more.