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Filter by:Prospective study of both maternal and fetal outcomes of those pregnancies that were complicated by COVID-19 infection at various gestational ages. The follow up will be from the time the diagnosis was made till discharge of the mother and her baby from the hospital.
Delayed cord clamping (DCC, clamping after cessation of pulsations in the cord around 2-3 min after delivery) is effective in increasing (low birth weight) infant haemoglobin and iron status until six months after birth, without increasing the risk of polycythaemia or other adverse events. We hypothesize that this intervention will also benefit low birth weight infants in South Africa.