Health authorities advise women to delay pregnancy by 1 year

COLOMBO: Health authorities have advised women to delay their pregnancy by one year due to the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant.

Speaking at Health Promotion Bureau press briefing, Gynaecologist Dr. Harsha Atapattu said lives of both the mother and the newborn will be at risk due to the spread of the Delta variant.

“If it’s possible, delay pregnancy by 1 year,” Dr. Harsha Atapattu requested.

Previously, COVID-19 cases during pregnancy were focused on the final trimester and birth, whereas lately there have been more serious cases in the second and occasionally first trimester, he said.