Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is an unprecedented public health calamity that has caused an immense setback to maternal health services in developing countries. In addition to morbidity and mortality caused by COVID-19 disease in parturient directly, the indirect adverse impact of lockdown imposed during pandemic causing loss of follow-up of patients with coexisting illness is significant. There are no standard protocols to manage COVID-19 patients with comorbid medical illness, who are not optimized during antenatal visits.
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