Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (
SARS-CoV-2), which is affiliated with the β-
coronavirus subgroup, which includes
SARS-CoV and
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (
MERS-CoV), but is far more infectious than the 2. Because it is potentially
life-threatening to
infants and
pregnant women with weak
immune systems, clinical manifestations and vertical
transmission of COVID-19 are matters of interest. Staff of the
obstetrics department of
university hospitals in Daegu and of the Daegu
metropolitan government designated Daegu Fatima
Hospital for the delivery of
pregnant women with suspected and confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. Thirteen
pregnant women with
laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were identified. Among them was a 28-year-old
pregnant woman who had recovered from COVID-19 and had given
birth to a healthy
girl at 38 weeks of
gestational age. We present our uncommon experience with a brief
review of
literatures.