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Covid-19: Half of pregnant women in UK hospitals are from ethnic minorities

More than half of pregnant women recently admitted to a UK hospital with covid-19 infection were from black or other ethnic minority groups, a study in The BMJ has found.1

Most women had good outcomes, and transmission of covid-19 to infants was uncommon, but the researchers said that the high proportion of women from black or minority ethnic groups admitted with infection “needs urgent investigation and explanation.”

There is evidence from other similar viral illnesses that pregnant women and …