• Edgar Iván Ortiz, Enrique Herrera, and Alejandro De La Torre.
• Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Medicina, Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecología. Cali, Colombia.
• Colomb Medica. 2020 Jun 30; 51 (2): e4271.

AbstractCoronavirus illness 2019 (COVID-19) is an airways infection caused by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) which has been quickly disseminated all over the world, affecting to the general population including women in pregnancy time. As being a recent infection, the evidence that supports the best practices for the management of the infection during pregnancy is limited, and most of the questions have not been completely solved yet. This publication offers general guidelines focused on decision-making people, managers, and health's teams related to pregnant women attention and newborn babies during COVID-19 pandemic. Its purpose is to promote useful interventions to prevent new infections as well as prompt and adequate attention to avoid serious complications or deaths, trying to be adapted to the different contexts in which attention to expectant mothers is provided. Guidelines are set within a well-scientific evidence and available recommendations up to date.Copyright © 2020 Colombia Medica.

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