• Serafina Perrone, Michela Deolmi, Maurizio Giordano, Tiziana D'Alvano, Lucia Gambini, Mara Corradi, Tiziana Frusca, Tullio Ghi, and Susanna Esposito.
• Array. saraspv@yahoo.it.
• Acta Biomed. 2020 May 11; 91 (2): 251-255.

BackgroundThe novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly transmittable virus associated with a significantly increased risk of complications among the infected population. Few data are available for the outcome of pregnancy complicated by serious respiratory disease due to SARS-CoV-2 infection.AimWe herein report a series of four neonates whose mothers had recovered from new coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) diagnosed in the third trimester of pregnancy.Methodspregnant women with documented COVID-19 infection during their pregnancy, who gave birth in Parma Hospital, University of Parma, Italy, in March and April 2020, during the peak of incidence of COVID-19 in Italy. Clinical records and laboratory tests were retrospectively reviewed.ResultsAll neonates were delivered at term in good conditions without congenital COVID-19 infection.ConclusionsFindings from our series of cases indicated that adverse effects on foetuses from pregnancies complicated by COVID-19 infection in late pregnancy are unlikely.

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