Aug 20 (the-japan-news.com) - KASHIWA, Chiba — A woman eight months pregnant and infected with the novel coronavirus gave birth at home in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, after medical institutions would not admit her.
Her newborn baby died, the city government announced Thursday.
The woman in her 30s is not in critical condition, it said.
According to the city government, the woman was confirmed to be positive for the virus on Aug. 11. She had a fever and a cough, but her symptoms were mild, so she was recuperating alone at her home in the city.
When the city public health center called to check on her condition on Tuesday morning, she complained of abdominal cramps and bleeding. The center asked medical institutions in the area to accept her, but all of them responded that they could not accept her.
Source: ANNnewsCH