In 'devastating' first for Hawaii, pregnant woman hospitalized with COVID dies after giving birth - Hawaii News Now
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Doctors have confirmed a pregnant woman in the islands who was severely ill and hospitalized with COVID recently died after giving birth, in a tragic first for Hawaii.
The CDC says pregnant and recently pregnant women are more likely to get severely ill from COVID-19.“We are seeing women getting COVID during pregnancy and becoming so sick that we are having to deliver pre-term or premature in order to help them breathe, unfortunately, better,†said Tsai.“All of the women who have been hospitalized during pregnancy have been unvaccinated,†said Dr.Leading medical organizations agree the vaccine is safe for pregnant women.