Resumen

PACHECO-ROMERO, José. The coronavirus conundrum - A third wave? Vaccines and viral variants The pregnant woman and her child. Rev. peru. ginecol. obstet. [online]. 2021, vol.67, n.2, 00005. ISSN 2304-5132.  http://dx.doi.org/10.31403/rpgo.v67i2319.

The SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to reproduce rapidly and is showing more infectious variants. The second wave of the pandemic is subsiding in Europe and the United States of North America, but not in South America. In Peru, the number of deaths has more than doubled, with a higher mortality rate in men and in those over 70 years of age. It has been corroborated worldwide that pregnant women suffer a more severe disease -sometimes with a process similar to preeclampsiawith a greater possibility of death than non-pregnant women and greater fetal death and prematurity. Initial vaccines developed in the USA and Europe are proving effective in reducing infections, hospitalizations and deaths in countries where vaccination has advanced more rapidly. It is being administered in pregnant women without major side effects, and they are recommended to be vaccinated to avoid severe infection. As of now, the duration of immunity given by COVID-19 infection and by the vaccine is not known. A third booster dose and rebranding of vaccinees is being considered. And a third wave of infections is expected due to the emergence of the Brazilian and Indian (Delta) variants.

Palabras clave : Coronavirus infections; SARS-CoV-2 virus; Pregnancy; complications; Newborn.

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