Women with gestational diabetes more prone to COVID-19 complications

  • Date: 23-Sep-2020
  • Source: Gulf Today
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Gulf
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Women with gestational diabetes more prone to COVID-19 complications

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Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The official spokesman for the UAE Government Dr Omar Al Hammadi during a media briefing on the latest update on coronavirus said that diabetic people and people who have high blood sugar are at greater risk of infection.



Hammadi warned diabetic patients in general, individuals with type 1 and women with gestational diabetes that they are more likely to get complications associated with