pregnant womens partners can be tested to find out if they may be with to the birth, informs the agency.
Several fathers have experienced not being able to be with her child’s birth because of the danger of infection with coronavirusset.
the Board therefore has clarified the guidelines in the field, informs the agency.
Now, it is evident that pregnant womens partners and others in the household – can be tested, if they have mild symptoms.
– more specifically, this means that the doctor can assess, to a person who shares household with a pregnant, can be tested, if the person has mild symptoms, there could be Covid-19, says Camilla Rathcke, center director in the board of Health, in a press release.
Covid-19 is the disease, you can develop, if you are infected with coronavirus.
If the pregnant womens partner is infected, he must not come to the birth. At the same time, the partner avoid infecting the pregnant women.
– It can be done by keeping the distance, staying in different rooms and do clean often and thoroughly in the home, writes the national board of Health in a press release.
If the test contrast is negative, he must like to be with for the birth.
the Guidelines for pregnant womens roommates is thus a udpensling of the general guidelines for the test. They came into force on Thursday last week.
Of them, it appears that people with mild symptoms can be tested. This applies, for example, persons living together with someone in the risk group.
The updated guidelines for pregnant women are also of importance for the pregnant even.
Among other things, to pregnant women who are infected, is no longer wearing a mask during the birth. This is because the staff at the hospitals already is wearing a mask and other protective equipment, if the pregnant mother is infected.
– The latest guidelines from Statens Serum Institut describes that it provides enough protection for all parties, if either staff or the person with the Covid-19 wearing protective equipment, says Camilla Rathcke.
the national board of Health has clarified the guidelines to be consistent with the Statens Serum institut’s guidelines and the agency’s own guidelines for health care.
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