Coronavirus Sars-Cov-2 A Puzzle Still to Be Solved in Pregnancy

Introduction: The new corona virus detected in China, SARS-CoV-2, spreads rapidly among the cities of the world, and produces a clinical picture that receives the name of COVID-19, capable of inducing disease with increased risk in pregnant women of complications for her and for the product of conception. Objective: to show in relation to COVID-19 and pregnancy the main findings that try to explain the infection and the disease. Materials and methods: this reflective type of writing was based on the documentary review of information available in digital repositories on aspects of COVID-19 infection in pregnant women. Results: the documentary information of what was found is categorized into four subchapters: pregnancy physiology and susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2, maternal-fetal transmission of SARS-CoV-2, recommendations for obstetric management in COVID-19 and future research in COVID-19 and pregnancy. Discussion and conclusions: SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease in pregnant women are explained in an effort to offer researchers and health professionals condensed information on the matter for consensual obstetric management that culminates with the issuance of recommendations and the approach of aspects that are considered necessary to investigate.