Риццо Джузеппе - MD, профессор, Университет Рома Тор Вергата, заведующий кафедрой акушерства и гинекологии, Центральная поликлиника Тор Вергата.
Рим.
Giuseppe Rizzo - MD, Professor and Chairman, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata.
Rome.
Макацария Александр Давидович - доктор медицинских наук, профессор, академик РАН, почетный профессор Венского университета, заведующий кафедрой акушерства и гинекологии, Первый МГМУ им. И.М. Сеченова Минздрава России (Сеченовский Университет).
Москва.
Alexander Makatsariya - Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honorary Professor at the University of Vienna, Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University).
Moscow.
A special issue of the Sechenov Medical Journal (No. 2 for 2020) dedicated to COVID-19, attracted great interest within the professional community with a wide range of readers, and opened up the opportunity for a productive discussion of the results obtained by leading Russian experts.
Специальный выпуск журнала «Сеченовский вестник» (№ 2 за 2020 г.), посвященный COVID-19, вызвал большой интерес профессиональной общественности и широкого круга читателей, открыл возможность продуктивного обсуждения результатов, полученных ведущими российскими специалистами.
The ongoing COrona VIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic provides the medical community with new challenges in terms of healthcare organization, treatment, vaccination, psychological care, ethics, and social policy.
During this time, significant progress has been made in understanding the pathological mechanisms of the development of severe forms of the disease and the long-term consequences.
A special issue of the Sechenov Medical Journal (No. 2 for 2020) dedicated to COVID-19, attracted great interest within the professional community with a wide range of readers, and opened up the opportunity for a productive discussion of the results obtained by leading Russian experts.
At the same time, the features of the course and treatment of COVID-19 remain poorly studied for specialist patient categories such as pregnant women and women in labor. The same is true regarding the impact of the virus on the fetus and newborn.
Therefore, the Editorial Board of the journal considered it appropriate to devote a special issue to these problems, in which leading experts from different countries summarize the world data and presented their own.
We are convinced that in this difficult time only close international cooperation along with the sharing of experience and knowledge can contribute to our common success in reducing maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality associated with COVID-19.
Giuseppe Rizzo
MD, Professor and Chairman,University of Rome Tor Vergata,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Alexander Makatsariya
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences,Honorary Professor at the University of Vienna,Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest present.