Pregnant women and new mothers are unlikely to transmit coronavirus to their babies, a Turkish doctor has said, according to a report by Anadolu Agency.

In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Emine Zeynep Yilmaz, an obstetrician and gynaecologist at Medipol University Hospital, said recent data suggests pregnancy and childbirth do not increase the risk of contracting the virus and most infected mothers recover before delivery.

"Over 95 per cent of newborns [of mothers who had the virus] have been in good health at birth. Also, chances of miscarriage do not increase based on recent data," she added.