昨年の妊娠届、４．８％減　コロナ影響か―厚労省

　厚生労働省は２６日、２０２０年に全国の自治体に提出された妊娠届の件数が８７万２２２７件で、前年と比べ４．８％減少したと発表した。過去最少とみられる。新型コロナウイルスの影響で妊娠届の提出が遅れたり、妊娠を控える動きが出たりした可能性があるという。
　厚労省は、コロナの感染拡大が妊娠に及ぼす影響を把握するため特別に調査を実施。妊娠届は、妊婦健康診査などの母子保健サービスを適切に受けられるよう、同省が主に妊娠１１週までに自治体に提出することを推奨している。（2021/05/26-18:33）

The number of pregnancy notifications submitted to municipalities across Japan in 2020 fell 4.8 pct from the previous year to 872,227, the health ministry said Wednesday.
   The number is believed to be the lowest on record.
   The COVID-19 pandemic may have prompted people to refrain from submitting such notifications or even having children, the ministry said.
   The ministry encourages people having babies to submit notifications to local municipalities by the 11th week of pregnancy so that they can receive health checkups and other related services appropriately.
   On a monthly basis, the number of pregnancy notifications dropped the most, by 17.6 pct from a year before, in May, when the country's first COVID-19 state of emergency was in place.