IT'S possible, but it seems to be relatively rare and scientists think they know why that is.Many viruses can cross the placenta and infect a...
IT'S possible, but it seems to be relatively rare and scientists think they know why that is.
Researchers in Italy studied 31 women with Covid-19 who delivered babies in March and April and found signs of the virus in several samples of umbilical cord blood, the placenta and, in one case, breast milk. But this sort of testing can just detect bits of genetic material — it doesn't mean there is virus capable of causing infection in those places.
A report from France gave even stronger evidence of in-the-womb infection, and that newborn was very ill at birth.
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