RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updatesSince the start of the pandemic, doctors have wondered whether in-the-womb infection could occur.
HIV, Zika and some other viruses can infect a fetus this way. Several early reports from China suggested the coronavirus might, too, although doctors suspect those women may have spread the virus to their babies during or after birth.The new study involved women at three hospitals during the height of the outbreak in northern Italy.