Manila, Aug. 6 -- Shedding more light into how early an individual could contract the novel coronavirus, scientists on Wednesday suggested that it might be as early as during the second week of pregnancy.
Embryos could be susceptible to coronavirus disease (Covid-19) if the mother gets sick, potentially affecting the fate of the pregnancy, Professors Magda Zernicka-Goetz and David Glover from the University of Cambridge and the California Institute of Technology said in a new study published at the Royal Society's journal Open Biology.
Questions concerning the potential effects on fetal health and successful pregnancy for those infected with SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19 disease, remain largely unanswered, the scientists said in the b...