Intrauterine Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 Virus)

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The corona virus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2—severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2—first reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 has spread rapidly worldwide and has now become a global pandemic. The mode of transmission of the virus has been a major cause of concern. It is all the more imperative to know the mode of transmission due to unavailability of any definite treatment; hence, decreasing the transmission is the only possible way to curtail the increasing yet ever growing number of cases. Various literatures suggest that the transmission of the virus from human to human is said to occur by multiple means, namely by droplets, aerosols and fomites. However, given the presence of the virus in various body fluids and tissue specimens, the possibility of other modes of transmission should also be explored and studied. …