FOETUS TRAGEDY
Foetus infected with Covid dies in the womb after mum was admitted to hospital in second known case in Israel
Updated: 1 Mar 2021, 2:19
A STILLBORN baby whose mother had been struck down with coronavirus died in the womb after becoming infected with the disease, say reports from Israel.
The expectant mum - who was in her 36th week of pregnancy - was apparently admitted to the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba after falling chronically ill on Saturday.
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Medical at the COVID-19 isolation ward of Meir Medical Center in Kfar Sab (stock)Credit: AFP - Getty
Medics then learned her unborn baby had already died with later tests revealing the foetus had also been infected with the virus, reports the Times of Israel.
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