On Apr. 24, 2020, researchers at the University of Oxford announced the start of a large, international study to evaluate the effects of COVID-19 in pregnancy. The INTERCOVID study will provide women, families, health care providers and policy makers with high-quality evidence regarding the effects of COVID-19 in pregnancy on the health of the mother, fetus and newborn.

The researchers began recruitment of women who had been exposed and not-exposed to SARS-CoV-2 at any stage of pregnancy, and planned following them and their newborns until hospital discharge to quantify the risks associated with the exposure.