fertility treatment during coronavirus lockdown
Many people are effected by the current lockdown announced by the government this week as regards their own fertility journey. Internationally, there has not been a great deal of consensus over how best to advise patients or direct regulatory bodies as to best practice. Below you will find links to the most pertinent advice which I will update as developments happen.
Many UK IVF clinics have now been assessed and granted permission to reopen following Government advice to allow cycles to recommence. For an up-to-date list of those clinics reopening, please see the HFEA website HFEA clinic list (as of 22-5-20)
Guidelines from HFEA (UK), BFS (UK), ESHRE (Europe) and ASRM (USA.
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/treatments/covid-19-and-fertility-treatment/
https://www.britishfertilitysociety.org.uk/2020/03/23/open-letter-covid-19/
https://www.eshre.eu/Home/COVID19QApatients
Covid-19 Update
Current UK guidance is for ALL fertility clinics to cease new treatments and to not carry out any services after 15th April 2020.
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/treatments/covid-19-and-fertility-treatment/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-patients/
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News
Fertility services and the world of IVF treatment are a rapidly expanding and complex area of medicine with, seemingly, new stories everyday. This section is designed to bring this ‘news’ to you in a digestible form and place my take on what it all means to you the patients.
Concerns about male fertility and Corona virus; there is some speculation around Corona virus infection and effects on male fertility (https://www.newsweek.com/chinese-scientists-coronavirus-male-fertility-1488235
There is currently no evidence to support potential damage to fertility by infection and any stories should be read with a degree of scepticism as the media storm looks for new angles to frighten people.
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