nagpur with increasing number of cases many households have covid19 patients either infected or recovered covid19 restrictions have thrown many challenges especially for couples struggling with 24x7 stayathome orders on the other hand some couples may be depressed because of distance living apart due to health concerns or quarantine measuresaccording to doctors the best way to prevent covid19 is by avoiding close physical contact including sex with anyone who doesnt live with youindian medical association ima national headquarters has launched initiative on sexual health ima national president dr rajan sharma and honorary secretary general dr asokan ima hq new delhi have constituted a standing committee for the initiative dr balasubramaniam from chennai is its chairman while dr sanjay deshpande from nagpur is the convenerin a meeting held on august 31 the committee decided about implementing doctor as a sex educator concept from this yearthe field of sexual medicine is dominated by quacks hence this year mbbs doctors will be trained by imas expert panel in sexual medicine ima branches will educate and create awareness among parents and teachers on adolescence puberty and its psychosocial effects and make everyone aware about child sexual abuse and its prevention said dr sanjay deshpandeafter almost six months of lockdown many sexual habits might have changed he said doctors also answered some questions on sex life in covid19 times which are and will become common with increasing number of cases in maharashtrafor preventing the spread of covid19 the safest sex partners are those who already live with you and are at low risk of infection if you and your partner are healthy and feeling well staying at least 6 feet from other people outside the house washing hands often and wearing face masks or cloth face coverings in public settings sex is likely to be safe said dr deshpande sex in covid19 times faqs shared by expertsmy partner and i both tested positive for covid19 are we immune and is it safe to have sex although the immune response to covid19 is not fully understood there is some evidence of at least shortterm protective immunity it is likely safe for partners to have sex as long as you continue to follow preventive safety guidelines to protect yourself and othersi think i had covid19 based on my symptoms but did not get tested is it safe to have sex if you think you had covid19 and recovered you may go for antibody test a positive result means you have antibodies that likely resulted from an infection this means you and your partner are likely safe to have sex as long as you continue to follow preventive safety guidelines what if antibody test is negative it means you probably did not have a previous infection however you could have been very recently infected but antibodies dont show up for 13 weeks after infection in such case wait to have sex until you are sure that you have recovered i tested positive for covid19 but have recovered when