the outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus disease covid19 has become a major pandemic threat worldwidethe potential longterm impact of the covid19 virus on the reproductive health of men and women is still unclear this includes the potential impact of the drug treatments increased use of chemical disinfectants and the psychological impact of the pandemic on sperm function embryo development ovarian health and sexual functionrecent studies indicate that the covid19 infection may impact the smooth functioning of the reproductive system and cause infertility in men and women early diagnosis can help in mitigating any negative impact of the infection and consulting a fertility specialist for a basic fertility evaluation is advisable for men and women who have recovered from the covid19 infection impact of covid19 on fertilitybeing a respiratory illness covid19 virus primarily impacts the lungs nose and throat the infection is often more severe in elderly or people with health conditions like lung disease heart disease diabetes or conditions that affect their immune system covid19 has been found to impact a range of organs including ones stomach intestine brain kidney liver heart pancreas blood vessels eyes and skin recent studies have suggested that covid19 may negatively affect sperm quality and reduce fertility in men and the magnitude of that effect may depend on the severity of disease according to a study conducted by who pregnant women with covid19 who have had preexisting medical conditions such as diabetes or chronic high blood pressure or those who are older or overweight are also more likely to suffer severe health complications due to covidcovid19 and pregnancyit is not clear that the covid19 impacts the conception and pregnancy in women and the data on this is very limited according to a recent study by who it states that pregnant women who are older overweight and have preexisting medical conditions such as hypertension and diabetes seem to have an increased risk of developing severe covid19 it is therefore important that they take precautions to protect themselves against covid19 and report possible symptoms including fever cough or difficulty in breathing to their doctorsmyth covid19 vaccine can cause infertilitythe covid19 vaccines in circulation have been extensively tested and screened for potential risks and have been approved only after their safety has been established without a doubt there is no evidence that suggests any of the approved vaccines have a negative impact on fertilitythe trope that the vaccines impact ones fertility is played out over and over again however there is no evidence which shows that covid 19 vaccine can cause infertility in both men and women no loss of fertility has been reported among trial participants or among the millions who have received the vaccines since their authorization and no signs of infertility appeared in animal studies either theres been no link between covid19 vaccines or miscarriage at this stage there is insufficient information regarding the safety of any of the covid19 vaccines during assisted reproduction treatments and pregnancy which is why no recommendation can be made