Juniper Publishers Journal of Reproductive Medicine

  Global Journal of Reproductive Medicine    Juniper Publishers

  Global Journal of Reproductive Medicine    Juniper Publishers Since the beginning of 2020 the whole world is trying to cope with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first detected in Wuhan (China) in late-December 2019 and it quickly spread around the world. Several new public health strategies have been implemented over the past 2 years to defeat the pandemic, such as partial or total lockdowns, wearing facemasks in public, social distancing, but above all effective vaccines against COVID-19, [1]. Nevertheless, viral mutations and/or environmental factors led to recurrent pandemic outbreaks all over the world, appointing COVID-19 as a still current major worldwide concern. Indeed, SARS-CoV-2 variants showed an increased infection profile. A higher percentage of younger men, more prone to paternity, was infected during the last pandemic outbreaks, as compared with the first one [...