Professor Mr.  Andrea Salonia (Italy) presented the data from the research that has been done internationally and for the first time he presented the research results of his clinic on the effects of the coronavirus on sperm. These data were presented in a webinar entitled “Hot Topics in Male Infertility Clinics Today” organized by Fertilland Pharma in April 2021 with international participation.

Prof.  Mr Salonia summed up by saying that:

• The SARS-CoV-2 virus was not detected in the semen of men who became ill.
• The SARS-CoV-2 virus is not transmitted sexually.
• There is a negative effect on spermatogenesis in patients with coronavirus (decrease in sperm count, motility, morphology and more DNA damage).
• In patients with coronavirus, testosterone levels are reduced.

In the same webinar, Professor Nikolaos Sofikitis (Greece) and Professor Suks Minhas (UK) highlighted the importance of taking the appropriate micronutrient supplements to improve sperm quality.

-Andrea Salonia

“M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Urology

Dean of the studies, International MD Program

Co-Director, International PhD Course in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele

Director, URI-Urological Research Institute

Division of Experimental Oncology IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele”

-Nikolaos Sofikitis

“MD, Ph.D.,D.M.Sci, Professor and Chairman

Department of Urology Ioannina University School of Medicine and Chair of

The European Section of Andrological Urology of The European Association of

Urology”

-Suks Minhas

“MD FRCS (Urol), Professor of Urology, Imperial College London

Consultant Andrologist and Urologist

Director: Centre Director European Academy of Andrology at Imperial

College NHS Trust”