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PETBioNewsCommentFILM: What fertility patients need to know about COVID-19

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FILM: What fertility patients need to know about COVID-19

Published 20 March 2020 posted in Comment and appears in BioNews 1040

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Dr Jane Stewart

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In this short video, Dr Jane Stewart — chair of the British Fertility Society — explains how the fertility sector is responding to the current coronavirus pandemic...

In this short video, Dr Jane Stewart — chair of the British Fertility Society — explains how the fertility sector is responding to the current coronavirus pandemic.

Dr Stewart has advice for patients, and acknowledges that there will be significant disappointment as centres decide not to start new cycles of treatment.

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