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Women told NOT to have IVF amid the coronavirus outbreak by fertility watchdog NewsColony Women are being urged not to have IVF amid the coronavirus outbreak over fears the virus negatively affects pregnancy.  A statement issued by the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology says all couples considering fertility treatment ‘should avoid becoming pregnant at this time’. It advised those who are already having IVF to consider freezing their eggs or the embryos they have created for a pregnancy until the pandemic is halted. Meanwhile a mother-to-be is concerned hospitals will be overwhelmed when she is due to give birth next month.   Women are being urged not to have IVF amid the coronavirus outbreak over fears the virus negatively affects pregnancy (file) The call to arms comes after the UK suffered 407 more coronavirus infections and another death. It means there are now officially 1,950 people with the disease and 71 have succumbed to it ...