The United States has emerged as the country with the largest number of confirmed cases and is now unfortunately the global epicenter of this pandemic. As of this date, at least 27 states, affecting more than 225 million Americans, have enacted “shelter-in-place” orders stressing the importance of suppressing viral transmission. New York and the tri-state region are currently hardest hit by the pandemic are overwhelmed with insufficient hospital beds, respiratory ventilators, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and a rising incidence of COVID-19 infected health care providers. The American Society of Reproductive Medine has recommend Suspend initiation of new treatment cycles, including ovulation induction, intrauterine inseminations (IUIs), in vitro fertilization (IVF) including retrievals and frozen embryo transfers, as well as non-urgent gamete cryopreservation.
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