The resumption of fertility treatment is a step closer for Irish patients following new guidelines issued by the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE).
Hundreds of patients have been in limbo following advice last month to cancel treatments. The ESHRE recommendation on 15 March was based on concerns over the impact of Covid-19 on early pregnancy.
However, the body has issued new guidance outlining how treatments can resume. "As the Covid-19 pandemic is stabilising, the return to normal daily life will also see the need to restart the provision of ART (assisted reproductive technology) treatments," it said in a statement. "Infertility is a disease and once the risk of infection is decreasing, all ART treatments can