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It’s safe to conceive a child during coronavirus pandemic, says B.C’s top doctor

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B.C.’s top doctor says it is still safe for people to try and conceive a child amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic. Provincial health officer Dr.

Bonnie Henry says there is no evidence to indicate the virus can be transmitted through sexual contact. “We know that it is shed in the stool in some people,” Dr.

Henry said. The province is also watching the potential effects of the virus on pregnancy. Dr. Henry says there is a group of health officials at B.C.

Women’s Hospital monitoring the situation and looking at the clinical assessments that have been done around the world. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “It doesn’t seem that pregnant women are more susceptible to being infected.

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