"The impact of Covid on male fertility lasted for three months, the researchers found..." via RT Covid infections can have a negative impact on sperm quality for up to three months, according to newly released research which found that the coronavirus reduces sperm count by up to 37% while also slowing its movement. The study, which hasn't been peer reviewed yet, was conducted by academics in Belgium on 120 men who had suffered symptomatic cases of Covid, and was published in the Fertility and Sterility journal on Monday. Samples from all of the study participants, who had an average age of 35 and had been symptom-free for an average of 52 days by the time the samples were taken, showed a 37% reduction in their sperm count following infection by the virus. The impact of Covid on male fertility lasted for three months, the researchers found, by which time the sperm count had returned to a normal level. Alongside the reduced sperm count, there was a 60% drop in the ability of semen to