The countries that saw the biggest reduction in live births were Lithuania (28%) and Romania (23%)
Researchers found that Sweden, which did not have a lockdown, did not experience a drop in live births, despite having a high number of deaths due to the pandemic.
The duration of lockdowns was the only linking factor that the team found to be associated with the decline in live births in January 2021, compared with January 2019 and January 2018.Dr Pomar commented:"The association we found with the duration of lockdowns may reflect a much more complex phenomenon, in that lockdowns are government decisions used as a last resort to contain a pandemic.
Christian De Geyter, deputy editor of Human Reproduction and professor at the University of Basel, Switzerland, said the data on the impact of lockdowns on couples seeking fertility treatment is not available yet. Prof De Geyter, who was not involved in the study, commented:"These observations are important because they show that human reproductive behaviour, as evidenced by numbers of live births, changes during dramatic events, epidemics and global crises."
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