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(STUDY FINDS) – The number of births plunged during the coronavirus pandemic, and researchers in Europe say social distancing and lockdowns are to blame.
The study finds couples were having less sex due to lockdown measures, with the United Kingdom among the countries feeling the biggest impact. Births were down by 13 percent in England and Wales, and 14 percent in Scotland. This could have “long term consequences” for aging populations.
“The decline in births nine months after the start of the pandemic appears to be more common in countries where health systems were struggling and capacity in hospitals was exceeded. This led to lockdowns and social distancing measures to try to contain the pandemic,” says first author of the study, Dr. Léo Pomar, a midwife sonographer at Lausanne University Hospital and associate professor at the School of Health Sciences in Lausanne, in a media release.
