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Infections with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the trigger for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome, have reached the extent of a global pandemic within several months The betacoronavirus has originated in China and spread out nearly all over the world Viruses are transmitted via aerosols After infection the majority of people will experience a mild respiratory infection with cold-like symptoms such as cough and fever and healing within two weeks However, about 5 % of infected people will experience a severe clinical course with the occurrence of multiple subpleural bronchopulmonary infiltrates and even death due to respiratory failure The coronavirus pandemic has changed our public and social life enormously For example, the government has adopted measures for avoiding social contacts with the purpose of interrupting chains of infection Besides, the scientific societies have advised against carrying out elective treatments during the pandemic This review article presents epidemiological aspects of coronavirus infection and presents the effects of the pandemic on gynaecology using the example of German reproductive medicine in the past, present and future In addition, useful preventive measures for daily clinical work as well as the so far published literature about the coronavirus are discussed
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