Sweden is currently experiencing acute shortage of sperm spurred by the global health crisis, COVID-19 pandemic.
According to reports, the donation of sperm which is meant for assisted pregnancy has been abruptly stopped as donors are avoiding clinics due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The health officials in Sweden have also raised alarm on the sperm shortage as inseminations in large parts of the healthcare system have been badly affected.
According to the health officials, the shortage of sperm has shot up the waiting time of assisted pregnancy from six months to an estimated 30 months.
Families who are planning to go for assisted pregnancy are now experiencing longer cycle of insemination.
Under the Swedish law, a sperm sample can only be used by a maximum of six women.
According to reports, most sperm samples have reached this legal capacity and the health facilities are not receiving enough samples, hence the reason for the scarcity.
Reports also reveal the sperm scarcity is being experienced in both public and private clinics across the country.
However, the Swedish health officials have begun a campaign program, in a bid to encourage the Swedish male to donate sperm to end the scarcity that has gripped the country.
A report of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, revealed that Sweden is among the countries with the highest assisted conception rates in the world.
