COVID-19 | WHO clarifies that vaccines do not affect fertility or cause impotence

None of the vaccines against COVID-19 They can cause or be related to fertility or impotence problems, said an expert from the World Health Organization (WHO), Joachim Hombach, when answering questions from the public through social networks.

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“There is no biological possibility that vaccines are related to impotence or fertility problems”Hombach stressed in response to one of the most widespread hoaxes and that spread by anti-vaccine sectors.

This clarification came shortly after WHO announced approval of the emergency use of the, produced by Indian laboratories Bharat Biotech.

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It is the seventh preparation that is evaluated and authorized by the agency in order to stop the pandemic, which has already caused more than five million deaths in the world.

Previously approved vaccines are those from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, Sinovac, and Sinopharm.

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“We have no indication that the vaccines are related to impotence or fertility problems. It’s more, . I think that they are rumors totally devoid of foundations and that they do not respond to the logic of biological mechanisms ”, added the expert.

In the same virtual interaction with the public, the WHO Deputy Director for Access to Medicines, Mariangela Simao, stressed the importance of obtaining information through reliable sources, starting with the organization’s own website, as well as its official accounts on social networks, which provide extensive information on the rigorous mechanisms applied for the approval of vaccines and their guarantees of safety and efficacy.

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