A recommendation for IVF lab practice in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic

A global health threat has been declared by the World Health Organization due to the recent outbreak of COVID-19. Although the exact transmission mechanism is yet unknown, it is known that people positive to the virus are contagious due to small aerosols spreading. According to Adrian [1], a virus in a thin layer of (1 μm) of water will vitrify upon cooling into liquid nitrogen (LN). Furthermore, Bielanski [2]