Coronavirus could be sexually transmitted by recovering patients, new research shows

Coronavirus could be transmitted through sexual intercourse, a new study has found, prompting fears of a new way the disease could be spread. The virus was found in the semen of a small number of men who had tested positive for Covid-19 at a hospital in China. Doctors at China’s Shangqiu municipal hospital analyzed the sperm of 38 men and found SARS-CoV-2 in some of their semen. The study was based on a small sample size so more work would need to be done to establish if coronavirus can be sexually transmitted. If...