Semen quality in patients with COVID-19 improves between the infection and recovery stages of the disease, according to data published in Basic and Clinical Andrology. Mohammed et al. collected and analysed semen samples from 100 patients with confirmed mild or moderate COVID-19 (defined by symptom severity and chest CT). Two samples were taken from each patient, timed to represent the infection and recovery stages of disease. Abnormal semen quality (defined as at least one abnormal semen parameter) was present in 33% of patients during the infection stage versus 11% of patients in the recovery stage (P < 0.001). Additionally, sperm progressive motility (P = 0.043) and normal morphology (P < 0.001) significantly increased between infection and recovery samples.