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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Sophie Goodall

Covid fears were to blame for drop in birth rates throughout European countries

Birth rates in Europe saw a 14% drop in 2021, with researchers believing that the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is to blame.

The numbers of babies being born in January 2021 was 14% less than the same month in previous years.

Conception for January births is typically during the month of March the previous year, which coincides with the start of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

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