CXCL8 and COVID-19: After COVID-19 recovery, 25% of the men had oligo-crypto-azoospermia, with 8 out of 11 being azoospermic and 3 oligospermic. IL-8 was high in 76.7% of the patients, and the severity of COVID-19 was significantly associated with the presence of oligo-crypto-azoospermia (p < 0.001).