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COVID-19 Vaccine: WHO Advises Pregnant Women And Nursing Mothers
- COVID-19 vaccine poses no risk to pregnant women and nursing mothers. This is according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
As COVID-19 vaccine around the world continue to raise queries among members of the public, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has assured pregnant women and nursing mothers to consider taking it.
In a statement addressed to members of the public, WHO explained that it’s not only safe for pregnant women and nursing mothers to take the vaccine, but highly recommended for them to consider it.
“Based on all the evidence that we have, it is not only safe for breastfeeding mothers to be vaccinated, but it is also highly recommended. It is important for her own health that she be protected from COVID-19 and that she’s able to take care of her family as best as possible and doesn’t get too sick.
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“There is no evidence that the vaccine would allow for the virus to be transmitted to the child. And there is no reason that the vaccine would be any less effective in a breastfeeding mother than in a non breastfeeding mother. We would definitely recommend that she should be vaccinated as soon as the vaccine is available to her to protect her and the community around her,” WHO was quoted as saying.
The statement from WHO also read that the COVID-19 vaccine is unlikely to cross to breast milk for nursing mothers.
“Unlike the yellow-fever vaccine, COVID-19 vaccines do not carry a risk of igniting an active infection. In addition, COVID-19 vaccines are extremely unlikely to cross into breast milk. The fragile messenger RNA used in the Pfizer–BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, for example, is designed to break down so quickly that it should never leave the cells where it was injected let alone get into the bloodstream and then the breast. In fact, researchers don’t expect that any of the current vaccines will be excreted into breast milk,” WHO explained.
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