The UK National Health Service (NHS) has advised lactating mothers not to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus until they stop breastfeeding.
This warning from the NHS has been criticized by a number of women’s rights and breastfeeding organisatons. Many believe that this warning was given without any proof and forces women to choose between the health of the child and their own well-being.
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To date, the NHS has been unable to provide any evidence that the COVID-19 vaccine poses a risk to new mothers. “There is no evidence that it is dangerous if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. But more evidence is needed before you can be offered the vaccine,” the NHS says.
However, the NHS website also adds that the warning is a warning. “Be careful that additional evidence is available to support the use of this vaccine in pregnancy and breast milk,” the website reads.
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According to data reported by local media, nearly 46 per cent of mothers in the UK were feeding their babies – aged 6-8 weeks – in 2018-2019.
This warning, if adopted, could, as a rule, affect hundreds of thousands of mothers across the country, including tens of thousands of frontline workers who nurse patients and their children. together.
Experts believe that while the NHS is just trying to be cautious, this should be further researched before it frightens the public, creating a sense of panic.
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The UK governments’ website is also urging pregnant women not to get vaccinated. “If you are pregnant you should not have the vaccine – you can be vaccinated after pregnancy,” the website reads.
“If you think you may be pregnant you should delay the vaccination to make sure you are not,” he continued. The government has also advised women to delay taking it. get vaccinated if they are planning to have a baby in the next three months, and also if they have become pregnant after the first pregnancy.