A leading WHO (World Health Organisation) expert said there is no risk at all for breastfeeding mothers to take COVID-19 vaccines to boost their immune system and that of their babies.
WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan, in her ‘Science in 5’ programme with Vismita Guptasmith said women who have given birth and are breastfeeding their babies can get vaccines.
“There is no risk at all. All the vaccines that are used presently have no live virus in them. There is no risk of transmission through breast milk. In fact, antibodies of mothers can go to children through breast milk,” she said.
(Daily Mirror)