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Breastfeeding was listed among contraindications to the use of Sputnik V in the previous edition of the document
Breastfeeding has been excluded from the list of contraindications to vaccination with the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, according to the instruction for the use of Sputnik V.
The press service of the Russian health ministry confirmed this information. "There are no clinical tests of Gam-covid-vac (Sputnik V - TASS) in breastfeeding women and infants. It is not known whether the vaccine’s active substances van get into maternal milk. Before vaccinating a breastfeeding woman it is necessary to assess the risks and benefits of the vaccination," the ministry’s press service told TASS.
Breastfeeding was listed among contraindications to the use of Sputnik V in the previous edition of the document.
Back in July, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended breastfeeding women to get vaccinated against COVID-19, saying that vaccination poses no risks to babies and provides protection.
Photo: Mikhail Japaridze/TASS.