MANILA, Philippines — Covid-19 vaccines may be offered to pregnant women who are classified as high risk for infection, as well as for breastfeeding mothers, a health expert said Tuesday.
Dr. Sybil Lizanne Bravo, chief of the Division of OB-GYN Infectious Diseases at the Philippine General Hospital and president of the Philippine Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology, noted that there are no studies yet on the safety of administering Covid-19 vaccines to pregnant and breastfeeding women.
“There are no studies to prove the safety and efficacy among pregnant and breastfeeding women, but we adopted what the WHO [World Health Organization] and CDC [Centers for…
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