Experts give advice on the timing of vaccination against COVID during pregnancy

Women are advised to be vaccinated against CORONAVIRUS before pregnancy, but if this has not been done, it is better to vaccinate no earlier than the 22nd week of the term, as recommended by the Ministry of HEALTH, the chief physician of maternity hospital No. 16 in St. Petersburg , obstetrician-gynecologist Vladimir Shapkaits told RBC .

“In the choice between remaining unvaccinated until the end of the pregnancy and being vaccinated after 22 weeks, the choice must be made in favor of vaccination,” he said.

Shapkaits added that in this case, the level of risk for a pregnant woman is at the level of other vaccinated people. “The disease is much more dangerous for a future mother,” the HEAD physician emphasized.

At the same time, in a conversation with RBC, MD, professor, gynecologist-endocrinologist Irina Filatova said that vaccination is allowed from about the 12th week of pregnancy, while before this period all organs and systems of the future organism are formed and it is better to refrain from vaccination.