Abstract
The availability of a COVID-19 vaccine has raised the issue of its compatibility with breastfeeding. Consequently, the Italian Society of Neonatology (SIN), the Italian Society of Pediatrics (SIP), the Italian Society of Perinatal Medicine (SIMP), the Italian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (SIGO), the Italian Association of Hospital Obstetricians-Gynecologists (AOGOI) and the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT) have made an ad hoc consensus statement. Currently, knowledge regarding the administration of COVID-19 vaccine to the breastfeeding mother is limited. Nevertheless, as health benefits of breastfeeding are well demonstrated and since biological plausibility suggests that the health risk for the nursed infant is unlikely, Italian scientific societies conclude that COVID-19 vaccination is compatible with breastfeeding.
Highlights
The availability of a COVID-19 vaccine has raised the issue of its compatibility with breastfeeding
Background: pandemic and vaccine The COVID-19 pandemic was declared by the WHO on 11 March 2020 and Italy was the first country after China to be affected, counting, on 21 December 2020, 1.952.305 cases and 66.717 deaths [1]
In Europe, four vaccines will come into use after approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA): 2 Messanger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines containing genetic instructions to induce an immune response against coronavirus (BNT162b2; mRNA-1273) and 2 viral vector vaccines
Summary
The availability of a COVID-19 vaccine has raised the issue of its compatibility with breastfeeding. Compatibility between breastfeeding and COVID19 vaccination: indications from non-EU countries UK.
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