Women should avoid pregnancy for 90 days after second dose of vaccine
The Ministry of Health has said
that those who wish to become pregnant should wait for a period of not
less than 90 days after taking the second dose of the coronavirus
vaccine.
The
ministry made this clarification in a statement on its Health 937
Twitter account while rejecting authenticity of reports being circulated
in the social media that women who receive the vaccine shots must avoid
pregnancy for a full year.
“All
the vaccines, which are being administered against coronavirus, are
safe, and give protection against severe complications and death from
coronavirus,” the ministry said while reaffirming that there is no
evidence to show that COVID-19 would have any adverse effect on
reproduction.
The
ministry reiterated that pregnant women are among the segments of the
society who are prevented from taking vaccination against COVID-19.
The
groups that are prohibited from taking the Pfizer and AstraZeneca
vaccines approved in the Kingdom also include those who have a known
hypersensitivity to the two vaccines or one of their components (after
the first dose), and those suffering from other severe allergies, as
well as children.