Jakarta – The Jakarta Health Office has actually appealed to breastfeeding women to get immunized to decrease the danger of COVID-19 transmission.
” If you look at the current conditions, thinking about the risk of not being immunized against being immunized. Obviously, the option is getting vaccinated,” Head of the general public Health Department of the Jakarta Health Office Fify Mulyani said during a conversation on unique breastfeeding here on Monday.
According to Mulyani, it can be hazardous for breastfeeding ladies if they contract COVID-19 and experience severe symptoms.
Meanwhile, the side-effects of vaccination are normally the same as those experienced by individuals who are not breastfeeding, such as fever, soreness around the injection location, drowsiness, and other common post-immunization complaints, she said.
” The benefits of being vaccinated for breastfeeding females are greater than the risks,” she kept in mind.
Breastfeeding moms are prompted to register at the neighborhood health centers (Puskesmas) or through the Jaki application to set up a vaccination, she added.
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Earlier, an official from the Indonesian Pediatric Society (IDAI), Wiyarni Pambudi, had actually revealed that increased resistance had actually been seen in breastfeeding mothers who had actually received the COVID-19 vaccination.
In truth, their antibody levels increased 14 days after the first dose was injected, she included.
” In mothers who had been immunized versus COVID-19, it was discovered that levels of particular antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in breast milk increased rapidly within 14 days after the first dosage of vaccination, getting stronger after week four and measurably greater at weeks 5 and 6,” she described.
Meanwhile, breastfeeding mothers who are confirmed positive for COVID-19 can still specifically breastfeed their babies, she stated.
Research study has actually shown that breast milk in COVID-19 positive moms has a high antibody content, she discussed.
” In moms who are confirmed positive, it turns out that their breast milk contains immunoglobulin A and G, lactalbumin, lactoferrin, which specifically can provide defense against SARS-CoV-2. This is what is called natural passive immunization, which COVID-19 positive moms give to their infants,” Pambudi described.
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