Children of patients vaccinated during pregnancy are immune to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This has been proven in their research by scientists from the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Warmia and Mazury (UWM) in Olsztyn. The results were published in the prestigious journal “Vaccines”.
Scientists from Olsztyn were the first in Poland and one of the first scientists in the world to prove the transplacental transmission of antibodies against the S antigen of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Pregnant women are at increased risk of a severe course of COVID-19 infection. Vaccinating reduces their risk of falling ill, but also increases the chance of avoiding many pregnancy complications in the course of this infection for the fetus. The study conducted in our center is assessing the effectiveness and safety of vaccination against COVID-19 during pregnancy – explained Prof. Tomasz Waśniewski.
The study was performed in February 2021 and used the Pfizer and BioNTech mRNA vaccine. Twenty women in the third trimester of pregnancy were given 2 doses of this preparation. Antibodies were found in all vaccinated women; they were also found in their children.
