“We strongly recommend that everyone get vaccinated with Sputnik, because then a newborn between the ages of zero and six months will be protected at least from infection with severe cases of coronavirus with the milk of a vaccinated mother,” the scientist noted.

Gunzburg added that pregnant women are recommended to be vaccinated with Sputnik V or Sputnik Light from the 22nd week of pregnancy. 

He also said that clinical trials demonstrate the effectiveness of these vaccines at other stages of pregnancy.

Formerly head of the National Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named after

Kulakov of the Russian Ministry of Health Gennady Sukhikh said that the course of coronavirus in pregnant women on average became easier in the first month of 2022.