Can women take Covid-19 vaccines five days before and after their periods?
The government has quashed the viral claim circulating on social media platforms that said women should not take Covid-19 vaccines five days before and after their period cycle.
Quashing the rumours, the PIB, in a tweet called such social media claims ‘fake’. To clear the air, the government on Saturday appealed to people to not fall for rumours and get vaccinated.
Doctors and activists, too, have quashed the claims, saying periods have nothing to do with the vaccinations.
Experts from Yale School of Medicine in a New York Times article, debunked the claim stating ‘there's no data linking the vaccines to changes in menstruation.’
A Senior Gynaecologist from Mumbai, in his tweet went on to say that ‘these rumours are engineered to prevent women from having early vaccine access and to foster vaccine hesitancy.’ He further added that ‘periods have no effect on the vaccine efficacy’ and urged everyone to take the jab at the earliest.