Women urged to delay vaccine if they plan on getting pregnant within two months Nursing mothers and pregnant women should not be inoculated, as a ‘precautionary step’ 19 December 2020 • 9:30pm Doctor's visit to a young pregnant woman at home during COVID-19 pandemic Women who receive the coronavirus jab are being told to abstain from unprotected sex for two months, The Sunday Telegraph can disclose. Official guidance for healthcare professionals about administering the new Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine says that "women of childbearing age should be advised to avoid pregnancy for at least 2 months after their second dose". The guidance also makes clear that "a risk" to newborn babies cannot be excluded from the vaccine and so nursing mothers should not be inoculated. It also says that it is "unknown whether COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2 has an impact on fertility".