Pregnant women should not be vaccinated with rubella vaccine.
Studies have not been conducted with rubella vaccine in pregnant women. It is not known whether the vaccine can cause foetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or affect reproduction capacity.
Pregnancy should be avoided for 1 month following vaccination. Women who intend to become pregnant should be advised to delay.
Studies have shown that breast-feeding postpartum women vaccinated with rubella vaccine may secrete the virus in breast milk and transmit it to breast-fed infants. In the infants with serological evidence of rubella infection, none had symptomatic disease. Therefore, caution should be exercised when considering whether to administer the vaccine to a breast-feeding woman.
Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with rubella vaccine. The vaccine has not been evaluated for potential to impair fertility.
No studies on the effects on the ability to drive or use machinery have been performed. The live attenuated rubella vaccine is expected to have no or negligible influence on the ability to drive and use machines.
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