Video / NZ HeraldBy Sam Olley, RNZEmails released from the Ministry of Health show staff were deeply worried about the lack of data tracking Covid-19 vaccination rates for pregnant women. The lack of data had been a ministry problem since at least early September, when an epidemiology data analyst said they had been "trying to find a way to monitor Covid vaccine uptake for pregnant women". In a Health Ministry letter to RNZ, attached to this week's OIA response, immunisation director Astrid Koornneef said the ministry still did not have the national numbers. "The Covid-19 Immunisation Register does not hold pregnancy data, so we do not know the rate of vaccination rates among pregnant people. The ministry has been looking at whether it is possible to develop a view of the vaccination rates among pregnant people.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 24, 2021 08:01 UTC