Pregnant people will now be offered the Pfizer vaccine at any stage of pregnancy, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has said. Speaking at a vaccine update on Wednesday, Bloomfield said that data from around the world has shown that there are no additional risks around vaccinating pregnant people, especially with the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. The Government has been thrashing out how the nationwide roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine to New Zealand’s 4.2 million adults will work. Robert F. Bukaty/AP One million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive in July. “You will be helping yourself, your friends and your family,” by coming forward to be vaccinated, Hipkins said.

Source: Stuff June 09, 2021 01:09 UTC