This means that pregnant healthcare workers have been vaccinated, and as more vulnerable pregnant women in medically susceptible categories become eligible for vaccination, they will too. Meanwhile, the chairwoman of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dr Cliona Murphy, agreed that pregnant women should be offered vaccination. “Therefore, we can see that pregnant women run additional risks to the rest of the population, which needs to be acknowledged. In the US, more than 86,000 pregnant women had been vaccinated up to mid-April, without any evidence of problems caused by mRNA vaccines. “I am feeling frustrated that this is not being recognised as a significant risk for pregnant women.

Source: The Irish Times April 23, 2021 00:00 UTC