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JCVI issues new advice on COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women

Uploaded 30-08-22

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-issues-new-advice-on-covid-19-vaccination-for-pregnant-women

Pregnant women now a priority group for COVID-19 vaccination

https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/news/2194-pregnant-women-now-a-priority-group-for-covid-19-vaccination

Pregnant women are to be considered a 'vulnerable' group, emphasising the urgency of them receiving COVID-19 vaccination and booster doses

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Pregnancy, breastfeeding, fertility and coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/pregnancy-breastfeeding-fertility-and-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination/

There's no evidence COVID-19 vaccination increases the risk of having a miscarriage, pre-term birth or other complications in your pregnancy.

The COVID-19 vaccines do not contain any live viruses and cannot give you or your baby COVID-19.

COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy

https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/documents/covid-19-vaccination-in-pregnancy/

Research published on 25 July by UKOSS (UK Obstetric Surveillance System national cohort),

suggests that the Delta variant is associated with an increased risk of severe illness among hospitalised pregnant women,

compared with the Alpha and ‘wildtype’ variants of previous waves.

Current delta prevalence

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1093275/covid-technical-briefing-44-22-july-2022.pdf

3.4% BA.2

17.2% BA.4

78.7% BA.5

0.7% classified as other

US, CDC, Nowcast

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions



JCVI issues new advice on COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-issues-new-advice-on-covid-19-vaccination-for-pregnant-women

The JCVI has advised that pregnant women should be offered the COVI