CDC recommends pregnant people receive Covid vaccine
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that pregnant people get vaccinated against Covid-19, following a preliminary CDC report that found no evidence that either Pfizer and Moderna doses pose risks during pregnancy.
CDC Director Rochelle Walesnky announced on Friday that “no safety concerns were observed for people vaccinated in the third trimester or safety concerns for their babies.”
“As such, CDC recommends that pregnant people receive the Covid-19 vaccine,” she said.
The report was published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A survey among more than 35,000 people who were pregnant or were soon becoming pregnant was taken during the first 11 weeks of the US vaccine rollout from mid-December through February.
Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine was not included in the study, during which that vaccine was not yet available, though federal health authorities have currently paused its use after an exceedingly small number of people experienced blood clots.
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