Research now backs routinely offering pregnant women the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine
- Written by Michelle Wise, Senior Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland
Shutterstock/MIA StudioNew Zealand and Australia will now routinely offer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to women at any stage of pregnancy, following an update of vaccination advice.
This comes as research suggests the risk of severe outcomes from infection is significantly higher for pregnant women compared to the general population. At the same...





