Most pregnant women in the US have but to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine, in response to the newest knowledge compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
As of Aug. 21, about 3 in 4 pregnant women aged 18-49 had been unvaccinated, or in different phrases, 23.9 p.c total obtained a minimum of one dose, per knowledge from the company’s Vaccine Safety Datalink. Vaccination protection was reported lowest amongst Hispanic/Latina (19.2 p.c) and Black pregnant women (11.7 p.c), with increased protection reported amongst Asian (35.2 p.c) and White pregnant women (26.6 p.c).
“Vaccination among pregnant people remains low,” the well being company wrote in half in the COVID Data Tracker weekly replace on Aug. 20. “This low uptake persists despite recent increases in COVID-19 cases in pregnant people.”
The CDC on Aug. 11 strengthened a suggestion to be used of COVID-19 vaccines amongst pregnant women, after a brand new examine indicated no heightened threat of miscarriage amongst women who obtained the shot throughout early being pregnant. The evaluation stemmed from further security knowledge on 2,456 women who obtained an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine earlier than 20 weeks of being pregnant, with outcomes indicating an approximate 13 p.c miscarriage fee, throughout the anticipated fee of about 11 p.c to 16 p.c in the overall inhabitants.
(*3*) CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky beforehand mentioned. “The vaccines are safe and effective and it has never been more urgent to increase vaccinations as we face the highly transmissible Delta variant and see severe outcomes from COVID-19 among unvaccinated pregnant people.”
As of Aug. 23, the company reported 109,773 complete COVID-19 circumstances amongst pregnant women and 131 deaths.
The latest full FDA approval awarded to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine ought to increase confidence in the shot, in accordance Dr. Martin Tucker, president of the the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
In a press release issued earlier this week, Tucker mentioned: “With today’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensure of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, clinicians can feel even more confident in recommending vaccination for their patients, including pregnant patients. All eligible individuals, including those who are pregnant, should feel similarly confident in being vaccinated against COVID-19.”
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