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It stated that pregnancy does not increase the risk of coronavirus infection.
New Delhi: Three days after announcing that pregnant women can be vaccinated against COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry on Monday (June 28, 2021) issued guidelines for the same and stated that pregnancy does not increase the risk of coronavirus infection. Most pregnant women will be asymptomatic or have a mild disease, but their health may deteriorate rapidly and that might affect the foetus too. It is important that they take all precautions to protect themselves from acquiring COVID-19, including taking vaccination against COVID-19. It is therefore advised that a pregnant woman should take COVID-19 vaccines, the ministry said.
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The country saw 4,454 fresh fatalities in the last 24 hours.
New Delhi: India s COVID-19-related death toll crossed the 3-lakh mark after 4,454 fresh fatalities were recorded in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry on Monday (May 24, 2021).
The country has been reporting over 4,000 deaths from the past few weeks and the death count has now mounted to 3,03,720.
Earlier on Sunday, 3,741 coronavirus-related casualties were recorded, while on May 22, nearly 4,200 people lost their lives due to the virus. 4,209 deaths were reported on May 21, whereas, 3,874 people succumbed to COVID-19 on May 20. There were 4529 new fatalities on May 19, 4329 on May 18, 4106 on May 17 and 4077 on May 16.