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Updated May 7, 2021
Pregnant women trying to access their coronavirus vaccines have faced confusion, delays and wasted trips, according to the charity Maternity Action.
Now, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have also expressed their concern.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises that it is “preferable” for pregnant women in the UK to be offered the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines where available. But the online booking system has not given pregnant women the option to specify what vaccine they want.
It means some are visiting vaccine centres, only to have to turn around at the door, with no idea when they’ll actually get vaccinated.
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Pregnant women to be offered Covid vaccine in UK
The JCVI is advising that it is preferable for the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna mRNA vaccines to be offered to pregnant women
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All pregnant women will be offered the Covid-19 vaccine, in line with the vaccine roll out plan for the UK, the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation has announced.