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Pregnant and unprotected: Indian mothers-to-be living in fear of Covid By Aparna Alluri and Vikas Pandey BBC News, Delhi image copyrightGetty Images When Jagriti Eadala found out she was pregnant in February, she and her husband celebrated by going on a holiday. It coincided with their anniversary and Covid appeared to be on the wane in India. But within a month, the 29-year-old found herself cloistered in a room, scared to step out. The virus had returned with alarming ferocity. Her husband had to continue going to work, so she isolated herself from everyone in the house. By then, India had begun vaccination against Covid but that was not an option for Jagriti. It still isn t because the jab has not been approved for pregnant women in the country. The government recently cleared it for nursing mothers, but there is no word on what pregnant women should expect, leaving them anxious and scared. ....