Pregnant women should get Covid-19 vaccine, maternity expert says

An American study found pregnant women who had Covid-19 were at higher risk of serious illness, hospitalisation and death.

Professor Shane Higgins, master of the National Maternity Hospital, has said that pregnant women should strongly consider getting the Covid-19 vaccine.

Prof Higgins was responding to an American study that found pregnant women who had Covid-19 were at higher risk of serious illness, hospitalisation, and death.