Antenatal vaccine scheme ‘has great potential’

The pilot project saw huge take-up of vaccines for the flu and whooping cough among a number of women.

A new pilot scheme has proven successful in vaccinating pregnant women from vulnerable communities who tend not to engage with GPs and those behind the programme believe it could be just as successful when it comes to Covid jabs.

The pilot project, which operated through an antenatal clinic at Dublin's Rotunda Hospital, saw huge take-up of vaccines for the flu and whooping cough among a number of women. The study on it refers to that likelihood that "other vaccinations may also be offered more frequently in pregnancy" — including those for Covid-19.