The necessity of vaccination of pregnant women, given the risk of serious complications during pregnancy, was summarized by the president of the National Vaccination Committee Maria Theodoridou in today’s briefing on the course of the coronary pandemic in Greece.
The coronavirus vaccination program has become more complex over time, mainly aiming to vaccinate as many people as possible with the first dose, to complete the vaccination with the second dose and to administer the booster dose.
The problem with the unvaccinated is discussed daily. Efforts to persuade are ongoing, and let us hope that the fear of the reality we live in will help to persuade many hesitant
Among those who are not vaccinated is a large number of pregnant women, women of childbearing age who, perhaps due to incorrect information even from their doctors, put themselves at risk.
“But not only themselves but also their pregnant child”, he stressed, adding that there have been repeated references to this issue, but we return to it as we see and live sad events.
According to Ms. Theodoridou, the ECDC published recent recommendations a few days ago.
As it is written, covid vaccines are recommended for pregnant women, nursing mothers, women who are trying to have children both now and in the near future.
There is no evidence that vaccines affect fertility, directly or indirectly in the future.
“This applies to both the basic vaccination and the booster,” he said, noting that pregnant women with covid infection have an increased risk of both preterm birth and other serious complications such as preeclampsia and other haemostasis disorders.
“It is emphasized that pregnant women throughout pregnancy and 42 days after giving birth should be considered as at risk as people with underlying diseases,” she said. “, Ie the so-called watering after childbirth, to avoid infections.
“Vaccines are immunogenic, safe even for vaccination in the first trimester. “The antibodies that are transmitted through the umbilical vessels of the fetal circulation, also protect the newborn”, he summed up.
He said 8,500 deaths had been prevented by vaccination to date. Regarding the third dose, he mentioned the significant benefits, due to the avoidance of serious illness and death. However, as he said, there is a postponement for the third dose, as many consider that they have antibodies and stressed that antibody tests are often misleading.
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