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The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) – the UK drug body prioritising the rollout of the Coronavirus vaccine – has deemed the vaccine safe for pregnant women. Pregnant women should be offered the COVID-19 jab at the same time as the rest of the population, the UK’s vaccine advisers have concluded. Up until this point, pregnant women have been advised to discuss having a vaccine with their GP if they are at high risk of exposure to the virus or if they have underlying health conditions.

The revised decision follows data from the US, which showed around 90,000 pregnant women had received jabs – mainly the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines – “without any safety concerns being raised”.

The JCVI added that it is “preferable” for pregnant women in the UK to be offered these two vaccines where available.

What’s more, women who are trying for a baby, have just given birth or are breast feeding can be vaccinated using any vaccine, the advice states.

It added: “There is no evidence to suggest that other vaccines are unsafe for pregnant women, but more research is needed.

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