Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update

Professor Karina Butler:

At present, the recommendations for pregnancy are that vaccination would be offered to those with high-risk conditions after a discussion with the obstetrician on risk and benefit. There has not been a general recommendation on vaccination in pregnancy although there is a statement not to withhold it from a pregnant woman. If it is recommended in pregnancy it is not so much that pregnant women require a specific prioritisation as such but as pregnancy is time-limited it may be that giving it to them might need to be facilitated in some way.

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