Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update
Dr. Lucy Jessop:
Pregnant women are eligible for the vaccine in terms of their cohort, in a similar way to prison officers, as Dr. Henry described. We have been vaccinating pregnant healthcare workers. We will vaccinate pregnant women with high-risk medical conditions, then those within the age cohorts going down. I do not believe there are current recommendations to place pregnant women in a high-risk condition, but as with the whole programme, NIAC is looking at any available evidence. If that is something that needs to be prioritised over and above a person's age cohort or his or her other medical conditions, that is something that can be looked at.
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