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Pregnancy Covid: can pregnant women take the vaccine?

Is the Covid vaccine safe if you're pregnant? Does the vaccine affect pregnancy?

The guidance for pregnant people in the UK was changed in April after new data from the USA involving the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

The advice is that getting vaccinated means the parent and the unborn child are given protection from a disease which can cause them both serious harm.

BBC News Health Reporter Laura Foster explains why.

Video by Laura Foster

6 May 2021

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