New Delhi: The first day of Covid vaccination for pregnant women on Saturday drew a mixed response. City hospitals said they received numerous queries from expecting mothers about the injection, but the turnout remained low.
Apollo Indraprastha Hospitals sources said only one pregnant woman turned up to take the jab. At Manipal Hospital and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, there were no vaccines administered for pregnant women on Saturday. “We’ve started counselling pregnant women to be vaccinated because the benefits outweigh the risks. We hope some expecting mothers will come for the vaccination soon,” said Dr Ruma Satwik, consultant, department of obstetrics &gynaecology at Ganga Ram.
Pregnancy has been considered an independent risk factor for Covid progression, adverse outcomes and deaths, Dr Satwik added. The institute of obstetrics and gynaecology at SGRH has issued a statement saying maternal mortality rate during the Covid pandemic was approximately 23 times more than normal. “Also, as per our data, the mortality rate in pregnant women was 2.5 times higher than that in age-matched, non-pregnant women with Covid,” the hospital said.
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