Pregnant women can now get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease, the Union health ministry announced on Friday. They can register for the shot on the Centre’s CoWIN portal or can directly walk into vaccination centres.
“The decision empowers pregnant women to make an informed choice on taking the Covid-19 vaccination,” the ministry said in a statement. “The decision has been communicated to all the States/ UTs [Union Territories] to implement it under the ongoing National Covid-19 Vaccination Program.”
The ministry said that the decision was based on the recommendations of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization and the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19. The statement said that the ministry had held discussions with several bodies, including the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India, representatives of state governments and non-governmental organisations.
The National Technical Advisory Group…