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Mothers Can Protect Infants From COVID-19 Through Vaccination While Pregnant
A recent study released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that infants 6 months of age and younger receive COVID-19 protection after their mother got vaccinated during pregnancy.
COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy is recommended to prevent severe illness and death in pregnant women. Infants are at risk for COVID-19–associated complications, including respiratory failure and other life-threatening complications.
Effectiveness of maternal completion of a 2-dose primary mRNA COVID-19 vaccination series during pregnancy against COVID-19 hospitalization among infants aged younger than 6 months was 61%. The effectiveness of completion of the primary COVID-19 vaccine series early and later in pregnancy was 32% and 80%, respectively.