Flu jabs for pregnant women call

“Pregnant women in the UK should be vaccinated against seasonal flu, government advisers say.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said the vaccine would help protect women and their unborn babies.

The JCVI is to recommend to ministers that mothers-to-be should get the jab in their second and third trimesters.

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If the government agrees, the vaccine would be offered free to pregnant women during the flu season.

The JCVI said pregnant women were at an increased risk of morbidity and mortality from seasonal influenza, especially in the later stages of pregnancy.

The vaccine would also benefit the unborn child, they concluded.”

Source: BBC NEWS

Published: 2006/10/24 09:35:39 GMT

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