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Calls for vaccine priority for pregnant women
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Obstetricians have called for pregnant women to be given priority for Covid-19 vaccines. It comes after seven cases of foetal deaths linked to the virus in Ireland since the start of the year and concerns over the impact of the variant first seen in the UK.
Dr Cliona Murphy, the chairperson of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said "pregnant women are at risk of conditions that the rest of the population aren't at risk from". "The benefit risk needs to be discussed again and the offer needs to be made to pregnant women" who want a vaccination, she said.
Dr Murphy said pregnant women aren't at more risk of contracting the coronavirus but she said "there is a wealth of evidence showing that they are at more risk of
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