“It’s so important for pregnant women to get their jab, particularly with the virus being so prevalent and the delta variant proving itself to be so much more transmissible,” said Gill Walton, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, in a statement Friday shared by the National Health Service. “Hundreds of thousands of pregnant women worldwide have been vaccinated, safely and effectively protecting themselves against covid and dramatically reducing their risk of serious illness or harm to their baby.”

Source: Washington Post July 31, 2021 15:40 UTC