All participants were pregnant and were between 16 to 54 years old.According to the news outlet, the researchers followed a group within the V-safe system to gather more data on pregnancy outcomes and complications. Preterm births occurred in 9.4 percent of participants and only 3.2 percent of these births were of small gestational age. There were no neonatal deaths reported.There were 221 pregnancy-related adverse events reported to the CDC's VAERS registry, and 46 of them were miscarriages. Researchers found the most common side effect from the vaccine was pain at the injection site, which appeared to occur more frequently in vaccine recipients who were pregnant. "Continued monitoring is needed to further assess maternally, pregnancy, neonatal, and childhood outcomes associated with maternal Covid-19 vaccination, including in earlier stages of pregnancy and during the preconception period.

Source: Economic Times April 23, 2021 04:30 UTC