Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have started an international trial with 4,000 volunteers to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of their COVID-19 vaccine in healthy pregnant women, the companies said on Thursday.
Pregnant women are at higher risk of developing severe symptoms of COVID-19, and many public health officials have recommended some women in high-risk professions take the vaccines even without evidence they are 100% safe for them.
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Pregnant women are at higher risk of developing severe symptoms of COVID-19, and many public health officials have recommended some women in high-risk professions take the vaccines even without evidence they are 100% safe for them.
Su-Ling Goh has more.
For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/7648459/pfizer-covid19-vaccine-pregnant-women/
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