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When the first Covid-19 cases spiked in 2020, it was a new virus, and little was known about its impacts on pregnancy.

Nearly two years into the pandemic, research has found pregnant women with Covid-19 are at higher risk of hospitalisation and severe disease.

Expectant mothers have now been classed as ‘clinically at risk’, as new data suggest a greater mortality rate due to coronavirus.

Watch this documentary to hear why vaccine uptake among pregnant women has been lower than other groups.

Read why pregnant women have been moved to front of the Covid vaccine queue:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/16/pregnant-women-moved-front-vaccine-queue-amid-fears-covid-causes/

Find out why health officials are urging expectant mothers to get their jabs:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/11/fifth-critically-covid-patients-unvaccinated-pregnant-women/

Everything pregnant women need to know about Covid and the vaccine:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/everything-pregnant-women-need-know-covid-vaccine/

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