Pregnant, lactating women should get COVID-19 vaccination: ICMR study emphasises

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New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in a new study published on Wednesday underlined the importance of vaccination for pregnant and lactating women against COVID-19.

Taking to microblogging site Twitter, the ICMR shared the information. Read tweet below.

Comparative analysis of data collected from pregnant women and postpartum women during the first wave and the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic @PregCovid registry India. @MOHFW_INDIA @DeptHealthRes @mygovindia @mygovMaha @COVIDNewsByMIB #ICMRFIGHTSCOVID19 #IndiaFightsCOVID19 pic.twitter.com/QfU2SvRazm — ICMR (@ICMRDELHI) June 16, 2021

In a comparative analysis of data from pregnant women and postpartum women during the first and second wave of COVID-19 it was found that symptomatic cases were significantly higher in second wave with at 28.7% cases compared to first wave with 14.2%.

Also, it was noted that the case fatality rate (CFR) during second wave was 5.7% which is quite higher compare to 0.7% in the first wave.

Ascertaining the cause of death, the study revealed that the total number of maternal deaths during both the waves of pandemic were 2% (30/1530), of which majority (28/30) were due to COVID-19 pneumonia and respiratory failure.

The number of symptomatic cases were significantly higher at 28.7% in the second wave (111/387), compared to the first wave (162/1143) when the proportion was 14.2%.