Getting COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy helps protect newborns: study
Canadian infectious diseases specialists, obstetrician-gynecologists and immunologists have long urged pregnant people to stay up to date on their COVID-19 vaccinations — including boosters — because they are at higher risk of serious illness if they become infected. That in turn can harm the fetus, they say.This study shows that getting vaccinated during pregnancy is also “of great benefit to the infant” after they’re born, said Dr.
Money, who was not involved in the study, said the Canadian findings are consistent with existing international research.The researchers found that maternal vaccination protected the baby against COVID-19 infection for the first eight weeks after they were born. Dawn Bowdish, an immunology professor at Hamilton’s McMaster University who was not involved in the study, noted those are important weeks with “major developmental stuff going on.”
“One of Mom’s best gifts for that baby always been her antibodies,” said Bowdish, noting that booster shots for pertussis and influenza are routinely recommended for pregnant women so that their babies are born with some immunity to those diseases.There is currently no COVID-19 vaccine available for babies until they reach six months of age.The researchers looked at data for 8,809 infants born in Ontario who received COVID-19 PCR tests between May 31, 2021, and Sept.
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