Vaccine and pregnancy

Health officials urge pregnant women to go ahead and get the Covid-19 vaccine.

Many pregnant women are questioning whether or not to get the covid-19 vaccine.

Right now, there is limited data on how safe it is for them.

Officials say pregnant women are at a significantly greater risk for severe covid-19.

Local health officials say pregnant women should get the vaccine.

"pregnancy is a state of relative immunosuppression and certainly there have been cases of increased severity cases or an increased chance of severity of covid-19 infection if you are pregnant.

That is part of that risk benefit equation but overall i think there is very low risk of having any detrimental effects on the pregnancy."

Health care workers suggest anyone who has questions about the vaccine to call their physician