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Hung Vuong Hospital in HCM City becomes the first medical facility nationwide to inject the COVID-19 vaccine into pregnant women who are at high risk of virus infection and could be in critical condition if they are positive for the virus.
Pregnant women have their health carefully checked and are given a consultation before getting the jab.
Some pregnant women say they earlier feared they may be infected with the virus one day living in such a hotspot. Now they feel at ease that the vaccine shots will protect them and their babies from virus infection.
Dr. Diem Tuyet, director of Hung Vuong Hospital, says increasing numbers of pregnant women testing positive for COVID-19 are being admitted to hospital these days. Some facilities have over 200 patients, 10% of whom are severely ill, thereby risking the lives of both mothers and babies.
The Moderna vaccine which is said to be 94% effective against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is used for vaccination this time.
Most of the obstetric and gynecological associations in the world and the World Health Organization recommend that pregnant women be given the vaccine to protect the health of both mothers and babies. The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has also allowed pregnant women to receive COVID-19 vaccines since August 10.
A 29-week pregnant woman residing in Hoc Mon district becomes the first to be inoculated against COVID-19 in the southern metropolis.