Covid-19 vaccine does not damage the placenta in pregnant women
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14th May, 2021
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Context
The Covid-19 vaccine was given to a pregnant women and it found no evidence of injury in the placenta.
Key findings
- This shows that the Covid-19 vaccines are safe in pregnancy.
- This was the first study to examine the impact of Covid-19 vaccines on the placenta.
Placenta
- It is the first organ which forms during pregnancy.
- It performs duties for most of the foetus’s organs when they are still forming.
- It provides oxygen while the lungs develop and nutrition while the gut is forming.
- It manages hormones and the immune system.
- It nurtures the foetus rather than reject it as a foreign intruder.
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- Earlier study found placentas of pregnant women, who tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, injured and had abnormal blood flow between mother and baby in utero.
- The studysuggest that mother make Covid antibodies after vaccination and successfully transfer them to their foetuses. The only way for the infants to get Covid antibodies is from their mother.
- Global practice: India’s vaccination protocol recommends against pregnant and lactating women taking the vaccine, some countries such as the US and Brazil does not bar such women.
