Pregnant and lactating mothers warned not to take Covid vaccine

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The chair of the Covid-19 vaccine task force, Dr Willis Akhwale, spoke to the Nation

1. Are there official Covid guidelines for pregnant and/or lactating women?

We are confident that vaccines present a good mitigation against Covid-19. The global community has moved with a lot of speed in developing viable vaccines to use against the disease. Many have already been produced and are already in the market while many others are in different stages of research and approvals by regulatory authorities. Our policy now is to only use vaccines which have approval by the World Health Organization and are registered by our Pharmacy and Poisons Board. Currently these include AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna. Several others like Johnson and Johnson, Novavax, and Sinovac are currently under review. We are open to bringing any vaccines that become available through the Covax facility, Africa CDC platform, and where necessary, what we get through bilateral arrangements, but which satisfies the criteria already set.

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Pregnant and lactating mothers warned not to take Covid vaccine

1. Are there official Covid guidelines for pregnant and/or lactating women?

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