T&T’S HEALTH EXPERT SAYS PREGNANT WOMEN STILL AT RISK OF CONTRACTING COVID 19

By a staff reporter: Some 800 plus pregnant women would have contracted the covid 19 virus since the start of the pandemic in T&T and while deaths remain at two, many more have been warded in the ICU…
Speaking at the Ministry of Health’s media conference on Wednesday, Director of Women’s Health, Dr Adesh Sirjusingh noted that once unvaccinated, a pregnant woman stands a 70% chance of increased death as well as other severe complications
And with the influenza season in full gear until May of next year, pregnant women will also have this to face. He’s therefore advising women to access this vaccine as well