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Covid-19 vaccine does not damage the placenta in pregnant women

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    10Pointer
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  • Published
    14th May, 2021

The Covid-19 vaccine was given to a pregnant women and it found no evidence of injury in the placenta.

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.
    • 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.

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