The eligibility criteria, in order to benefit as a priority from a vaccine against Covid-19 have again been increased.
"In accordance with the recommendations of the Vaccine Strategy Orientation Council of March 29, 2021, priority access to vaccination against Covid-19 is also extended to pregnant women, with or without co-morbidities, from the second quarter of pregnancy, ”announced in a note addressed to caregivers, the Directorate General of Health (DGS), April 3.
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Since March 27, this vaccination had already been extended to over 70s, without comorbidity.
Pregnant women will only be able to benefit from a messenger RNA vaccine, such as Moderna or Pfizer, specifies this note, which adds that they will thus have to be taken care of in a vaccination center.
AstraZeneca vaccine remains reserved for people over 55 years old.
On the Doctolib online medical appointment site, the list has been updated, and pregnant women can now register to receive their two doses, by checking the dedicated box.
"Pregnancy weakens, we know"
The latter indeed present an increased risk of developing a severe form of Covid-19.
According to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the main US health agency, of 450,000 women with coronavirus, pregnant women are three times more likely to require intensive care (10.5 vs. 3.9 / 1000 cases) and needing assistance using an artificial respirator (2.9 versus 1.1 / 1000 cases) compared to non-pregnant people of the same age.
According to the researchers, this could be linked to physiological changes during pregnancy such as increased heart rate and oxygen consumption, decreased lung capacity ...
“The risks are accentuated in the third trimester of pregnancy, recently observed with the Parisian Dr. Joëlle Belaisch-Allart, head of department in Obstetrics Gynecology at the Four Cities Hospital of Saint-Cloud (Hauts-de-Seine) and President of the National College of French Gynecologists and Obstetricians (CNGOF).
Until the publication of these studies, we had been too reassuring, wrongly.
Pregnancy weakens, we know ”
