‘I’m pregnant in my 40s, and nobody will give me a Covid vaccine’
Despite guidance that women should be offered the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna jabs during pregnancy, the reality is very different
Gabriella Le Breton has been left frustrated in her attempts to receive a vaccine
As a pregnant soon-to-turn-44-year-old, I was reassured to hear the news in mid-April that pregnant women in the UK would be offered the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines in their age-related cohorts. Then last week the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised that all adults aged 18-39 should be offered an alternative to the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine once they become eligible for vaccination.