then on a ventilator in intensive care for 12 days. care for 12 days. i thought i was ttoin to care for 12 days. i thought i was going to die care for 12 days. i thought i was going to die and care for 12 days. i thought i was going to die and i care for 12 days. i thought i was going to die and i thought - care for 12 days. i thought i was going to die and i thought he i care for 12 days. i thought i was i going to die and i thought he was going to die and i thought he was going to die and i thought he was going to die and he waited so long for this family that that was the greatest fear that my husband was going to lose is both. going to lose is both. claire was about to book going to lose is both. claire was about to book her going to lose is both. claire was about to book her first - going to lose is both. claire was about to book her first vaccine l going to lose is both. claire was i about to book her first vaccine but it was too late. she caught the virus. along with
satisfied that statistically that gives you enough of a data set to be able to make this judgment? yes. gives you enough of a data set to be able to make thisjudgment? able to make this udgment? yes. we are seeint able to make thisjudgment? yes. we are seeing numbers able to make thisjudgment? yes. we are seeing numbers much able to make thisjudgment? yes. we are seeing numbers much higher- able to make thisjudgment? yes. we are seeing numbers much higher thanj are seeing numbers much higher than that are hospitalized and also had numbers needing intensive care units. the impact of meeting intensive care prep for pregnant woman and her baby is really stark. so, we worked so hard on understanding more about the safety and the effectiveness of the vaccine so that we can recommend it confidently. that recommendation is coming from royal college of obstetricians and the royal college of mixed midwives and the royal couege of mixed midwives and the royal college of general practitioner
covid-19 disease. what is it that. vaccination does to the human body that perhaps might make pregnant women particularly nervous about it? it s good that january pregnant women are concerned about what putting into their bodies but that s way we have been really careful to look at the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine for pregnant women. and that s why it s been recommended by the jcb i from and that s why it s been recommended by thejcb i from last december. first of all it was well that the health and social care workers and those in particular increased risk of complications from covid 19 but it s now rolled out to all ages and all pregnant women at any age can access the vaccine. we are really keen to see pregnant women to up the offer of the vaccination so that we can avoid all these complications, notjust can avoid all these complications, not just for the can avoid all these complications, notjust for the women can avoid all these complications, not just for the women the
somewhere else. i am lying down somewhere else. i am lying down somewhere else. deteriorating and they were taking the decisions on my life thinking 0k they were taking the decisions on my life thinking ok this woman might not make it. she life thinking ok this woman might not make it- not make it. she says she did not tet not make it. she says she did not net to not make it. she says she did not get to hold not make it. she says she did not get to hold her not make it. she says she did not get to hold her baby not make it. she says she did not get to hold her baby girls - not make it. she says she did not get to hold her baby girls for - get to hold her baby girls for weeks. ., , , get to hold her baby girls for weeks. ., , ., weeks. for 41 days this will always be a ta- weeks. for 41 days this will always be a gap in weeks. for 41 days this will always be a gap in my weeks. for 41 days this will always be a gap in my life. weeks. for 41 days this will always be a gap
of our top stories tonight nhs england has warned that one in six of the most critically ill people in hospital with coronavirus are pregnant women who haven t had a covid vaccine. health leaders are making a new appeal for expectant mothers to get vaccinated. let s speak now to dr chrissie jones, who s an associate professor of paediatric infectious diseases at the university of southampton. doctor at the university of southampton. jones, thanks vs joining doctorjones, thanks very much for joining us this evening. were you surprised when you saw the statistics casilla i think it is surprising to hear- statistics casilla i think it is surprising to hear what a high proportion surprising to hear what a high proportion of surprising to hear what a high proportion of pregnant - surprising to hear what a high | proportion of pregnant women surprising to hear what a high i proportion of pregnant women are getting so severely ill. i think we ve known for some time during this pandemic t