Dr Hilary reveals why pregnant women are not allowed to get the Covid-19 vaccine yet

pDr Hilary has revealed why pregnant woman are not allowed to get the Covid-19 vaccine yet./p pDuring todayapos;s installment of Good Morning Britain, the medical expert told hosts Charlotte Hawkins and Ben Shephard apos;there hasnapos;t been enough research done yet to confidently be able to say pregnant woman should be vaccinatedapos;./p pIt comes as the UK becomes the first country to approve the he Pfiezer/BioNTech vaccine, which has a 95% effectiveness rate./p pThe vaccine could be rolled out as soon as next week, with healthcare workers, care home residents, care home staff, elderly people and people with pre-existing conditions top of the list./p pWhile discussing with matter on the programme, Ben asked Dr Hilary if pregnant women would be able to get the vaccine as many have been in touch with the show./p img src=https://i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk//article19390436.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/0_drhilaryJPG.jpg data-portal-copyright=GMB/ITV/ pDr Hilary said: quot;Currently, the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation is saying we havenapos;t done enough work on pregnancy yet to be able to say confidently that they should be vaccinated./p video id=6213625723001 title=Simon Stevens, Chief Executive, NHS England reveals who will get the vaccine first at Boris Johnson press conference poster=https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/jit/4221396001/6bb73d1a-07d4-4faf-a640-c3c6c051066c/main/1280x720/24s170ms/match/image.jpgsource type=video/mp4 src=https://house-fastly-signed-eu-west-1-prod.brightcovecdn.com/media/v1/pmp4/static/clear/4221396001/6bb73d1a-07d4-4faf-a640-c3c6c051066c/76ed5932-7a16-425d-9c2f-910f1260d2d8/main.mp4?fastly_token=NWZjOGZmY2FfYjM4MDg3ZmNjZjVjMTU5NTgxMjU5MjVkN2ExYWM1NTliNGU4YTQ4ZDYwYmFkZWU0NGRhYWQ1NTdmMmUyMjExN18vL2hvdXNlLWZhc3RseS1zaWduZWQtZXUtd2VzdC0xLXByb2QuYnJpZ2h0Y292ZWNkbi5jb20vbWVkaWEvdjEvcG1wNC9zdGF0aWMvY2xlYXIvNDIyMTM5NjAwMS82YmI3M2QxYS0wN2Q0LTRmYWYtYTY0MC1jM2M2YzA1MTA2NmMvNzZlZDU5MzItN2ExNi00MjVkLTljMmYtOTEwZjEyNjBkMmQ4L21haW4ubXA0//video pquot;And we always take absolute precautions with any medicine or procedure in pregnancy, because of the risk to unborn babies.quot;/p pHe went on to also explain that until more tests are carried out on animals to determine whether the vaccine causes harm in pregnancy, it will not be available to pregnant women./p p/ p/ pquot;I am not saying there is a risk, but we donapos;t know,quot; He added. quot;Therefore it makes absolute sense to say, we need to be cautious until we have rolled the vaccine out to many many more people, and animal studies, to make sure there is no harm to the foetus./p pquot;It is probably the case that pregnant women are not being vaccinated, just like we are not vaccinating children under 16quot;./p p Dr Hilary also said care home residents will rely on the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine which has not yet been approved, the a href=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/gmbs-dr-hilary-explains-pregnant-23107490 data-link-tracking=InArticle|LinkMirror reports/a. /p pThe approved Pfiezer/BioNTech vaccine poses many logistical problems because it requires storage at -70/80 degrees./p pThis means care home residents will rely on the Oxford vaccine, which only needs to be stored in a fridge, to be approved./p pquot;That could be just a few days or weeks off,quot; he added./p p em strongGMB will be back on Friday morning from 6am./strong /em /p