Covid-19 jabs given to pregnant women protect newborns from infection, according to new research.
A study of more than 30,000 infants found two doses reduced the risk of infants testing positive during their first six months of life. Case rates fell initially by 84 per cent – dropping to 56 per cent during the Delta dominant period.
But vaccinating mums-to-be was less effective against the Omicron strain. Two doses reduced numbers by 21 per cent for the first two months – and 13 per cent by six months, reports New Scientist.
