Amiran Gamkrelidze: Unfortunately, the infection of pregnant women has become more frequent all over the world and the only protection is vaccination

I call again and ask all pregnant women to get vaccinated. It does not matter in which month they are, they will definitely be vaccinated twice, - Amiran Gamkrelidze, the head of the National Center for Disease Control, told InterPressNews. According to him, the vaccine will protect the pregnant woman from further complications in case of coronavirus infection.

According to Gamkrelidze, work is underway to change the protocol for pregnant women.

"The Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is working, the National Center for Disease Control is also involved under the coordination of the Ministry of Health and there will be some changes. In general, pregnancy is a vulnerable condition during this infection, especially in the case of the Delta variant. Unfortunately, the infection of pregnant women has become more frequent all over the world and in some cases, it ends in a miserable outcome. With this in mind, the situation is very noteworthy. The only protection is vaccination. Therefore, I call again and ask all pregnant women to be vaccinated. It does not matter in which month they will be, they must be vaccinated twice, because vaccination will protect pregnant woman from further complications,” Gamkrelidze said.