Pregnant women are now eligible to get the Pfizer vaccine after being bumped up the eligibility list after kids as young as 12 were given the green light Pregnant women have been bumped up the priority list for the Pfizer vaccine Authority ATAGI says risk benefit now on the side of getting women vaccinated General practitioners notified pregnant women can now be included in rollout Trials for children under 12 are ongoing to determine safety and dosage
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Pregnant women have been bumped up the priority list for Pfizer vaccines.
Australia's expert medical advisory group has told a Senate committee pregnant women are now included in phase 1B of the vaccine rollout.
'There have now been quite large studies that have looked at the safety of COVID vaccines in pregnancy, as well as further data about the risks of COVID to pregnant women,' ATAGI co-chair Allen Cheng said on Friday.