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Covid vaccination during pregnancy helps protect babies after birth -US study

Vaccinating pregnant women against the coronavirus may help prevent Covid-19 hospitalizations in infants after they are born, especially if the expecting mothers got the shots later in their pregnancy, US researchers reported on Tuesday.

The findings shed light on whether the benefits of vaccination during pregnancy extend to infants who would be too young to receive vaccines.

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