If you have COVID-19 disease in the later stages of pregnancy both you and your baby are more likely to have severe illness and need hospital treatment and intensive care support. UK data has shown that almost every pregnant woman with COVID-19 disease who needed hospital treatment or intensive care, had not been vaccinated.
Pregnant women with the following underlying medical conditions are at a higher risk of suffering serious complications from COVID-19 disease:
Or if you are:
The overall risk from COVID-19 disease for you and your new baby is low but has increased since the first waves of COVID-19.