41 Countries Against Pregnant Women and COVID-19 Vaccination

As of June 28, 2021, forty-one countries recommend against vaccinating pregnant women, according to the COVID-19 Maternal Immunization Tracker (COMIT) from Johns Hopkins University, located in Maryland.

And just 17 explicitly recommend that some or all pregnant women should receive a COVID-19 vaccination.

'Because this is a dynamic space, with countries and other recommending bodies continuing to update their positions based on the changing epidemiological situation, emerging evidence on vaccine products, and growing understanding of risks of COVID-19 disease in pregnancy, COMIT is updated regularly to reflect changes in policy positions,' says COMIT website.

Currently, there are 18 vaccines in use globally, and GAVI reports about (102) COVID-19 vaccine candidates are undergoing clinical trials.