Karawang Regency Government Sets Target, 100 Pregnant Women Must Take COVID-19 Vaccines

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KARAWANG - The Regency Government (Pemkab) of Karawang, West Java, is targeting 100 pregnant women to take part in the COVID-19 vaccination to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission.

Karawang Regent Cellica Nurrachadiana explained, currently as many as 100 pregnant women have been registered and will take the COVID vaccine.

"Pregnant women who want to be vaccinated but have not registered, can contact the local sub-district office," he said in Karawang, Antara, Friday, August 27.

The Regent said that vaccination for pregnant women is not at risk, so there is no need to worry about getting vaccinated.

"The vaccine is safe for pregnant women, it can even protect pregnant women from the dangers of COVID-19," he said.

Meanwhile, Head of Disease Control and Eradication of the Karawang Health Office, Yayuk Sri Rahayu, said pregnant women need not worry about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine because it is in accordance with the recommendations of the Indonesian Obstetrics and Gynecology Association.

According to him, pregnant women who are infected with COVID-19 can pose an increased risk of severe symptoms and may have an impact on the fetus in the womb.

For this reason, giving vaccines to pregnant women is quite important to minimize severe symptoms if infected.

Yayuk said that the types of vaccines for pregnant women are the Moderna platform vaccine and the Sinovac inactivated platform vaccine.

"But the type of vaccine will be adjusted to the availability of the vaccine," said Yayuk Sri Rahayu.