SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination rates in pregnant women in Scotland

Population-level data on COVID-19 vaccine uptake in pregnancy and SARS-CoV-2 infection outcomes are lacking. We describe COVID-19 vaccine uptake and SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women in Scotland, using whole-population data from a national, prospective cohort. Between the start of a COVID-19 vaccine program in Scotland, on 8 December 2020 and 31 October 2021, 25,917 COVID-19 vaccinations were given to 18,457 pregnant women. Vaccine coverage was substantially lower in pregnant women than in the general female population of 18-44 years; 32.3% of women giving birth in October 2021 had two doses of vaccine compared to 77.4% in all women. The extended perinatal mortality rate for women who gave birth within 28…

• UR
  UK Research and Innovation

  Awards: MC_PC_19004, MR/R008345/1
• MR
  Medical Research Council

  Awards: MC_UU_00022/2, MR/R008345/1, MR/R008345/1, MC_PC_19004
• EA
  Economic and Social Research Council

  Awards: ES/W001519/1, ES/N018877/1