Pregnant women need to be involved in testing new drugs and vaccines from COVID-19. This opinion was expressed during a briefing the general director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhan Greesusus, his words lead RIA Novosti.
He noted that in the case of infection of this category, there is a risk of a serious course of the disease. The head of WHO stressed that pregnant women in all countries “should have access to vaccines to protect their own lives and lives of their children.” “We also urge to include pregnant women in clinical trials of new drugs and vaccines,” added Greesus.
According to him, until the living SARS-COV-2 virus in breast milk, scientists came across, and fetal infection with coronavirus infection is extremely rare.
Earlier, the head of the laboratory of the mechanisms of the population variability of pathogenic microorganisms of the Gamalei Center, Vladimir Gushchin, estimated the danger of Deltacron.