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Are you pregnant? Consider getting vaccinated against whooping cough.
You don’t want to see whooping cough in newborns again.
“You don’t want to see whooping cough in newborns again,” says Dr. Jiří Vojtěch, head of the high-risk pregnancy department at the U Apolináře maternity hospital. He describes the risks of whooping cough for pregnant women and newborns in an interview with Český rozhlas.
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We recommend that all pregnant women get a pertussis booster shot between the 27th and 36th weeks of pregnancy.
Maternal antibodies protect the baby until 3 months after birth, when they’ll get their own shots and make their own antibodies.
For more info, check out the National Institute of Public Health website. (www.szu.cz)
Maternal antibodies protect the baby until 3 months after birth, when they’ll get their own shots and make their own antibodies.
For more info, check out the National Institute of Public Health website. (www.szu.cz)