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They are in the high-risk group to get severe Covid-19 infection.

Pregnant women are at increased risk for severe illness from Covid-19.

This is as the Covid-19 situation is improving.

Pregnant women are encouraged to be vaccinated, adds state exco member.

It is an update from the previous advice which only recommended Pfizer.

They are more worried of the complications of contracting the disease such as premature birth.

Here's what the newly published vaccination guidelines say about pregnant and nursing women.

UPDATED 2:00AM | Health Ministry greenlights Pfizer-BioNTech, but says women should consult their doctor first.


Health deputy DG says assessment by country's experts show no data that vaccine is unsafe for pregnant or nursing women.

UPDATED 4.49PM | COVID-19 | Minister says similar risk assessments can be applied to breastfeeding mothers, those trying to conceive.

Chinese national married to a M'sian man working in S'pore risks being deported from island state.

A team of California researchers revealed there is a 50 percent higher chance of this for women living within 5km of oil and gas production sites.