2 Brazilian States Suspend Giving Covid-19 Vaccines to Expectant Mothers after Death of Pregnant AstraZeneca Recipient

The Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have excluded pregnant women from their Covid-19 vaccine rollouts after the medicines regulator published new advice following the death of an expectant mother. On Monday night, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) recommended the immediate suspension of the use of AstraZeneca's Vaxzevria jab in pregnant women. Newspaper Folha de São Paulo reported that Brazil's Ministry of Health is investigating the death of a pregnant woman in Rio de Janeiro after she received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.