shows 33.6% of women who delivered in September had the RSV vaccine.
The most recent week-to-week data from the NHS in England shows that over 140,000 pregnant women have now been vaccinated since the programme launched in September.
¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ Vice President for Policy, Dr Mike McKean, said:
It is incredibly positive to hear that 1 in 3 September-born babies were born to a mother who had received the RSV vaccine.
Each winter, RSV rates spike and put health services under immense pressure. As a paediatrician I have seen firsthand how serious and sometimes life-threatening an RSV infection can be for children and young infants. The maternal RSV vaccine is a safe and effective way to protect newborn babies and also reduce pressure on NHS services.
We urge all pregnant people to receive this game-changer vaccination and protect themselves and their newborns from this nasty infection.