COVID-19 vaccination: women of childbearing age, currently pregnant or breastfeeding
Information for all women of childbearing age, those currently pregnant or breastfeeding on coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination.
Applies to England
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COVID-19 vaccination is strongly recommended for pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Leaflet
This leaflet for all women of childbearing age, those currently pregnant or breastfeeding on coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination. Paper copies and translated versions will be available soon.
All women of childbearing age must read this leaflet before they go for vaccination
Paper copies of the previous version are available to order for free or download in the following languages and formats:
English, English large print, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese, Estonian, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Romany, Russian, Somali, Spanish Tagalog, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu and Yiddish.
An easy-read version of this leaflet is available for people with a learning disability and their carers.
British Sign Language videos are available to view and download.
A Braille version of this leaflet is available to order.
An audio version is available to download.
A quick links poster with QR codes to the COVID-19 vaccination: a guide on pregnancy and breastfeeding and the Pregnancy: how to help protect you and your baby leaflets is available to download.
Posters
This is a set of 4 posters aimed at pregnant women encouraging them to have both of their COVID-19 vaccinations. These posters are available for download only.
English, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese, Estonian, Farsi, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Pashto, Polish, Romanian, Romany, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu and Yiddish.
There is a set of social media cards to go with these posters and they can be downloaded and shared on social media and websites.
Health publications orderline
Immunisation Publications
UK Health Security Agency
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Telephone: 0300 123 1002
Copies of printed publications and the full range of digital resources to support the immunisation programmes can now be ordered and downloaded online. Log in to register and place your order.
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Added link to the quick links QR codes poster.
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Added order links to English, large print, braille, audio, French, Pashto, Romany, Tagalog and Yiddish versions.
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Updated 'COVID-19 vaccination: a guide on pregnancy and breastfeeding'.
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Updated COVID-19 vaccination: a guide on pregnancy and breastfeeding.
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Updated 'COVID-19 vaccination: a guide on pregnancy and breastfeeding' and links to translated versions of the poster and social media cards.
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Added pregnancy poster and link to social media cards.
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Added links to large print and Braille versions.
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Added links to the Estonian, Greek and Panjabi translated versions.
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Updated to reflect translations are available to order.
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Updated COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for all women of childbearing age, pregnant or breastfeeding (English version).
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Added Ukrainian, French and revised English leaflets, and link to easy-read leaflet.
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Added Chinese, Farsi, Kurdish, Nepali and Somali leaflets and British Sign Language video link.
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Added Polish leaflet and revised large print English version.
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Added more information about COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
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Added a large print version of the leaflet and its product code.
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First published.
Update history
2025-08-06 10:28
Page withdrawn.
2023-01-10 12:32
Added link to updated audio version of leaflet.
2022-11-03 14:56
Updated links to translated and alternate versions of the leaflet.
2022-11-01 14:39
Updated information on breastfeeding.
2022-10-03 09:37
Updated COVID-19 vaccination: a guide on pregnancy and breastfeeding.
2022-09-02 09:54
Updated page title, summary and details section.
2022-04-11 08:55
Added link to the quick links QR codes poster.
2022-02-02 11:12
Added order links to English, large print, braille, audio, French, Pashto, Romany, Tagalog and Yiddish versions.
2021-12-22 13:57
Updated ‘COVID-19 vaccination: a guide on pregnancy and breastfeeding’.
2021-12-20 08:47
Updated COVID-19 vaccination: a guide on pregnancy and breastfeeding.
2021-10-08 15:21
Updated 'COVID-19 vaccination: a guide on pregnancy and breastfeeding' and links to translated versions of the poster and social media cards.
2021-05-19 09:24
Added links to the Estonian, Greek and Panjabi translated versions.
2021-03-01 13:39
Added Ukrainian, French and revised English leaflets, and link to easy-read leaflet.
2021-01-28 12:20
Added link to updated BSL video.
2021-01-25 11:42
Added Urdu leaflet.
2020-12-06 16:10
First published.