Health Ministry Issues Update on COVID-19 Vaccination For T&T’s Pregnant Population

The Ministry of Health says as part of its expanded national COVID-19 vaccination rollout, members of the pregnant population have access to specific COVID-19 vaccines.

The public, especially the pregnant population, is therefore advised that:

If a pregnant woman received a first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine before pregnancy, she will be given two (2) doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine during pregnancy, once she is in her 2^nd or 3^rd trimester of pregnancy. She will be considered fully vaccinated two weeks after the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. A second dose of the Sinopharm vaccine will NOT be required upon completion of the pregnancy.

The previous guidance for a woman who received a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine before pregnancy remains uncharged – she is eligible for a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as her second dose, once she is in her 2^nd and 3^rd trimester of pregnancy, and will be considered fully vaccinated two weeks after the second vaccine dose.

The Ministry notes that as scientific data evolves, this advice may change.