Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights moves apex court against exclusion of pregnant women from COVID vaccination
New Delhi, May 20, 2021:
The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights moved the Supreme Court to challenge the Centre's decision of excluding pregnant women and lactating women from vaccination drive of COVID-19.
As per the report of Live Law, the commission mentioned in the petition that despite growing medical literature demonstrating the need to vaccinate pregnant women to protect them from Covid19, the central government has failed to include them in this category. (Source: Live Law)