'This is the first time we've reported deaths of babies where COVID has been the main reason for their death'
The crucial announcement was made by the JCVI due to alarming new data.
It comes following research showing that they are vulnerable to more serious illness and pregnancy complications if they are infected with COVID-19. Professor Marian Knight, at the University of Oxford, said: 'This is the first time that we have reported deaths of babies where COVID-19 has been the main reason for their deaths.
'What were also seeing in this most recent Delta period is baby deaths ¬– that’s deaths under 28 days – and four babies have died from COVID-19. ‘These are all worse than we have been seeing in previous waves which has led to the change in JVCI advice.'
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