That is despite studies showing there is no increased risk of miscarriage or birth defects or increased risk of sperm and egg abnormality among the vaccinated.
University of Melbourne associate professor of obstetrics and gynaecology Kate Stern said there were COVID-positive pregnant women in all Melbourne hospitals, some of whom were in ICU.
“Young women trying to get pregnant are always worried about optimising their health and they’re worried the initial [vaccine] studies didn’t consider pregnancy,” she said.
To date, almost 86 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over are fully immunised against COVID-19 and 92 per cent in the same age bracket have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
There were 60,818 coronavirus tests processed on Friday, while 10,708 people received a coronavirus jab at a state-run vaccination hub.
There are now 16,671 active coronavirus cases in the state. Of those, 405 are in hospital with 77 in intensive care and 51 patients on a ventilator.
Most COVID-positive patients in hospital are unvaccinated.
Tens of thousands of Victorians are in isolation across the state after being in close contact with confirmed coronavirus cases.
Health authorities changed the way they present daily COVID-19 numbers on Saturday to include the number of intensive care patients that have been cleared from the virus.
These patients were previously omitted from the Department of Health’s daily coronavirus tweet because they were no longer infectious, even though they often needed prolonged medical care.
Meanwhile, Victorians opposing Daniel Andrews controversial pandemic laws will rally against the bill in Melbourne’s CBD on Saturday afternoon.
It follows a protest last week that saw more than 3000 people take to the streets to call for the resignation of Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and an end to vaccine mandates.
The legislation, which will replace state-of-emergency power when they expire on December 15, was passed in the lower house last month and will be presented to the Legislative Council next week.
With Georgina Mitchell, Sarah McPhee, Wendy Tuohy, Peter Milne and Daile Cross.
