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Dominic Wilkinson, professor of medical ethics and director of medical ethics at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, says the ethical case for mandating vaccines differs between settings.

He told Sky News that it is “only fair” that those working in care homes get vaccinated because their at risk patients aren’t in the position to choose, while the ethical case is “weaker” in settings where the risks are lower - such as an office where everybody is healthy or vaccinated.

England’s chief midwifery officer has called on pregnant women “to take action to protect themselves and their babies” from the dangers of coronavirus as it emerged that over 99% of expectant mothers hospitalised with Covid-19 are unvaccinated.

Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent has written to GPs and midwives urging them to encourage pregnant women to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

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