Health authorities say there's no truth to social media rumours that suggest there were more than a dozen stillbirths in 24 hours at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver, B.C.
In a series of tweets on Tuesday evening, Vancouver Coastal Health dismissed disinformation suggesting a spike in stillbirths among mothers who have received the COVID-19 vaccine.
"There is no truth to this claim and the individuals spreading this false information have no affiliation to either LGH or VCH. There has been no notable change to the incidence of stillbirths in the VCH region throughout the COVID-19 pandemic," the health authority said.
"This type of disinformation adds unnecessary stress to expecting parents who have received a COVID-19 vaccine, on health-care staff who must reassure their patients, and on the health-care system, as resources are stretched further during the ongoing pandemic response."
Several scientific studies have shown that COVID-19 vaccines do not increase the risk of stillbirths or miscarriage.
That finding was confirmed last month in preliminary research published in The New England Journal of Medicine, based on a review of 13,956 pregnancies in Norway.
The real risk of stillbirths, according to research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, comes from infection with the novel coronavirus.
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