Outputs and information for the public
Official statistics on COVID-19 infection and vaccination in pregnancy
Public Health Scotland Reports
The COPS study is a partnership between Public Health Scotland and The University of Edinburgh. Statistics provided by the COPS study are shared on Public Health Scotland's website.
Data on COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy were included in the reports released on:
- Public Health Scotland weekly report: 28 September 2022
- Public Health Scotland weekly report: 11 May 2022
- Public Health Scotland weekly report: 9 March 2022
- Public Health Scotland weekly report: 2 February 2022
- Public Health Scotland weekly report: 8 December 2021
- Public Health Scotland weekly report: 3 November 2021
- Public Health Scotland weekly report: 6 October 2021
- Public Health Scotland weekly report: 1 September 2021
- Public Health Scotland weekly report: 14 July 2021
Information on a number of indicators relating to child and maternal health during the pandemic are available on theCOVID-19 wider impacts dashboard.
Public Health Scotland's COVID-19 wider impacts dashboard
The dashboard provides a high-level overview of how the COVID-19 pandemic and associated control measures are impacting on population health and health services across Scotland.
Research Papers
Study of major congenital anomalies following COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection
January 2022: This study, published in Nature Communications, looks at the risk of major congenital conditions following COVID-19 vaccines or SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in Scottish neonates 2020-2022
January 2022: Research published in Archives of Disease in Childhood looks at the number of newborn babies in Scotland with SARS-CoV-2 viral infection.
Metadata and Code
Metadata and code used in the COPS study is available through our GitHub site