Pregnant women, health care workers, and parents or guardians of infants under 6 months of age are among the most vulnerable segments of the population, Sebelius said.

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Pregnant women, health care workers and parents or guardians of infants under 6 months of age are among the most vulnerable segments of the population, Sebelius has said.

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These six groups are nursing home residents, people with chronic medical conditions like asthma, the elderly, pregnant women, health care workers, and children from ages 6 months to 2 years, Butler said.

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In such a case, the priority groups would be pregnant women, health care and emergency services workers with direct patient contact, household contacts of children younger than 6 months, children age 6 months to 4 years and children younger than 19 with chronic medical conditions -- a total of 42 million people.

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Under the programme put forward, people with health conditions, such as heart disease and diabetes, pregnant women, those with weakened immune systems and frontline health and social care workers will be the first to receive the jab.

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Pregnant women, people caring for children under the age of 6 months, health care workers and adults under the age of 65 with chronic illness also are considered at high risk.

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Svoronos was working in a remote village, Ilolangulu, where some 70% of pregnant women gave birth at home, instead of at the local health clinic, where they could get care in case of complications.

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