Confirmed 8 days after Pfizer vaccine in the United States… ‘Possibility of infection before vaccination’

/Reuters Yonhap News

It is known that a nurse in San Diego, California, USA, received a vaccine for Pfizer-Bioentech’s novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and was confirmed as confirmed within eight days.

On the 30th (local time), a 45-year-old male nurse named’Mash W.’ working in the emergency room of two local hospitals, according to KGTV, a local broadcaster in San Diego, an affiliate of ABC Broadcasting in the United States, received the first vaccine on the 18th of this month. I was diagnosed with Corona 19.

Immediately after receiving the vaccine, the nurse reportedly had no side effects other than a sore arm.

Then, after working in the Corona 19 ward on the 24th, symptoms such as fatigue, chills, and muscle pain appeared, and they were tested and confirmed on the 26th.

Experts raised the possibility that Matthew was infected with Corona 19 before being vaccinated, and even if it was not, it was not an’unexpected case’, he told the broadcaster.

Corona 19 incubation period is up to two weeks, and at the time of vaccination, you may not know about the infection. In addition, after getting the vaccine, it takes time for immunity to develop.

Dr. Christian Ramas, an infectious disease expert at the San Diego Family Health Center, said, “It takes 10 to 14 days to get the Pfizer vaccine and start generating immunity from the clinical trial results.” “After the first vaccination (corona 19 prevention effect) is about 50%. It is only available, and it increases to 95% only after the second vaccination.”

/ Reporter Kihyuk Kim [email protected]

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