December 30 (Reuters) – A 45-year-old California nurse tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving the coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer Inc, an ABC News affiliate reported bit.ly/2L8iBel on Tuesday .
Matthew W., a nurse at two different local hospitals, said in a Facebook post on December 18 that he had received the Pfizer vaccine, telling the ABC News affiliate that his arm was sore for a day, but that he had not suffered nowhere else. effects.
Six days later, on Christmas Eve, he fell ill after working a shift at the COVID-19 unit, the report added. He had chills and later began to experience muscle pain and fatigue.
He went to a hospital test site and tested positive for COVID-19 the day after Christmas, the report said.
Christian Ramers, an infectious disease specialist at the Family Health Centers in San Diego, told ABC News affiliate that this scenario was not unexpected.
“We know from the clinical trials of the vaccine that it will take about 10 to 14 days for you to start developing vaccine protection,” said Ramers.
“We believe that this first dose gives you around 50%, and you need the second dose to reach 95%,” added Ramers.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru Editing by Gareth Jones