Nurse catches Covid three weeks AFTER getting vaccine

  • Nurse catches Covid three weeks AFTER getting vaccine

    Posted by Unknown Member on 9 January 2021 at 3:09 am

    A nurse in Wales caught coronavirus three weeks after getting the vaccine, prompting experts to warn that it takes time for immunity to the virus to build up.

    The nurse, who has been working for the Hywel Dda University Health Board area, said that she contracted Covid-19 while waiting for the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech developed vaccine.

    While the vaccine ‘reduces your chance of suffering,’ the health board said, ‘no vaccine is 100 percent effective.’

    It can take weeks before the body builds immunity claimed experts, and that people must still be careful to follow coronavirus rules after having the jab.

    Speaking to the bbc, the nurse – who chose not to be identified – said she was ‘angry and heartbroken’ to have caught Covid at this stage.

    She said that she was initially relieved to be offered the chance to be given the vaccine, and while she struggled to get an appointment, she was given her first dose of the Pzizer-BioNtech vaccine in December last year.

    ‘It gave me peace of mind. It made me feel safer and that I was doing the right thing for my family… but it gives a false sense of security,’ she told the broadcaster.

    The nurse said that it was explained to her that it would take 10 days for the vaccine to offer some protection against Covic-19, and reduce the risk of transmission.

    But three weeks after being given the jab, she said she began to feel unwell, suffering from ‘quite severe symptoms’ of a bad cough, high temperature and breathlessness, and was ‘shocked’ when she tested positive for the coronavirus – followed by her partner and one of her children

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