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SINGAPORE, April 13 News of a migrant worker who contracted Covid-19 even though he had been fully vaccinated may have caused some alarm, but infectious disease experts said that this is an expected development and there is nothing to be too concerned about. On Sunday (April 11), the first such.
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A healthcare worker at National Centre for Infectious Diseases receives one of the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in Singapore on Dec 30, 2020.
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SINGAPORE: A dormitory resident in Singapore contracted the coronavirus despite having completed the full COVID-19 vaccination regimen, sparking questions about how this can happen and the effectiveness of the jab.
The 23-year-old Indian national was the first such case reported by the Ministry of Health (MOH), which said it is a reminder that it is possible for vaccinated individuals to get infected.
Patients who have recently taken the Covid-19 vaccine are advised to reschedule their yearly mammogram screenings, as the presence of swollen lymph nodes - one of the known side effects of the jab - could be mistakenly identified as a sign of breast cancer.
Doctors have advised patients to move their mammogram screenings to either before the Covid-19 jab or a few weeks after the second dose of the vaccine, to avoid confusion.
The Pfizer-BioNTech shot can cause swollen lymph nodes in the neck or arms, though this usually gets better by itself in a week or so, says the Ministry of Health.
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