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COVID-19 has been raging on both sides of the border for weeks, and the virus shows no sign of subsiding.
San Diego reported 3,132 new coronavirus infections Sunday. It marked the 27th consecutive day with more than 1,000 cases, City News Service reports. Dr. Wilma Wooten said San Diego County is on pace to report another 600 deaths caused by the virus by the end of January. The number of people hospitalized and in critical care are also far higher than during the summer peak.December has also proven the most difficult month of the pandemic for Baja Califor
ER nurse tests positive for COVID-19 days after first dose of vaccine, reminder protection not instant
Experts say 2 doses needed for full effectiveness
Health experts are weighing in after a local nurse tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving the Pfizer vaccine.
and last updated 2020-12-30 16:52:20-05
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â Health experts are weighing in after a local nurse tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving his first of two doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
In a Facebook message posted on December 18, Matthew W., an ER nurse at two different local hospitals, talked about receiving the Pfizer vaccine that day. He told ABC 10News his arm was sore for a day but he suffered no other side effects.
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A San Diego nurse has tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving the vaccine for the virus, highlighting the point that inoculations are not silver bullets against the pandemic.
The nurse, who identified himself only as Matthew W., posted in a Facebook message about receiving the COVID vaccine from Pfizer and then six days later becoming sick with what he later found out was the coronavirus, KGTV, an ABC affiliate out of San Diego, reported.
Matthew received the Pfizer vaccine as a healthcare employee, who works at two different San Diego local hospitals, on Dec. 18. He said he started feeling ill on Christmas Eve as he suffered from chills, muscle aches, and fatigue, the news outlet said.
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – Health experts are weighing in after a local nurse tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving the Pfizer vaccine.
In a Facebook message posted on December 18, Matthew W., an ER nurse at at two different local hospitals, talked about receiving the Pfizer vaccine that day. He told ABC 10News his arm was sore for a day but he suffered no other side effects.
Six days later on Christmas Eve after working a shift in the COVID-19 unit Matthew, 45, became sick. He got the chills and later came down with muscle aches and fatigue.
The day after Christmas, he went to a drive-up hospital testing site and tested positive for COVID-19.
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