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NIAID-RML VIA Associated Press
An electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-Rocky Mountain Laboratories in 2020 shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles causing COVID-19 isolated from a patient in the U.S. cell surface comes. grown in a laboratory. A fully vaccinated Oahu health care worker contracted COVID-19 after a recent trip to the mainland, but had no symptoms.
A fully vaccinated Oahu health care worker contracted COVID-19 after a recent trip to the mainland, but had no symptoms.
The health department said in a written announcement Thursday that it had recently identified the matter.
According to the guidelines, the worker received two doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine and completed the series in early January.
The person travels to various cities on the continent about a month later.
Before the person and a traveling companion were tested before the test before returning to Hawaii.
Their positive results were received after arriving in Hawaii.
Neither of the two developed symptoms and no transfer to close contacts took place, the health department said.
Laboratory samples could not be obtained for sequencing, the health department said.
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