A New Jersey man has been admitted to hospital with COVID-19 despite receiving Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine last month, reports say.
Francisco Cosme, 52, of Edison, developed pneumonia weeks after receiving the vaccine on March 6, according to abc7ny.com. He tested positive for the virus on April 1, almost a month after receiving his shot.
He remains in critical condition at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison.
Since the introduction of the vaccine, many people have wondered if people can catch the virus after being vaccinated. Experts and officials say while this is possible, it is not common.
Judy Persichilli, New Jersey’s health commissioner, told a coronavirus media conference on Monday that the state was aware of the situation in Cosme.
“It will happen,” Persichilli said. “The efficacy can be almost 100%, but there are also a percentage of cases that COVID-19 contracted before being vaccinated, or then exposed and will become ill.”
Government Phil Murphy was not aware of the matter, but hopes the public does not misinterpret the norm.
“There are so few cases in Jersey, in the country, in the world where someone is infected after the vaccination,” he said. ‘I just do not want anyone out there to assume that this is the norm, because it is not so. There is no data to suggest this at all. ”
According to the New York Post, Cosme continued to wear a mask and maintain social distance, even after getting his chance.
But on April 1, he began to feel tired, reports abc7ny.com. He was also crowded, had a throat and got a fever.
The report underwent a test on the same day, and it came back positive.
According to Post, he got worse last week. According to the report, his daughter – who was visiting her father at the time – called 911 and he was transported to the Kennedy Medical Center.
Eddy Bresnitz, medical adviser to the State Department of Health, addressed these so-called ‘breakthrough’ cases during a coronavirus briefing on April 7.
“We know from the crucial trials, the Phase 3 trials, that vaccines like the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines prevented it – and the Johnson vaccine – prevented serious diseases and hospitalizations and deaths,” Brensnitz said. ‘There will be cases of breakthrough disease, not in New Jersey, across the country and elsewhere. They will probably not be very ill and be admitted to the hospital. ”
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