Meanwhile, an MBBS senior from Sion Hospital tested positive for the new coronavirus on Saturday, days after receiving the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Doctors said that even after both doses, immunity could take several days to develop.
The 21-year-old received the Covishield vaccine. Last week he received the second dose. He developed mild symptoms of the viral infection and underwent a test that came back positive. He was admitted to Seven Hills Hospital on Saturday night, while several of his shelter mates, who were also vaccinated, are in quarantine.
In other news, days before the budget session in the Punjab Assembly that begins Monday, the state cabinet minister for Prisons and Cooperation, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa (62), was declared Covid-positive by a government testing laboratory, while two subsequent tests, one in a private laboratory. and another in PGIMER Chandigarh – declared negative, all within three days.
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