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“Immunological protection against coronavirus infection is completed only after the administration of the second dose of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine.” These are the words of the president of the Superior Council of Health Franco Locatelli after the news of a case that tested positive for the virus six days after the administration of the first dose of the vaccine. “In scientific articles – the number one Css stands out – it is clearly reported that even in clinical studies people have become infected after the first dose precisely because the immune response is not yet fully protective. And it becomes like this only after the second dose. For these reasons – insists Locatelli – it is necessary not to abandon responsible behavior after vaccination.
The case became positive after the first dose of vaccine.
A doctor from the Umberto I hospital in Siracusa, vaccinated six days ago in Palermo, was infected with the Coronavirus six days after the administration of the first dose of the anti-Covid vaccine. Yesterday, the woman, one of the first health workers to be vaccinated in the Sicily region, was hospitalized in a Covid ward. This is, at the moment, the first case of this type registered by Coronavirus. But the correlation between the vaccine and the positive result must certainly be excluded, since the administration of the first dose does not lead to complete immunity and to enjoy full protection, a booster is required, that is, the administration of the second dose. . The most credited hypothesis related to the case is that the doctor could already have the virus in incubation without having registered any symptoms in recent days.
Aifa: “Proven efficacy one week after the second dose”
The Italian Medicines Agency (Aifa) noted that for the vaccine currently being administered in Italy, efficacy was demonstrated one week after the second dose. “Although it is plausible that vaccination protects against infection, the vaccinated and the people who are in contact with them – read on the Aifa website – must continue to adopt anti-Covid-19 protection measures.”
The positive doctor: “I would give the vaccine again and I will withdraw: it is the only way to win this battle”
“I tested positive for Covid, but I would have the vaccine again and I will withdraw, which represents the only great opportunity we have to win this battle. If I had not done it, the intact virus could have done me irreversible damage.” words of Dr. Antonella Franco, director of the Infectious Diseases department of the Umberto I Hospital in Syracuse, after the news about his positivity spread six days after the first dose of vaccine. “The vaccine itself, which produces a Spike protein that helps to form anti-coronavirus antibodies and blocks the virulent progression of the virus, will help to block viral replication and contain the pathogenic effects of the virus “, explained the doctor confident in the success of the vaccine.” I assure you that before putting the vaccine I had done more than one swab – he said – but most likely the virus was still incubating “.
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