In Russia, coronavirus was detected in another vaccinated doctor

Immunity in vaccinated people begins to develop after the first dose of the vaccine, but eventually forms after the second dose.

The Russian doctor contracted the COVID-19 coronavirus within a week after being vaccinated with the first part of the two-component vaccine Sputnik V. So said the deputy head of the Ministry of Health of the Kemerovo Region of the Russian Federation, Elena Zelenina, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday, November 12.

“We have registered a case of a medical worker, a new coronavirus infection after the first dose … of this two-component vaccine, but the disease was registered on the fifth or sixth day after vaccination, so to speak, is directly related to vaccination, taking into account the incubation period (long – Ed.), It is most likely not possible, because it may be just a coincidence, “said the deputy minister.

Zelenina added that immunity in vaccinates begins to develop after the first dose of the vaccine, but eventually forms after the second dose.

“So, we can talk about time coincidence here, taking into account the incubation period, time coincidence,” Zelenina said.

On the eve in Russia, three doctors were infected with the coronavirus, who were vaccinated with Sputnik V in the Altai territory. It was then argued that sick doctors did not have time to form immunity when they encountered the COVID-19 pathogen.

Also in Russia, they said that the effectiveness of the Sputnik V vaccine reached 92%. In addition, during the tests of this vaccine, 20 people were infected with the coronavirus.

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