Nursing home outbreak after residents receive vaccine, no serious symptoms
They received their final doses of the Pfizer vaccine by January 25.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated: MARCH 3, 2021 18:07Los Olmos nursing home resident Araceli, 96, receives the first injection nationwide, with a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Guadalajara, Spain, December 27, 2020. (photo credit: PEPE ZAMORA/POOL VIA REUTERS)
A nursing home in the Osnabruck district of Belm, Germany, reported an outbreak of the UK coronavirus variant within its care facility, despite all of the residents having received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.Some 14 residents tested positive for the coronavirus last week, according to DW News.They all had received their final doses of the Pfizer vaccine by January 25.However, none of them experienced or show signs of serious or life-threatening symptoms associated with the deadly disease.There was no information on how the residents of the care home became exposed to the virus, or if the doors were opened up to visitors following the vaccination campaign.
