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Sunday, 10 January 2021 _A British nurse has caught COVID-19 three weeks after getting the vaccine, prompting experts to issue warnings that it would take time for immunity to build up.
The nurse, who has been working for the Hywel Dda University Health Board area in west Wales, said that she got the virus while waiting for the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech jab, which was first rolled out in the UK last month.
She said she was “angry and heartbroken” about catching the fatal disease at this stage.
"It gave me peace of mind. It made me feel safer and that I was doing the right thing for my family... but it gives a false sense of security," she said.
The nurse, who asked not to be identified, said she was told it would take 10 days for the vaccine to offer some protection, however, she started feeling unwell three weeks later.
She said she had "quite severe symptoms" of a bad cough, high temperature and breathlessness and that was shocked when tested positive.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Executive of Hywel Dda health board, Dr Philip Kloer, said that although a COVID vaccine “reduces your chance of suffering” from the virus, no vaccine is ever 100% effectual.
On Friday, the Welsh First Minister warned people receiving the vaccine to “continue to act in a precautionary way.”
This comes after a 56-year-old American doctor in South Florida died two weeks after getting a first dose of a Pfizer vaccine.
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