Fully vaccinated Spanish woman infected with Omicron 20 days-post Delta
Zee News
People who have had Covid-19 cannot assume they are protected against reinfection, even if they have been fully vaccinated.
Madrid: A 31-year-old woman in Spain caught the Omicron infection just 20 days after the Delta variant, in what is claimed to be the shortest known gap between infections, according to researchers.
However, in a similar case a rare breakthrough infection was reported in a vaccinated 61-year-old Delhi doctor in 2021, who contracted the Alpha and Delta variants within 19 days.
The Spanish woman, who was a healthcare worker, first tested positive for the infection on December 20, 2021, in a PCR test during staff screening at her place of work.
She was fully vaccinated and had received a booster shot 12 days earlier.
The patient, who didn't develop any symptoms, self-isolated for 10 days before returning to work.
