Why are vaccinated people testing positive for Covid-19? Expert answers all your questions

As India rolls out a massive vaccination campaign to immunise people against the deadly coronavirus, incidents of people testing positive even after receiving the two jabs of Covid-19 vaccine are causing a lot of concerns. Dr GD Puri from PGIMER, Chandigarh, answers all these queries and advises how to stay protected from the virus.

Seema Rani, a 45-year-old Anganwadi worker in Chandigarh got her two Covid-19 vaccine jabs on March 10 and April 12 respectively. A week after getting the two doses of the vaccine, she tested positive for Covid-19. Luckily, Seema was given a medicine kit containing Covid-19 medicines, including oral antivirals, antibiotics, and tonics by the Chandigarh administration. In a similar incident, 68-year-old Ashok Kumar Bhushan, who lives in the Uttam Nagar area of Delhi, got his first shot on March 30. His second jab was due on April 27 but he tested positive a week before on April 20. Bhushan's oxygen levels dropped drastically but somehow his son managed to buy an oxygen concentrator for Rs 45,000 from Gurugram, which saved his life. ALSO READ: All you need to know about India's vaccine drive