New York Rep. Adriano Espaillat mentioned that each instances occurred after he had acquired a full course of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
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New York Rep. Adriano Espaillat is in quarantine after testing constructive for COVID-19 — once more.
The 67-year-old Democrat, who represents northern Manhattan and the Bronx, introduced Saturday that he contracted a second asymptomatic case of the coronavirus, one yr after his first bout with the sickness.
Each instances occurred after he had acquired a full course of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, he mentioned — together with a booster shot “earlier this winter.”
“We've entered a brand new section of the pandemic and aren't absolutely out of the woods but because the virus continues to surge in New York Metropolis and in communities across the nation,” Espaillat mentioned in a press release.
“Though, I stay asymptomatic, I'm following the suggestions and can proceed to check frequently over the subsequent few days till my take a look at outcomes are detrimental,” he mentioned.
“I do know this might have been a lot worse had I not been absolutely vaxxed and boosted,” he added in a tweet.
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