July 27, 2021: A 26-year-old Mumbai doctor has tested positive for Covid thrice in 13 months - twice after taking both doses of the Covid vaccine.
The doctor's parent and brother too tested positive but for the first time. They too are fully vaccinated with both the doses and have co-morbidities.
The entire family has been hospitalised, and samples are being analysed to establish the variant (or variants) that infected them and their family.
Dr Shrishti Hallari was on Covid duty at the Veer Savarkar Hospital in Mumbai's Mulund area, and first contracted the virus on June 17 last year.
The family took the first vaccine dose (Covishield) on March 8 this year and the second on April 29.
However, a month later - on May 29 - Dr Hallari tested positive for a second time, this time with mild symptoms that allowed for recovery at home.
The virus then struck again - on July 11 Dr Hallari tested positive again, and this time it was the entire family. All four members are being treated with Remdesivir, media reports said.
The doctor also said a test for Covid antibodies in the blood returned positive results.
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Doctor’s entire family has tested positive after being fully vaccinated
July 27, 2021: A 26-year-old Mumbai doctor has tested positive for Covid thrice in 13 months - twice after taking both doses of the Covid vaccine.
The doctor's parent and brother too tested positive but for the first time. They too are fully vaccinated with both the doses and have co-morbidities.
The entire family has been hospitalised, and samples are being analysed to establish the variant (or variants) that infected them and their family.
Dr Shrishti Hallari was on Covid duty at the Veer Savarkar Hospital in Mumbai's Mulund area, and first contracted the virus on June 17 last year.
The family took the first vaccine dose (Covishield) on March 8 this year and the second on April 29.
However, a month later - on May 29 - Dr Hallari tested positive for a second time, this time with mild symptoms that allowed for recovery at home.
The virus then struck again - on July 11 Dr Hallari tested positive again, and this time it was the entire family. All four members are being treated with Remdesivir, media reports said.
The doctor also said a test for Covid antibodies in the blood returned positive results.