It's possible the Air New Zealand worker will not experience their Covid symptoms so severely, because they received a vaccine last week.
A dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is administered. Photo: AFP
Dr Fran Priddy is the clinical director of Vaccine Alliance Aotearoa at the Malaghan Institute.
She told Māni Dunlop people should not be concerned that the worker tested positive for Covid-19 after receiving the first of their immunisations.