8 Mar 2021

Worker testing positive after Covid vaccine shouldn't concern people - expert

From Midday Report, 12:14 pm on 8 March 2021

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.

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.