AstraZeneca Pros and Cons: True Story of Man Who Contracted Covid-19 after First Jab

Some time ago, Novinite.bg told you a first-hand story about the side effects after immunization with the vaccine of the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca. The story of our colleague journalist Stefan Markov (36) has become one of the most widely read posts for February on the online sites across Bulgaria. It was quoted by a number of our colleagues and proved helpful to many people.

Now, a month and a half later after vaccination with the first dose of AstraZeneca, it turned out that our colleague had contracted COVID-19, despite experts' assurances that this was highly unlikely. It should be noted, however, that specialists have never claimed that AstraZeneca vaccine, which is the most widely administered in Bulgaria, protects 100% from the infection. In their words, between the first and second dose, it is not ruled out that a person may contract coronavirus, even though he already has a certain amount of antibodies.

Below is the story of Stefan Markov who contracted Covid-19 after his first jab of AstraZeneca:

I received the first jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine on February 19 at the regional health inspectorate - Plovdiv, using the opportunity for immunization provided for journalists. I told in detail about the side effects after the injection in a post two days later. Two weeks have passed and, it turned out that I had been given a dose from the so-called 'problem batch' of AstraZeneca - ABV 5300. Everyone remembers that around the world a lot of people complained of severe side effects after the jab, and there were also reports of dozens of deaths. In Bulgaria, a woman from the village of Joakim Gruevo died hours after being immunized with this vaccine.

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