
What vaccinated people should know about Covid-19 exposure, tests and more
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If you're fully vaccinated but were exposed to Covid-19 or are experiencing related symptoms, here's what you should do in regard to monitoring symptoms, testing, quarantining and more.
So far, the coronavirus vaccines available in the United States provide strong protection against coronavirus, including the Delta variant that now dominates in the US. As of right now, there isn't evidence that immunity is beginning to wear off among people who got Covid-19 vaccines in December or January, or that they're at higher risk for breakthrough infections, Dr. Jay Butler, the deputy director for infectious diseases at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a briefing Tuesday. Breakthrough infections, or cases among fully vaccinated people, are rare: Out of 157 million people vaccinated by July 6, only 5,186 hospitalized or fatal breakthrough cases have been reported to the CDC, and more than 1,500 of those were asymptomatic, or the hospitalization or death was not related to Covid-19. The CDC notes this is likely an undercount of actual breakthrough cases.
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