A Massachusetts congressman who received both doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine tested positive for the virus on Friday.
Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch said no earlier attending the inauguration of President Joe Biden on January 20th. It was re-tested after a staff member in his Boston office received the virus earlier this week.
Pfizer said it may take seven days to protect itself from the second dose, NBC 10 Boston reported. Lynch’s office said it received the second-dose vaccine before the inauguration on Jan. 20, nine days before its positive test.
The Pfizer vaccine has been considered to be 95% effective against the virus, although it has not been tested against mutations from the UK and South Africa.
In the statement, his office said Lynch has no symptoms of COVID-19. Self-quarantine and will vote by delegation in Congress next week.
Lynch was the second Democrat in the Massachusetts Congress to test positive in so many days. Rep. Lori Trahan said Thursday she had given positive after giving negative repeatedly.