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Associated Press: Can I get ‘long COVID’ if I’m infected after vaccination?

Published Aug. 6, 2021 at 7:08 am

A medical worker prepares for a shot during vaccination with the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which is produced in India and marketed as Covishield, at a private hospital in Kyiv, on March 5, 2021.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

Can I get ‘long COVID’ if I’m infected after vaccination? It’s unclear, but researchers are studying the chances of long-term symptoms developing in anyone who might get infected after vaccination. The COVID-19 vaccines in use around the world are effective at preventing severe illness and death from the coronavirus, but some people do get infected after the shots.