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Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021
Dispatch

Postvaccination COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers, Israel

Sharon AmitComments to Author , Sharon Alexsandra Beni, Asaf Biber, Amir Grinberg, Eyal Leshem1, and Gili Regev-Yochay1
Author affiliation: Authors affiliation: Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel

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Table

Coronavirus disease cases among healthcare workers in the early postvaccination period, Israel, December 20, 2020–January 2, 2021*

Case no.
 Age, y/sex
 Ward
 Healthcare sector
 Indication for testing
 Presumed exposure source
Exposure day
 Day of symptom onset†
 Day tested
 No. days from symptom onset to testing
 No. secondary isolations
1 42/F General surgery Physician Symptoms Unknown Unknown −4 +5 Excluded‡ 0
2 54/F Transportation Secretary Symptoms Unknown Unknown 0 +9 9 1
3 34/M Geriatrics Physician Symptoms Unknown Unknown +1 +1 0 1
4 31/F Cardiovascular surgery Nurse Symptoms Community Unknown +1 +1 0 1
5 49/F Psychiatry Cleaning services Symptoms Unknown Unknown +1 +3 2 0
6 43/F Laundry Laundry handler Symptoms Community −3 +2 +3 1 3
7 43/F Laboratory Scientist Exposure Community −3 +2 +6 4 0
8 60/F ED Nurse assistant Symptoms Community 0 +3 +5 2 0
9 50/F Eye clinic Technologist Symptoms Unknown Unknown +4 +6 2 0
10 33/M Psychiatry Psychologist Exposure Community +2 +6 +6 0 0
11 36/M Operating room Logistics Symptoms Community +4 +7 +8 1 0
12 54/M Pulmonology Physician Symptoms Community +4 +7 +7 0 0
13 37/M ED Physician Symptoms Unknown +3 +7 +9 2 0
14 32/M Rehabilitation Nurse Symptoms Unknown Unknown +9 +10 1 1
15 40/M Laboratory Physician Symptoms Unknown Unknown +10 +10 0 1
16 52/F Radiotherapy Secretary Exposure Unknown Unknown Asymp +5 NA 3
17 55/F General surgery Phlebotomist Exposure Unknown Unknown Asymp +8 NA 4
18 55/F Kitchen Food handler Exposure Community −5 Asymp +2 NA 1
19 61/F Radiology Physician Exposure Community +4 Asymp +11 NA 0
20 40/F ED Secretary Exposure Community +6 Asymp +11 NA 2
21 45/F Internal medicine Nurse Exposure Unknown Unknown Asymp +8 NA 0
22 39/M Internal medicine Nurse Exposure Community +2 Asymp +8 NA 0

*All persons with cases were vaccinated during the first week of campaign, December 20–27, 2020. Asymp, asymptomatic; ED, emergency department; NA, not applicable.
†Considering day of vaccination as day 0.
‡Excluded from calculations of mean time from vaccination to symptom onset because symptoms began before vaccination.

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1These authors equally contributed to the study.

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