The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced Tuesday it is investigating reports of people who tested positive for COVID more than two weeks after being fully vaccinated against the disease.
According to Kiro 7 News, a CBS affiliate in Washington, the DOH is investigating reports of the so-called “breakthrough cases,” which it said are expected with any vaccine. Each case was confirmed with a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test or a positive antigen test more than two weeks after the person had been fully vaccinated.
A majority of people with confirmed vaccine breakthrough experienced mild symptoms, if any. However, since Feb. 1, eight people with vaccine breakthrough cases were hospitalized and the DOH “is investigating two potential vaccine breakthrough cases where the patients died. Both patients were more than 80 years old and suffered underlying health issues,” officials said in a press release.
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Roper St. Francis Hospital becomes testing ground for new potential COVID-19 treatments
VIDEO: Roper St. Francis Hospital becomes testing ground for new potential COVID-19 treatments By Kaitlin Stansell | January 13, 2021 at 5:10 PM EST - Updated January 13 at 7:43 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A Lowcountry hospital was selected to be among ten sites across the country to test a new and promising coronavirus treatment.
Roper St. Francis Hospital experimented with an antibody therapy called CERC-002 that has shown positive impacts for patients who are hospitalized with complications caused by COVID-19.
CERC is a LIGHT-neutralizing antibody therapy that directs a patient’s immune system to respond to the infection in a way that reduces further inflammation.
|January 13, 2021 at 5:10 PM EST - Updated January 13 at 7:43 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A Lowcountry hospital was selected to be among ten sites across the country to test a new and promising coronavirus treatment.
Roper St. Francis Hospital experimented with an antibody therapy called CERC-002 that has shown positive impacts for patients who are hospitalized with complications caused by COVID-19.
CERC is a LIGHT-neutralizing antibody therapy that directs a patient’s immune system to respond to the infection in a way that reduces further inflammation.
In this case, LIGHT does not refer to the illumination produced from electricity, but instead, it is an acronym for immune responses in the lung, gut and skin. The neutralizing effects of CERC seem to regulate and play a key role in the immune response to COVID-19 complications like pneumonia and other respiratory issues, according to a press release published on Jan. 5.