PHILADELPHIA - Severe breakthrough cases of COVID-19 are still very rare, but some people who are fully vaccinated do end up testing positive for the virus.After a trip out west, Claudia Gallego and Rick Rein returned home feeling sick but they both got the Moderna vaccine in April. "It was shocking.
It was a lot to process when we got the results I was willing to accept the possibility but two breakthrough cases seem unlikely," Claudia Gallego saidFour months after being fully vaccinated both Rick and Claudia tested positive for COVID-19.
With cases rising and the City of Philadelphia asking people to mask up again these two are in isolation until the symptoms pass.MORE CORONAVIRUS HEADLINES:"I am past the worst of my symptoms.