New York woman tests positive for COVID-19 after Moderna vaccine  

A New York woman says she has tested positive for COVID-19 about a month after being fully vaccinated. 

Melanie Rosen, who works as a secretary in Long Island’s Hewlett-Woodmere school district, told Pix11 she tested positive after receiving her second dose of the Moderna vaccine. 

Rosen contracted the virus after attending the wake of her friend’s father. 

She was inside her friend’s home for about 90 minutes without a mask with 10 of her friend’s relatives.

The friend’s family had come from various states and Rosen said she hugged each of them.

Melanie Rosen, who works as a secretary in Long Island’s Hewlett-Woodmere school district, told Pix11 she tested positive after receiving her second dose of the Moderna vaccine

‘There was probably at least 10 family members there,’ Rosen said. ‘I hung out for about an hour and a half without wearing a mask. I hugged each one.’ 

Shortly after the wake, Rosen said she developed COVID-19 symptoms, including a stuffy nose and aching muscles. 

She got tested after being told that three of the family members had since tested positive. 

‘I was shocked,’ Rosen said. ‘I’m the 4.9 percent that got Moderna and actually got COVID.’ 

She said she only suffered a mild form of COVID-19 and believes the vaccine likely stopped her from becoming seriously ill. 

Rosen said she had assumed she could resume normal activities and not wear a mask after being fully vaccinated.

‘You can still get it; you can probably still spread it,’ she said. ‘I want people to know it’s not over.’ 

Rosen said she had assumed she could resume normal activities and not wear a mask after being fully vaccinated. Her vaccine record is pictured above

Shortly after the wake, Rosen said she developed COVID-19 symptoms, including a stuffy nose and aching muscles. She got tested after three others at the wake contracted the virus

The CDC have not released a total figure for the number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated.

Officials say ‘breakthrough cases’ – as they refer to them – are expected with any vaccine but a rare. 

Vaccine trials showed that the three vaccines approved in the US – Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson – prevent between 66 and 95 percent of symptomatic infections.

It is still not known how well the vaccines prevent people from catching or spreading the virus.

The majority of Americans who are breakthrough cases have experienced only mild symptoms, if any, officials have said. 

In recent weeks, a handful of breakthrough cases have been reported in a number of states, including Hawaii, Washington, Florida and Oregon.