NJ Woman Gets COVID-19 After Johnson & Johnson Vaccine: Report

TABERNACLE – Another report was published on Friday saying a New Jersey got COVID-19 after getting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

NJ Advance Media reported that Shannon Kelly, 25, said she had shortness of breath and a terrible cough when she learned on April 10 that she has COVID-19, according to NJ Advance Media. On March 11, she said, she received Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine at a CVS in Clementon.

“Part of me was shocked,” she told the publication.

The report comes days after New Jersey halted the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine because of blood clots cases. Read more: More Time Needed On Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine: CDC Panel

The report also comes days after an Edison man reportedly was hospitalized with COVID-19 several weeks after receiving the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Francisco Cosme, 52, received the vaccine on March 6 at the Javits Center in New York, reported the New York Post. On April 1, Cosme started showing symptoms and tested positive for COVID-19, said the report.

According to ABC7, last week, Cosme’s condition took a turn for the worse and he was hospitalized in critical condition. Cosme’s wife Laura Eugene told the news station that their son and grandkids visited them and now they too have tested positive for COVID-19.

During Monday's press conference, Gov. Phil Murphy said he wasn't aware of the case, but said there are "so few cases" where somebody was infected after getting the vaccine.

"I just would not want anyone out there to assume that's the norm because it isn't," Murphy said.

State officials have repeatedly said that the COVID vaccines are safe and effective, and they reiterated that during a news conference on Monday.

Officials have also said that there will be some "breakthrough" cases in which people contract COVID-19 despite getting the vaccine.

They've said that all immunized illnesses have breakthrough cases, but people should still trust that the vaccines have prevented millions of people from getting the disease.