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Report #2839269

Received May 2, 2025

ER / ED visit
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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
Age unknown
State
—
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
Apr 17, 2025
Onset
Apr 1, 2025
Days to onset
—
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
COVID19COVID19 (COVID19 (UNKNOWN))UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER1——

Symptoms (2)

COVID-19Vaccination failure

Symptom narrative

Diagnosed with covid; Diagnosed with covid; This is a spontaneous report received from a Consumer or other non HCP from medical information team, Program ID: . A 77-year-old male patient received BNT162b2 omicron (kp.2) (COVID-19 VACCINE OMICRON KP.2-MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN), on 17Apr2025 as dose 1, single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. The following information was reported: VACCINATION FAILURE (medically significant), COVID-19 (medically significant) all with onset Apr2025, outcome "unknown" and all described as "Diagnosed with covid". The event "diagnosed with covid" required emergency room visit. Clinical course: Caller stated that he was diagnosed with covid on Saturday (26Apr2025) at the ER and was taken to the hospital by an ambulance. He didn't know when the symptoms started. He had a vaccine for covid on 17Apr2025. He didn't have any symptoms for a few days. He was told Paxlovid works if you take the medicine within so many days of your first symptoms. First symptom could have been maybe within 5 or 6 days afterwards when it was the 17th and today (28Apr2025) the 11th day after he had the vaccine. And maybe 6 or 7 days after he first noticed the symptoms. He doesn't know if Paxlovid would still be of benefit for him or not because there are some guidelines you need to take it within so many days of first having symptoms of Covid. He added that ha hasn't taken Paxlovid. If it's over 5 days it's not beneficial reporter asked. He was prescribed last Saturday and the pharmacy was closed on Sunday and they called him this Morning. He have not started taking the medicine yet. No follow-up attempts are possible. Batch/lot number is not provided, and it cannot be obtained.