The Moderna logo is seen at the company's campus in Norwood, Massachusetts, on Dec. 2, 2020, where the biotechnology company is mass producing its COVID-19 vaccine. - JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP/AFP/TNS
An estimated 5,800 people of the 77 million fully vaccinated against COVID-19 — about 0.0001% — have reported becoming sickened with the fast-spreading disease despite being inoculated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the figures on Thursday, vowing to keep “a close eye” on the so-called “breakthrough infections.” A spokesperson for the agency told NBC News that about 29% of the cases were asymptomatic while only about 7% resulted in hospitalizations, including 74 people who died. So far, slightly more than 40% of the breakthrough infections were in people 60 or older ...
