A nurse in California who works in the Emergency Room (ER) has disclosed that he tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.

According to Reuters, the nurse, Matthew said in a Facebook post on December 18 that he had received the Pfizer vaccine.

A volunteer participates in the COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial. Photo: Joe Raedle

He, however, told ABC News affiliate that he became sick days after working a shift in the COVID-19 unit.

He said he experienced chills before coming down with muscle aches and fatigue.

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On December 26, he reportedly went to a hospital to get tested for the virus and tested positive.

However, health experts who weighed in on the case, said such an occurrence is not unexpected.

According to Dr Christian Ramers, an infectious disease specialist with Family Health Centers of San Diego, it is possible that Matthew was infected before receiving the vaccine.

He also explained that the vaccine clinical trials showed that it takes about 10 to 14 days for an individual to start to developing protection from the vaccine.

Meanwhile, Femi Odekunle, a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) headed by Itse Sagay has died from COVID-19.

The Cable reported that Odekunle a professor of law died on Tuesday evening, December 29, at the COVID-19 isolation center in Gwagalada, Abuja.

The news publication noted that though Boss Mustapha, the chairman presidential task force on COVID-19, stated that a good friend of the government passed away at 6:30 pm, however, he did not state if it's Odekunle.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that Nigerians have contracted the novel coronavirus disease.

The new cases which were confirmed by the disease control agency on Friday, November 27, stated that 169 new cases were recorded in twelve states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

This takes the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 66,974. The latest update released on its official Twitter page shows that Kaduna, the FCT, and Lagos led the chart with 74, 42, and 17 cases respectively.

Below is a breakdown of the states and new cases recorded:

Kaduna-74

FCT-42

Lagos-17

Kano-8

Ogun-6

Oyo-6

Rivers-6

Ekiti-3

Bauchi-3

Katsina-2

Delta-1

Ondo-1

However, Lagos is still the epicentre with 23,083 out of the total 66,974 cases have been confirmed so far in the country. Out of this number, 62,585 have been discharged and 1,169 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.