Pfizer CEO Says Tested Positive for COVID-19 Despite Having Received 4 Vaccine Doses

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Monday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 despite having received four doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the novel coronavirus.
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"I would like to let you know that I have tested positive for COVID19. I am thankful to have received four doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and I am feeling well while experiencing very mild symptoms," Bourla said via Twitter.
Bourla said he has isolated and started a course of the anti-viral medication Paxlovid.
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US President Joe Biden has recently recovered from the novel coronavirus after being treated with Paxlovid. Biden had also received four doses of vaccine.
Some 103,000 of COVID-19 cases have been reported in the United States, according to data collected by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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