“In the four weeks ending 1 May 2021, six (3%) overseas acquired COVID-19 cases self-reported being fully vaccinated prior to arrival in Australia, although they may have been exposed to COVID-19 prior to their vaccination becoming fully effective (two weeks after their second dose),” NSW Health reports.One case received a one-shot vaccine (Johnson & Johnson) and the remaining cases had received both doses of a two-shot vaccine (Pfizer, AstraZeneca or Moderna).It comes as NSW breathed a sigh of relief after no local COVID cases were recorded on Friday. But, there were five new cases of coronavirus in hotel quarantine.Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she was pleased with Sydney’s response, as testing numbers rose to 13,339.However, there are still fears community members could be infected with COVID-19 without knowing it after an eastern suburbs couple tested positive on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.After the couple’s diagnosis, NSW Health compiled a long list of places where officials fear COVID-19 could have spread. Haymarket restaurant XOPP was added to the list on Thursday night.NSW Health wrote in a coronavirus update on Friday that QR code check-ins at the restaurant were “very low”.“NSW Health is concerned that compliance with QR code check-ins at XOPP restaurant was very low and urges anyone who dined or worked there on Wednesday, 28 April from 1.30pm to 2.30pm to get tested immediately and self-isolate until they receive a negative result,” the department wrote.The XOPP restaurant was highlighted in the NSW Health update as forming part of an investigation into how the eastern suburbs couple was infected. A department spokesman said officials were keen for people who visited the eatery at the time specified to come forward and get tested immediately and self-isolate until receiving a negative result. Covid venures nswBut he stressed there would be no negative consequences for anyone who missed checking in. The man who first tested positive to COVID-19 this week has no links to overseas travel, border work or health work, and health officials are stumped as to how he became infected. While a genome analysis has indicated the virus he was infected with originally came from a returned traveller from the US, it’s unclear how the spread actually occurred. Officials have warned there appears to be a “missing link”, meaning one or more people might be in the community and COVID-19 positive without being aware of it. “It’s a mystery at the moment,” NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian told Channel 7’s Sunrise program earlier on Friday. “We don’t know who it is. It could be more than one person, it could be a worker that has passed it onto someone else who has passed it onto someone else.”CLICK HERE for the full list of NSW COVID-19 case locations and alerts.
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