Two recently returned travellers in NSW hotel quarantine tested positive for coronavirus despite reporting they had received two doses of a vaccine, NSW Health has revealed.
The numbers were contained in the government’s weekly COVID-19 status report published this week as authorities continue to make strides in their battle to vaccinate the state.
The report said in the week to May 15, two overseas travellers in hotel quarantine tested positive, despite receiving two doses of a vaccine.
It means that since March 1, a total of eight returned travellers have returned positive results while also reporting they had received a two-dose vaccine.
NSW Health notes that for a person to be fully vaccinated, two weeks must have passed since they finished their full course of vaccinations.
Of the COVID-19 vaccines on the market, many including the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines require two doses.
NSW Health reported zero locally acquired cases of coronavirus on Saturday, with one new case coming from an overseas traveller.
The government’s weekly report found cases in overseas travellers returning to NSW are declining.
There were 25 cases in the week to May 15, down from 47 the previous week.
There were 61 and 47 cases respectively in the two weeks prior to that.
Of the 180 cases found in overseas travellers in the four weeks to May 15, most came from India (91) followed by Pakistan (14), Nepal (12) and the USA (nine).
NSW Health administered its highest number of vaccines in one day in the 24 hours to 8pm on Friday, with 12,485 jabs delivered, including 5185 at the vaccination centre at Sydney Olympic Park.
So far more than 1.065 million people in NSW have received a vaccine. More than 339,000 doses were administered by the NSW government and another 725,000 were delivered by the Commonwealth.