Mother-of-three died after contracting Covid from her NURSE who wasn’t fully vaccinated  

The heartbroken daughter of a woman in her 60s who died from Covid has spoke out about her family’s loss saying the virus is ‘indiscriminate’. 

Susan Fisher, 64, and a mother-of-three was admitted to Sydney’s Liverpool Hospital with other health issues when she caught Covid from a nurse who was not fully vaccinated.

‘She was very distressed about the way she was always coughing and the way the virus ultimately made her feel out of control,’ her daughter Linda Fisher told 9News.

Susan Fisher (pictured), 64, a community worker from Macquarie Fields died after she caught Covid from a nurse at Liverpool Hospital 

Ms Fisher had already been in hospital for 45 days before she tested positive for the virus last week. 

Linda said the virus moved quickly after her mother was diagnosed, and her condition declined rapidly. 

Linda, her brothers and her uncles were only able to say goodbye to her via videocall earlier this week. 

On Friday, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the state had recorded another 291 cases of coronavirus, along with the death of Ms Fisher. 

She is the 79th person in the state to succumb to the virus since the start of the pandemic. 

Chief Health officer Dr Kerry Chant confirmed the woman had contracted Covid-19 from a nurse. 

‘Sadly, the lady was exposed by a health worker who worked across two wards, the aged-care ward and the ward this woman was in,’ Ms Chant said.

‘There are a large number of people impacted by that. I extend my apologies and sympathies to the family.’ 

The nurse who passed the virus on was not fully vaccinated and Ms Fisher, a community worker from Macquarie Fields, had not had her first dose.

Linda said her mother had been scared of blood clots from the AstraZeneca vaccine.  

‘It’s indiscriminate it doesn’t care how old you are, once you get Covid you better watch out,’ she said. 

Her daughter Linda (pictured) said her mother was not vaccinated and was anxious about very rare blood clots from the AstraZeneca vaccine 

The case is the second Covid death at Liverpool Hospital (pictured) 

On Monday Dr Chant offered her condolences to the family of a man in his 90s who also died at Liverpool Hospital. 

His case was linked to an outbreak of 27 cases at the hospital and he had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.  

Ms Berejiklian said she expected case numbers, already at their highest point for the state in the pandemic, would further spike over the next week. 

‘I am expecting higher case numbers in the next few days and I just want everyone to be prepared for that,’ she said on Friday.

Of the new cases, 50 were out in the community while they were infectious.

Also, a concerning 12 staff members have tested positive Covid at a KFC on Canterbury Road at Punchbowl. 

Ms Fisher (pictured right), a mother-of-three, was admitted to hospital with other health issues 

A picture of a younger Ms Fisher 

The venue has now been listed as an exposure site with customers told to immediately isolate and get tested if they visited the KFC on any days from July 22 to August 2.  

Ms Berejiklian noted that the highest increase of cases were being recorded in the Canterbury-Bankstown local government areas – one of eight LGAs that are currently under hard lockdown. 

She warned more police officers would be patrolling the area – less than a week after deploying defence force personnel on Monday. 

‘We are seeing too many people frequent certain shopping areas and perhaps not doing the right thing,’ she said.

‘So police will be more present in the Canterbury-Bankstown local area to ensure compliance and we have to make sure that happens, because we don’t want to see these case numbers continue to grow into the next few weeks.’  

Suburbs that have recorded the biggest spike in cases include Campsie, Bankstown, Lakemba, Punchbowl, Wiley Park, Yagoona, Greenacre, Earlwood, Bass Hill and Chester Hill.   

Dr Chant told residents to remain vigilant of flu-like symptoms and avoid shopping centres during peak hours. 

There are currently 304 cases being treated in hospital, with 50 in intensive care units and 22 on ventilation. 

Forty-four patients in the intensive care unit have not been vaccinated while the remaining six have only received their first dose. 

There is no-one in ICU in NSW who has been fully vaccinated. 

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