A ‘healthy’ Sydney father-of-three has died after a nine-week battle with Covid.
Tributes have flowed for a healthy unvaccinated Sydney father who died with Covid.
Mohammed Khaldoun Obeid, who is in his 30s, was named in reports as one of seven Covid-19 positive people reported dead on Monday.
NSW Health said the southwestern Sydney man was unvaccinated and had no major health conditions.
“With a heavy heart we would like to inform you all that our beloved brother Mohammed Khaldoun Obeid returned to his Lord. He leaves behind a loving family, wife and three young children,” a Facebook post on an Islamic prayer group said.
“We kindly ask you all to remember our brother and family in your Dua.”
Days earlier, a plea was made via the Facebook group, Request Dua, for urgent prayers for the father of three.
“The doctors have contacted us and told us he has less than 24 hours to live,” the post urged.
“Allah, I ask you to bring back my brother back home to his 3 beautiful kids.”
News of his death came as an analysis of NSW coronavirus statistics was published that showed fully vaccinated people were significantly less likely to become seriously ill or die from the virus.
The latest issue of a health ministry report called “In Focus” also said the data showed fully vaccinated people were much less likely to catch the virus.
Only 6.1 per cent of the state‘s 61,800 people who have tested positive were fully vaccinated, NSW Health said.
Those who had received one dose represented 9.1 per cent of the infected, and 63.1 per cent had received no vaccine.
About a fifth of the cases had no vaccination recorded.
The fully vaccinated were mostly spared hospitalisation as well.
Only 5.7 of the 8660 people who have been hospitalised with the virus had received both doses, and that cohort made up just 3 per cent of total intensive care unit admissions.
Of the 30 fully vaccinated people who ended up in the ICU, 26 had significant underlying health conditions.
“This report shows vaccination has been key in protecting ourselves, our families, and the community from the harmful effects of the virus,” chief health officer Kerry Chant said.
The other people reported dead on Monday included one aged in their 60s, one in their 70s, three in their 80s and one in their 90s.
Originally published as Healthy Sydney dad who died of Covid named
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