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Melbourne aged care COVID outbreak back in spotlight
Key takeaways
- An inquest is examining 50 deaths at St Basil's Home for the Aged, the site of an 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne's northern suburbs.
- An inquest examining 50 deaths at a Melbourne aged care home has resumed after a years-long hiatus.
- St Basil's Home for the Aged managers Kon Kontis and Vicky Kos were the final two witnesses listed to give evidence at the inquest, which had previously heard about disastrous failures at the Fawkner centre.
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An inquest is examining 50 deaths at St Basil's Home for the Aged, the site of an 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne's northern suburbs. (AAP: James Ross)
An inquest examining 50 deaths at a Melbourne aged care home has resumed after a years-long hiatus.
St Basil's Home for the Aged managers Kon Kontis and Vicky Kos were the final two witnesses listed to give evidence at the inquest, which had previously heard about disastrous failures at the Fawkner centre.
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