Victoria's COVID-19 deaths in the first four months of 2022 have almost outstripped the rest of the pandemic combined, with families still grieving the human cost of the pandemic.
Hospital restrictions and high COVID-19 cases meant Donna and her family were unable to be with her father the moment he died.The majority of people who have died with the virus have been older Australians and, Ms Bricknell said, hearing people dismiss her father's death based on his age has been hard."What we went through with him, they don't realise that when you die from COVID, you die alone.
Christopher Hall says the emotionally turbulent times of the pandemic are still lingering for many families."These are often deaths that have happened very quickly, as people have deteriorated quite rapidly," he said.
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