‘We’re letting these people die’: a family’s anguish for Melbourne grandmother lost to Covid in aged care

Merilyn Saunders, who loved sport, music and, above all, her family, spent her final two years almost entirely in isolation

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Merilyn Saunders loved sport, music, dressing up and, most of all, her family.

The Melbourne grandmother died alone after contracting Covid in her aged care facility in January.