Australia’s 10,000 deaths and the paradox of ‘Covid normal’

The country has fared better than others - but those on the frontline are still wrestling with the agony of the coronavirus pandemic

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In August 2020, staff at the Menarock Rosehill aged care facility in Melbourne told Kam Atkins that his 92-year-old mother had contracted Covid and was very unwell.

But they could not tell him where she was.