Angry relatives detail Newmarch flaws

Newmarch House nurses were lax in enforcing coronavirus isolation rules, an inquest has been told. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Nurses were lax in enforcing isolation rules and left concerned families in the dark during a COVID-19 outbreak at Newmarch House early in the pandemic, a coroner has heard.

Nineteen residents died at the western Sydney aged care home in April and May 2020 amidst what, at the time, was one of the biggest outbreaks of the pandemic.