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

‘The last two years were absolutely tragic.’ Merilyn Saunders, a Melbourne grandmother who died alone after contracting Covid in her aged care facility. Photograph: Supplied by family

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.