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As Omicron moves in, Australia is facing a predictable tragedy in aged care
Today, there are tens of thousands of elderly people sitting alone in their bedrooms in nursing homes — some with COVID, more being tested, others stuck there because of management's well-founded fears.
For many, it’s the second year in a row in which they have spent the Christmas and New Year period isolated from family and friends after much of the previous two years in lockdown for those in Victoria and NSW.
- Anne Connolly
- ABC News
For some, it will be their last year on earth…