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St Basils Nursing Home in Australia Convicted for COVID Outbreak

The nursing home, St Basils, has been fined $150,000 for a deadly COVID outbreak in 2020 that resulted in 45 resident deaths within a month. The facility failed to properly train staff on using personal protective equipment, leading to 45 workers also getting infected. The judge acknowledged system weaknesses but emphasized the tragic toll. The maximum fine was $1.4 million, but the sentence considered a five-year legal delay, media coverage, and recent upgrades for future outbreaks. A coroners inquest into resident deaths may now proceed.

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