The grim road to 10,000 Covid deaths in Australia

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On Sunday Australia recorded its 10,000 Covid death since the virus emerged. In 2022 alone, there have been more than four times as many deaths as the previous two years combined.

Jane Lee speaks to medical editor Melissa Davey about how Australia got to this point and what the numbers tell us, and Liz Beardon, who lost both her parents to Covid

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