Austrian Woman Found Guilty of Fatally Infecting Neighbor with COVID-19

The 54-year-old received a four-month suspended sentence and a fine for the 2021 incident involving a cancer patient.

The woman was convicted of grossly negligent homicide after transmitting COVID-19 to her neighbor, who later died of pneumonia.
An expert testified that viral DNA showed with 'almost 100 percent' certainty that the defendant was the source of the infection.
The incident occurred on December 21, 2021, when the two neighbors allegedly met in a stairwell, although the defendant denied this.
This is the second COVID-related conviction for the woman, who received a three-month suspended sentence last year for another offense.
The judge expressed sympathy but emphasized the expert's conclusive evidence linking the woman to the fatal infection.