A 54-year-old woman in Austria was sentenced to four months' suspended imprisonment and fined €800 for grossly negligent homicide after fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19 in December 2021. The victim, a cancer patient, died of pneumonia caused by the virus, and expert analysis confirmed a near 100% match of the virus DNA between the woman and the deceased. The court heard that the defendant had contact with the victim despite knowing she was infected, which she denied, claiming she believed she had bronchitis instead. This conviction marks her second pandemic-related offense within a year, having previously received a three-month suspended sentence for intentionally endangering others. The judge expressed sympathy but noted the strong evidence linking her to the transmission of the virus. The ruling is not yet final as the case is still subject to appeal under Austrian law.