Unlike in the US, Austrlian families are, luckily, beginning to be able to reunite. In many states, restrictions are loosening and, after a short separation, we can invite our loved ones back into our homes again.
In America, the heights of the danger of Coronavirus not behind them. Many people are still living in absolute lockdown, unable to leave their homes outside of the strictest of cirsumstaces.
People have been separated from their families for months - in many cases both due to shelter in place orders, and to prevent the exposure of older people to the virus.
This means that, sadly, a lot of grandparents have been unable to internact with their grandchildren for months at a time. Of course, there are video chat apps like Zoom