LI vic’s family suing China

When Richard Guasto (above) died of complications from the coronavirus after his stay at a Long Island rehab facility last month, his grief-stricken family blamed China — and now they’re suing the country.

“It’s just not fair,” said Guasto’s son, Richard Jr. “He was a relatively young man. This should not have happened to him.”

The elder Guasto, who owned a West Babylon cleaning company, was 58 years old and in good health in March when he entered a Hempstead nursing home that doubled as a rehab facility to recuperate from a fractured pelvis and ankle suffered in a car accident, his son said.

But the family suspects the facility, which they refused to name, was riddled with the virus.

Shortly after he was admitted, Guasto suffered severe respiratory issues and was transferred to a local hospital where he tested positive for COVID-19, his son told The Post. He died on April 15. Guasto Jr. is now one of 15,000 plaintiffs suing the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party in a Florida federal court for wrongful death.

The complaint accuses them of an “intentional, deliberate and reckless coverup” of the outbreak, which originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

The lawsuit, one of two classactions filed by the Berman Law Group, is seeking trillions of dollars in compensation for virus victims and their families.

Guasto Jr. hopes the suit will bring his family “a sense of closure and some justice.”