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Italy’s Covid-hit Lombardy to use algorithm to decide who gets vaccine first – ET HealthWorld

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Italy’s Covid-hit Lombardy to use algorithm to decide who gets vaccine first – ET HealthWorld

Milan: Lombardy, the Italian region worst-hit by Covid-19, is going to adopt an algorithm devised by scientists to help get its faltering vaccination drive back on track by deciding who should get the jab first. A team at Milan’s Bicocca University developed the algorithm to put an end to regional disparities in vaccination policy, cutting … Read more

‘No end in sight’: Inside Covid-hit rural America

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‘No end in sight’: Inside Covid-hit rural America

Health workers at a 14-bed hospital in North Dakota are struggling to keep friends’ family members alive, as rates of new Covid-19 infections soar in the US heartland’s tight-knit communities. Small towns like Grafton – with a population of around 4,000 – are especially vulnerable to a surge in critically ill patients, as local hospitals have … Read more