How COVID-19 Could Drive Improvements in Care Facilities (Part I)
In this first installment we assess the centrality of care facilities to the COVID-19 pandemic and outline the infection risks for residents and workers.
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Read more: COVID-19 and Organ Transplantation COVID-19 and Organ Transplantation
A banner year for organ transplantation in the United States became a tattered memory by April 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
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Read more: Rights Restrictions and Securitization of Health in Israel During COVID-19 Rights Restrictions and Securitization of Health in Israel During COVID-19
Beyond specific violations of rights, it is important to note that the executive used the COVID-19 crisis to limit the work of other branches of government.
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Read more: The Canadian Response to COVID-19 The Canadian Response to COVID-19
Like many other countries, different levels of government in Canada have adopted a wide range of measures in response to COVID-19.
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Read more: COVID-19 in France: Health as a Constitutional Value and Limitations on Civil Liberties COVID-19 in France: Health as a Constitutional Value and Limitations on Civil Liberties
A state of sanitary emergency was declared for two months in order to allow the authorities “to deal with the major health threat” posed by COVID-19.
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Read more: Why Government Information Isn’t Curing the ‘Infodemic’ Why Government Information Isn’t Curing the ‘Infodemic’
Coronavirus misinformation is beating truth to the punch. This “infodemic” anchors readers to its core messages and makes dislodging falsehoods difficult.
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Read more: How Denmark’s Epidemic Act Was Amended to Respond to COVID-19 How Denmark’s Epidemic Act Was Amended to Respond to COVID-19
With the amendment, power that had previously belonged to regional commissions was transferred and centralized to the Health Minister.
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Read more: COVID-19, the Netherlands, and Human Rights: A Balancing Act COVID-19, the Netherlands, and Human Rights: A Balancing Act
On March 16th, Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced a range of measures aimed at “maximum control,” but not “maximum containment” of the virus.
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Read more: New Zealand’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic New Zealand’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
As of May 22nd, new infections have reduced to a trickle – there are often zero new cases per day, after weeks of being in the single digits.
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Read more: Restrictions on Liberty in the United Kingdom During COVID-19 Restrictions on Liberty in the United Kingdom During COVID-19
The measures taken in the U.K. to respond to the pandemic have been described as “almost certainly the most severe restrictions on liberty ever imposed.”
