Switzerland’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The main regulatory avenue that Switzerland’s Federal Council has used in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been federal orders.
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How much additional funding would it actually take to enable the health care system to continue functioning at close to normal capacity?
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Nowhere has a democratic country witnessed such frontal and public quarrel within its own government as in Brazil.
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The trust-based Swedish approach to the Corona-crisis — relatively moderate compared to most other countries — has been both hailed and heavily criticized.
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Read more: Legal Tools Used in China in the COVID-19 Emergency Legal Tools Used in China in the COVID-19 Emergency
A common feature in emergency times around the world is that more powers are employed by the government and individual rights are curtailed.
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Read more: Anti-COVID Measures Restricting Civil Liberties in Italy: Issues of Legality and Legitimacy Anti-COVID Measures Restricting Civil Liberties in Italy: Issues of Legality and Legitimacy
Since March 2020, people in Italy have experienced human rights restrictions that are unprecedented in the country’s republican history.
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Read more: Framing the Digital Symposium – Global Responses to COVID-19: Rights, Democracy, and the Law Framing the Digital Symposium – Global Responses to COVID-19: Rights, Democracy, and the Law
This digital symposium presents a pointillist portrait of the spectrum of rights-related measures adopted to stop the spread of COVID-19 around the world.
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Read more: Hospital Administration and the COVID-19 Pandemic (Part II) Hospital Administration and the COVID-19 Pandemic (Part II)
A discussion of administrative decisions hospitals are making during the COVID-19 pandemic, including cutting benefits for employees and furloughing staff.
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Read more: Access to Drugs Before FDA Approval: Video Explainer with Christopher Robertson Access to Drugs Before FDA Approval: Video Explainer with Christopher Robertson
In this video explainer, Christopher Robertson discusses the Right to Try Act and off-label use of pharmaceuticals with Alison Bateman-House.
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Read more: When and How to Resume Non-Urgent Care During COVID-19 When and How to Resume Non-Urgent Care During COVID-19
The question must be: can we accommodate non-emergent/non-urgent care safely or not, and if yes, which care do we address first as we re-open?
