Deciding how to allocate scarce medical resources
Medical staff, wearing protective suits and face masks, prepare material for medical consultations at an emergency COVID-19 center near Paris as the spread of the coronavirus continues in France, March 26, 2020.
With masks and ventilators in short supply, how health care providers around the world deciding to allocate scarce resources? And, Moscow residents got a four-hour notice Sunday before the city went under a sweeping quarantine. The order from the mayor of Moscow came just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a week-long, paid, stay-at-home holiday. Also, the new Social Distancing Festival was created as an online space for artists to showcase their work if a performance or exhibition has been impacted by COVID-19.
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