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To what extent have developed European countries utilized strategies that Australia utilized against Coronavirus?
Compared to Europe, Australia has had a low rate of coronavirus infections and deaths. There are a large number of differences between Australia and Europe, such as population density, the ease of ...
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Have any governments developed tracing apps that have helped with COVID-19?
The effectiveness of Australia’s COVIDSafe app, which tracks contacts between users via bluetooth technology, has been called into question, with some people going so far as to claim that it hasn’t ...
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Has any country's government concluded they need more decentralization to fight Covid-19 or future pandemics?
Somewhat predictably, China has blamed their initial problems in responding to Covid-19 to decentralization and poor decisions from regional authorities:
The rare admission, from Director of China's ...
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Are there other trackers/indexes of governments' response to Covid-19, beside OxCGRT?
OxCGRT has received a bit of press coverage (e.g. by the Indian press, which in particular highlighted that India got a "100" rating.) The project itself is more cautious in its description:
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Have the police forces in other countries besides India dressed in coronavirus costumes as an awareness campaign?
CNN etc. have pictures of Indian police forces in coronavirus costumes, as part of an awareness campaign
Have other countries used similar in-person costumes for awareness campaigns?
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Are there Covid-19 death maps locally adjusted for population density?
As a first motivating example, according to an Oxford CEBM map [even] Sweden has more deaths per capita from Covid-19 (217 deaths/mil.pop.) than the US as a whole (166 deaths/mil.p.) On top of that, ...
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Is the UK reporting (extra) deaths in care homes now as related to Covid-19?
After some scandals, e.g. France started to report some deaths in "ESMS" (which includes nursing homes) as probably being related to Covid-19.
[Reuters, Apr. 4]
Following criticism about ...
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What did the US CDC say about COVID-19 human-to-human transmission between Jan 14 and 21?
From (answers to) a related question, the WHO had mostly changed their public stance on the human-to-human transmission of COVID-19 after Jan 22, while giving mostly "negative signals" on this matter ...
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Have non-health government officials in Western countries (besides the US) publicly pushed for specific medications for Covid-19 contra PH officials?
There has been some level disagreement publicly aired in the US between Trump/Navarro and Fauci on the use of hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19.
The president and his allies, however, have continued to ...
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Are any countries besides China planning to use "Fangcang" hospitals to relocate those infected/suspected of Covid-19, but who have a mild illness?
Somewhat controversially, China has had temporarily relocated those infected with Covid-19 in the Wuhan area to so-called Fangcang hospitals, large communal areas transformed into make-shift hospitals....
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How does Italy compare to NY in terms of COVID-19 testing, per capita?
It's been reported today (April 4) that
New York state has recorded 630 more coronavirus deaths, another daily record that takes its [death] toll to 3,565.
Most deaths have been in New York City. The ...
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Why has COVID-19 affected less people in India than in the USA? [closed]
Both countries have declared a lockdown. So what went wrong in the USA?
Why has COVID-19 affected less people in India that in the USA?
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How much do the Italian and Chinese COVID-19 lock-down measures resemble each other?
I have the impression that Italy has adopted some if not all the "Chinese playbook" on COVID-19, including a large scale lock-down. That may well be justified given that the number of new cases ...