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REGGIO EMILIA LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY

“ It ’ s all about making existing technology configurable and flexible and if this technology is used properly it gives me hope for the evolution of health ”

MARCO FORACCHIA CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER , REGGIO EMILIA LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
FALLOUT OF THE PANDEMIC

DID YOU KNOW ...

The COVID-19 pandemic claimed a total of 123,282 lives in Italy ( as of May 11 , 2021 ) with the peak of 993 deaths recorded on the single day of December 3 , 2020 .
The region with the highest number of deaths was Lombardy , which is also the region that registered the highest number of coronavirus cases and was the epicenter of the outbreak in the country . This lies only 220km from Emilia-Romagna Region .
Italy ' s death toll was one of the worst in the world . However , the country has started to see light at the end of the tunnel with the vaccination program which Reggio Emilia Local Health Authority is now rolling out to protect its one million population .
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