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New tool predicts risk of COVID hospitalization, death – The Jakarta Post – Jakarta Post
The five percent of people in Britain predicted by a new tool to be at highest risk from COVID-19 accounted for three-quarters of deaths during the first wave of…
The five percent of people in Britain predicted by a new tool to be at highest risk from COVID-19 accounted for three-quarters of deaths during the first wave of the pandemic, researchers reported Wednesday.
As countries worldwide grapple with a second wave of disease, the risk-assessment method — which also predicts the chances of hospitalization — could help identify the small percentage of the population most in need of being shielded from the virus, they reported in BMJ, a medical journal.
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