id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-266835-vfandmy4 Usuelli, Michele The Lombardy region of Italy launches the first investigative COVID-19 commission 2020-10-15 .txt text/plain 1002 56 57 title: The Lombardy region of Italy launches the first investigative COVID-19 commission Because different political parties represent the national government and the regional government of Lombardy, initial cooperation shifted quickly towards reciprocal blaming as the pandemic led to increased panic. 2 For example, while the ministry of health suggested that all symptomatic patients in emergency rooms be tested, Lombardy's Welfare Regional Director, in official communication about COVID-19 hospital management, asked that only those patients with severe symptoms and requiring admission be tested, and that all other patients be sent home without being tested. The Regional Council of Lombardy has now formed a COVID-19 investigative commission within the regional assembly to analyse the sequence of events and the specific choices that led to so many infections and deaths in a region with an extremely high standard of health care. ./cache/cord-266835-vfandmy4.txt ./txt/cord-266835-vfandmy4.txt