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Idaho hospitals rationing health care amid COVID-19 surge

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BOISE, Idaho - Idaho public health leaders announced Tuesday that they activated "crisis standards of care" allowing health care rationing for the state's northern hospitals because there are more coronavirus patients than the institutions can handle.The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare quietly enacted the move Monday and publicly announced it in a statement Tuesday morning — warning residents that they may not get the care they would normally expect if they need to be hospitalized.The move came as the state's confirmed coronavirus cases skyrocketed in recent weeks.

Idaho has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S.The state health agency cited "a severe shortage of staffing and available beds in the northern area of the state.

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