FILE - In this April 8, 2020 file photo, a COVID-19 patient under treatment in the intensive care unit lies on a bed at the Circolo hospital, in Varese, Italy. Italy is poised to reclaim the dishonor of reporting the most coronavirus deaths in Europe, as the second surge ravages the country’s disproportionately old population and exposes how public health shortfalls and delayed restrictions compounded a lack of preparedness going into the pandemic. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)

FILE - In this April 8, 2020 file photo, a COVID-19 patient under treatment in the intensive care unit lies on a bed at the Circolo hospital, in Varese, Italy. Italy is poised to reclaim the dishonor of reporting the most coronavirus deaths in Europe, as the second surge ravages the country’s disproportionately old population and exposes how public health shortfalls and delayed restrictions compounded a lack of preparedness going into the pandemic. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)

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