December 31, 2020

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The Report

Measuring government performance

BARCELONA, SPAIN - JUNE 03: Hospital patient Isidre Correa is taken to the seaside by intensive health care staff outside the Hospital del Mar on June 03, 2020 in Barcelona, Spain. Mr Correa was taken into Intensive Care on April 14 after his coronavirus infection worsened while he had been in hospital since April 9. Today he will leave the ICU to follow his recovery at the hospital. Hospital del Mar is taking recovering COVID-19 patients from the ICU to the seaside as part of their recovering process aiming to humanize its Intensive Care Units. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

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