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In this March 17, 2020 file photo, Ashley Layton, an LPN at St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center, communicates with a person before taking swab sample at a special outdoor drive-thru screening station for COVID-19 in Meridian, Idaho. Idaho public health officials have activated crisis standards of care for much of southern Idaho, citing major staffing and blood supply shortages. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare activated the crisis standards for the southwest, central and south central health districts, which encompass 18 counties including the Boise, Nampa and Twin Falls metro regions. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP, file)/

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Crisis standards activated for southern Idaho health systems
January 24, 2022 12:35 p.m.

Crisis standards activated for southern Idaho health systems

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