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Your Hourly COVID-19 News Feed - Drill Down by Source: All BBC Hacker News
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2021-01-18 |
Chip-shortage 'crisis' halts car-company output A shortage of computer chips is leading to car factories shutting down for days at a time. |
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2021-01-18 |
Ethiopia Tigray crisis: Fear of mass starvation Conflict in the Ethiopia region has created a "dire" situation, an official said in leaked notes. |
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2021-01-18 |
Australian Open 2021: 'No special treatment' for tennis players in Melbourne Tennis players living under strict quarantine rules before the Australian Open will get "no special treatment", says Victorian premier Daniel Andrews. |
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2021-01-18 |
Aditya Singh: Man found 'living in airport for three months' over Covid fears Aditya Singh was reportedly afraid to fly due to Covid-19, so lived in Chicago's O'Hare airport. |
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2021-01-18 |
Australia unlikely to fully reopen border in 2021, says top official The border closure is likely to remain even with widespread vaccinations, a top official says. |
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2021-01-18 |
Covid-19: China's economy grows in fourth quarter, bucking global trend China's economy grew at 2.3% for the year, making it the only major economy to see growth last year. |
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2021-01-18 |
Covid: Brazil approves and rolls out AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines A nurse receives the first jab, after months of delay and political discord over the programme. |
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2021-01-18 |
Yemen: The doctor alone in a Covid-ravaged hospital As war-torn Yemen braces itself for a second wave of Covid-19, one doctor tells her story of battling the pandemic alone after her colleagues fled. |
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2021-01-18 |
A wristband that tells your boss if you are unhappy Technology to help our mental wellbeing has grown in popularity during the coronavirus lockdowns. |
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2021-01-18 |
Covid-19: The road back to Wuhan The BBC's Stephen McDonell visits Wuhan ahead of the anniversary of the world's first Covid-19 lockdown. |
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2021-01-17 |
Covid-19: Australian Open competitors practice in isolation hotels Some competitors must stay in their hotel rooms, following positive Covid cases on inbound flights. |
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2021-01-17 |
Covid: Australian Open players frustrated by hotel isolation Dozens of top players are confined to hotel rooms for 14 days, throwing their training into disarray. |
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2021-01-17 |
Airline industry needs up to another $80bn to survive pandemic The world's airlines need another $70-$80bn of government aid to get through the pandemic, the industry says. |
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2021-01-17 |
Avenue Beat: How do the F2020 singers avoid becoming a one-hit wonder? Avenue Beat scored a breakout hit with the pandemic anthem F2020. So what do they do next? |
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2021-01-16 |
Covid-19: France begins 6pm curfew Prime Minister Jean Castex said the measures would be in place for at least 15 days. |
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2021-01-16 |
Covid: UK variant could drive 'rapid growth' in US cases, CDC warns Health officials warn the highly contagious UK Covid variant could become the dominant strain by March. |
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2021-01-16 |
India to begin first round of massive Covid vaccination programme Health and frontline workers are first in line for jabs at vaccination centres across the country. |
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2021-01-15 |
Covid in California: The state is struggling to contain the virus California's poor residents are among those hardest hit by the pandemic. |
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2021-01-15 |
Coronavirus: EU anger over reduced Pfizer vaccine deliveries Many EU countries are receiving significantly fewer doses due to a change in manufacturing processes. |
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2021-01-15 |
German sports doctor jailed over blood doping scandal Mark Schmidt masterminded an international doping ring exposed by police in "Operation Aderlass". |