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Your Hourly COVID-19 News Feed - Drill Down by Source: All BBC Hacker News
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| 2020-12-30 |
Apple removes app promoting private parties in pandemic US platform Vybe Together advertised "gatherings every weekend" to its thousands of users. |
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| 2020-12-30 |
China jails activists who fled Hong Kong by boat for up to three years The pro-democracy youngsters were caught at sea as they tried to escape by speedboat to Taiwan. |
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| 2020-12-30 |
Luke Letlow: Newly-elected US lawmaker, 41, dies from Covid Luke Letlow, 41, was due to be sworn in as a Republican Representative for Louisiana on Sunday. |
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| 2020-12-30 |
Covid: Sydney announces new restrictions ahead of New Year The Australian city is battling a worsening outbreak after months of next to no cases. |
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| 2020-12-30 |
China Covid-19: Nearly 500,000 in Wuhan may have had virus, says study The study by Chinese officials suggests there were more positive cases in Wuhan than official figures suggest. |
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| 2020-12-30 |
Covid-19: US reports first known case of highly-infectious variant The discovery in Colorado comes as US president-elect Joe Biden calls for vaccinations to be ramped up. |
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| 2020-12-30 |
Quarantine meals: The 2020 food trend no-one predicted Across the world, people in quarantine facilities were treated to some weird and wonderful combinations. |
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| 2020-12-30 |
2020 and me: 'We need to learn life lessons from this' Mahnaz Rehman lost her husband during lockdown in Karachi, Pakistan. |
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| 2020-12-29 |
Algerian President Tebboune returns after Covid treatment in Germany Abdelmadjid Tebboune had been receiving coronavirus treatment in Germany for two months. |
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| 2020-12-29 |
Coronavirus: 'No liquor in teapots', South Africa's restaurants warned Alcohol sales have been banned in South Africa to prevent "reckless behaviour" amid a Covid spike. |
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| 2020-12-29 |
Russia police arrest Covid-denying priest Father Sergiy Father Sergiy seized control of a women's monastery in the Urals in June and refused to leave. |
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| 2020-12-29 |
Russian Covid deaths three times the official toll The country's deputy prime minister reveals more than 80% of excess deaths are linked to coronavirus. |
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| 2020-12-29 |
Covid: Sydney beach party sparks backpacker deportation threat The Christmas gathering of revellers, many thought to be British, has prompted calls for deportations. |
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| 2020-12-29 |
Covid: US House votes to boost stimulus package payments The chamber backs President Trump's call for $2,000 payments but the move could stall in the Senate. |
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| 2020-12-29 |
India migrants: The tragedy of the tuk-tuk driver who fled Covid Rajan Yadav is one of millions of migrant workers whose lives were destroyed by India's lockdown. |
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| 2020-12-29 |
Coronavirus: Spain to keep registry of those who refuse Covid vaccine Vaccination will not be mandatory, officials say, and the register will not be made public. |
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| 2020-12-29 |
China Covid-19: How state media and censorship took on coronavirus We look back at how China's propaganda and censorship machine responded during a particularly dramatic year. |
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| 2020-12-29 |
When Greta Thunberg met Margaret Atwood... on Zoom The teenage climate activist and veteran author and environmentalist were brought together by Radio 4's Today Programme. |
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| 2020-12-29 |
Covid in prison: 'We should be treated like humans' Reports suggest one-in-five prisoners have tested positive for Covid in the US, and 1,700 have died. |
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| 2020-12-28 |
Dwayne Haskins: Washington quarterback released following Covid-19 breach Washington have released quarterback Dwayne Haskins following his breach of coronavirus protocols. |
