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Your Hourly COVID-19 News Feed - Drill Down by Source: All BBC Hacker News
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| 2020-12-12 |
Carol Sutton: Steel Magnolias actress dies from Covid-19 The veteran actress appeared on stage and in films including Steel Magnolias and The Help. |
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| 2020-12-12 |
Covid pandemic: South Korea sees record rise in daily cases The country has been praised as a model of how to deal with coronavirus but cases have surged. |
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| 2020-12-12 |
China Covid: Infected woman defends herself after public shaming A 20-year-old who was rounded on by Chinese internet trolls has spoken out. |
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| 2020-12-11 |
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: UN 'alarmed' by treatment of Eritrean refugees There are "overwhelming" reports of Eritrean refugees in Tigray being killed or abducted, the UN says. |
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| 2020-12-11 |
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Four aid workers killed Four aid workers were killed last month during fighting in the Tigray region, aid agencies say. |
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| 2020-12-11 |
Covid: Record deaths in Germany and Russia Germany is facing calls for a second lockdown before Christmas. |
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| 2020-12-11 |
Covid: Trials to test combination of Oxford and Sputnik vaccines The aim is to see whether mixing two vaccines could improve protection against Covid-19. |
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| 2020-12-11 |
Covid: Australian vaccine abandoned over false HIV response Trials of the Australian vaccine returned false-positive HIV tests, but did not harm participants. |
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| 2020-12-11 |
Covid: China asks cabin crew to wear nappies to reduce virus risk New coronavirus guidelines recommend cabin crew use disposable diapers and avoid the toilet. |
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| 2020-12-11 |
Climate change: Covid drives record emissions drop in 2020 The world has seen the biggest annual fall in CO2 emissions since World War Two, say researchers. |
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| 2020-12-11 |
Plexiglass, sanitiser and masks: US mall Santas prepare for Christmas Malls that have hosted visits with Santa for over 100 years are being forced to change their approach. |
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| 2020-12-11 |
EU breaks deadlock over €1.8tn budget and Covid-recovery fund A compromise was reached with Hungary and Poland who had threatened a veto over the rule-of-law clause. |
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| 2020-12-10 |
Covid vaccine: US experts recommend Pfizer vaccine approval A panel of advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration deem the vaccine safe and effective. |
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| 2020-12-10 |
Coronavirus: Trump hosts Hanukkah events as Covid-19 deaths soar The White House events were held as coronavirus-related fatalities rose to 3,053 - a record daily US high. |
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| 2020-12-10 |
Covid-19: France moves to night-time curfew from 15 December A stay-at-home rule will still end on 15 December, but the new curfew will begin - and include New Year's Eve. |
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| 2020-12-10 |
TV Host Ellen DeGeneres tests positive for Covid-19 Production on her popular programme, the Ellen DeGeneres Show, will be suspended until January. |
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| 2020-12-10 |
Investors mob Airbnb listing giving it $100bn value The firm's flotation is the biggest of the year in the US - despite the troubles it faces from the pandemic. |
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| 2020-12-10 |
Britons could be barred from EU entry on 1 January EU pandemic rules and Brexit may restrict travellers from entering the European Union. |
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| 2020-12-10 |
Albanian protesters burn Christmas trees over police killing Protesters are angry after a man was allegedly killed by police for breaking a coronavirus curfew. |
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| 2020-12-10 |
US Covid vaccine: Three key questions answered How will Americans receive the vaccine? Will it be free? And will enough people take it? |
