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Your Hourly COVID-19 News Feed - Drill Down by Source: All BBC Hacker News
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2020-07-05 |
Coronavirus: Mexico's death toll passes 30,000 The country now has the world's fifth-highest number of Covid-19 deaths, more than France. |
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2020-07-05 |
Coronavirus funerals: Sri Lanka's Muslims decry forced cremation Sri Lankan authorities insist on cremation for coronavirus victims. Some Muslims says its discrimination. |
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2020-07-05 |
Dominican Republic votes in election postponed over virus One of the top candidates for the presidency has recovered from Covid-19. |
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2020-07-04 |
Turkish TV: Dramas become a global streaming success Online streaming is one of the few industries to enjoy a boom out of lockdown restrictions, and Turkish TV dramas have found great success, reaching audiences all over the world. |
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2020-07-04 |
Coronavirus: Why Singapore turned to wearable contact-tracing tech The TraceTogether Token is designed to make an app more effective, but worries privacy campaigners. |
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2020-07-04 |
Coronavirus clouds US 4 July Independence Day events Beaches are closed and fireworks cancelled as the US scales back 4 July amid surging Covid cases. |
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2020-07-04 |
Coronavirus Spain: Catalonia locks down area of 210,000 people The Spanish region re-imposes restrictions on an area west of Barcelona after a surge in infections. |
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2020-07-04 |
Coronavirus: Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica reopens to key workers Access to the structure is initially given only to those who helped fight coronavirus in the city. |
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2020-07-04 |
Coronavirus Australia: Melbourne locks down tower blocks as cases rise Nine housing estate blocks in the Australian city are locked down amid a “new phase of the pandemic”. |
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2020-07-04 |
Coronavirus: UK government's quarantine-free list 'absurd' Portuguese leaders say the country's exclusion from a list drawn up by the UK government is "absurd". |
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2020-07-04 |
Coronavirus: Waiting for tourists on Spain's Costa del Sol Resorts on Spain's southern coast are hoping for tourists to save their summer. |
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2020-07-04 |
Coronavirus: Face mask exemption cards and other US claims fact-checked As the debate over wearing face masks intensifies, fake exemption cards have gone on sale. |
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2020-07-04 |
Coronavirus: What makes a gathering a ‘superspreader’ event? How can a two-hour choir practice lead to 53 Covid-19 infections? We ask an expert. |
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2020-07-03 |
Coronavirus: Japan's mysteriously low virus death rate Japan had no lockdown, it has an elderly population - so why haven't more people died from Covid-19? |
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2020-07-03 |
Mount Rushmore: Trump to host 4 July event despite virus concerns The president promises a tremendous 3 July, but critics fear the event is risky as virus cases rise. |
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2020-07-03 |
Coronavirus: Yo! Sushi adapts conveyor belt system As Yo! Sushi prepares to reopen some restaurants in England, it has had to adapt its conveyor belt system. |
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2020-07-03 |
Coronavirus: Air France set to cut more than 7,500 jobs Air France-KLM plans thousands of job cuts at its French arm as the air industry reels from the pandemic. |
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2020-07-03 |
Coronavirus: Brazil's Bolsonaro waters down law requiring face masks Brazil's president vetoes articles making masks obligatory in shops, churches and schools. |
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2020-07-03 |
Edouard Philippe: France's former PM faces probe into Covid-19 response Hours after Philippe's resignation, an inquiry is launched into the government's handling of Covid-19. |
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2020-07-03 |
Coronavirus-denying Father Sergiy expelled by Russian Church Father Sergiy is refusing to leave a convent near Yekaterinburg after seizing it with armed guards. |