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Coronavirus: oil price collapses as demand falls further – BBC News
The price of oil has plunged further as the coronavirus pandemic leads to falls in demand around the world. In the United States some oil prices turned negative – with…
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Coronavirus: Children with autism allowed to play in Italian park – BBC News
Italy has closed its parks and public gardens to stop the spread of coronavirus. But one park in Rimini is welcoming children with autism under a booking system. Nicola Coppa…
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Coronavirus frontline: hospital staff “overwhelmed” by “onslaught of admissions” – BBC News
Hospital staff have described how they feel overwhelmed by the number of coronavirus patients they are treating, as they work under enormous pressure to save lives. They speak of the…
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Coronavirus in Latin America: How bad could it get? – BBC News
Compared to Asia, Europe and North America, the coronavirus pandemic came late to Latin America. But now the region is feeling the full effect on its already stretched healthcare systems…
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Coronavirus: US faced with protests amid pressure to reopen – BBC News
Protesters have taken to the streets in states across the US, demanding that governors reopen economies shut by the coronavirus pandemic. Rallies in Arizona, Colorado, Montana and Washington state took…
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Germany eases coronavirus restrictions on shops – BBC News
Germany has reopened small shops, car dealerships and bicycle stores, in a tentative easing of the coronavirus lockdown imposed nearly a month ago. The country has flattened the curve of…
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Fruit labourers: ‘If you don’t want to work like a slave, you’re out’ – BBC News
Spain is one of the largest producers of fruits and vegetables in the world. The southern region of Almeria is known for what the Spanish call the sea of plastic.…
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Coronavirus: “excess deaths” among ethnic minorities to be investigated – BBC News
Public Health England is to begin recording coronavirus cases and deaths by ethnicity. It comes after research suggests people from black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds are at greater…
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Coronavirus: schools to remain closed for foreseeable future – BBC News
The government has rejected suggestions that children could return to school in England in the next few weeks. The Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, declined to give a date for them…
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Coronavirus: US protests against and for lockdown restrictions – BBC News
Protesters have voiced their anger over lockdown restrictions in the US in a series of demonstrations. Measures brought in to try to stop the spread of Covid-19 have been criticised…