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Five things you need to know
Eight people have been killed after a shooting at two spas and a massage parlour in the Atlanta area. A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the killings.
8 people were killed in 3 shooting scenes — a massage parlor and two spas — in two Georgia counties on Tuesday, officials said. https://t.co/83phltdHK9
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 17, 2021
Health institute Fiocruz has said Brazil is experiencing a historic collapse of its health system. COVID-19 units across the country are close to maximum capacity, Fiocruz explained. It comes as Brazil reported its highest ever death total over 24 hours, with 2,841 dying with the disease.
The biggest sanitary and health system collapse in the history of the country, that is how #fiocruz researchers are saying is the moment of the pandemic in Brazil.
— Fiocruz in English (@fiocruz_en) March 17, 2021
The video shows #COVID19 ICU occupancy rates for adults in the Brazilian Public Health System. pic.twitter.com/c4Hhmwteut
EU officials have said a vaccine passport should be given to citizens who have been inoculated against COVID-19. The digital document would enable the holder to travel around the bloc, the European Commission said.
🔴 BREAKING - EU proposes plan for Covid-19 travel certificates https://t.co/0oIAUQrkV1 pic.twitter.com/vg1rdNkYdD
— FRANCE 24 – Breaking (@BreakingF24) March 17, 2021
An American teenager has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment after he admitted hacking high-profile Twitter accounts as part of a Bitcoin scam. Last summer, Graham Ivan Clark, who was 17 at the time, took control of accounts belonging to a host of celebrities and organizations – including Elon Musk, Apple and Bill Gates – and used them to send out requests for Bitcoins.
18-year-old hacker get 3 years in jail for masterminding the last year's massive #Twitter hack.
— The Hacker News (@TheHackersNews) March 17, 2021
Read: https://t.co/n9GxnZnSrJ
The attack involved hijacking several high-profile accounts—including of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Gates—to push a widespread #cryptocurrency scam.
A US airline is under fire after a woman said her autistic four-year-old son was told to get off a flight because he wouldn't wear a mask. The airline is accused of refusing to acknowledge the boy's autism as justification for not putting on a mask. The mother said her son holds his breath when forced to wear a mask, and had a medical note explaining his condition.
Spirit Airlines kicks four-year-old boy with autism off flight for not wearing mask https://t.co/DDzD7hBZsR
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 16, 2021
