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COVID-19: Car industry issues plea as 'pingdemic' and chip shortages drive production down

The car industry has joined calls for the government to bring forward the date for exempting fully vaccinated adults from coronavirus self-isolation rules following a slump in production, partly blamed on the so-called "pingdemic".