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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global pandemic toll nears 100,000 + Fears for Yemen after first virus case + Major oil producers agree output cut + Male or overweight? Virus more likely to strike + Trashy fashion: lockdown style Health-virus,WRAP ROME Hundreds of millions of people around the world will spend the Easter holiday at home as lockdown measures intensify to combat the coronavirus, a pandemic with a global death toll rapidly approaching 100,000. 950 words 1530 GMT by Dmitry Zaks with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Yemen,WRAP DUBAI Yemen reports its first case of coronavirus in a southern government-controlled province, raising fears of an outbreak in the war-torn country as air strikes blamed on the Saudi-led coalition test a unilateral truce. 750 words 1500 GMT Health-virus-OPEC-oil-G20,WRAP RIYADH G20 energy ministers hold virtual talks as major oil producers seek to finalise output cuts to shore up plunging prices, with Mexico announcing a deal with the US that could end an impasse. 750 words 1430 GMT by Anuj Chopra with Benoit Pelegrin in London Health-virus-obesity-sex,FOCUS PARIS In the emergency rooms of virus hotspots around the world, medical staff are seeing a greater number of men than women suffering severe symptoms of COVID-19, with obesity emerging as another potentially aggravating factor. But experts are still unsure why. 650 words moved by Olivier Thibault Health-virus-bin-costumes-offbeat SYDNEY Staying at home all day is rubbish, so people around the world are dressing up to take the bins out and sharing photos of their outfits online to cheer up others in lockdown. 350 words moved. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-toll,FACTS PARIS The daily count of fatalities of the COVID-19 pandemic, whose official toll is hurtling towards 100,000, is a sensitive business, with data often incomplete and different methods between countries. 700 words 1500 GMT Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-Johnson LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "beginning his recovery" from COVID-19 "in very good spirits" after ending three days of intensive care treatment, as his government urges people to remain in lockdown over Easter. 600 words 1530 GMT by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Spain-ventilator,FOCUS MADRID Although the model is "quite simple", a basic ventilator designed and made in Spain is helping ease pressure on the nation's hospitals that have been overwhelmed by patients struggling to breathe. 600 words 1600 GMT by Alvaro Villalobos. Picture Health-virus-Italy-drone,FOCUS TREVIOLI, Italy The drone emits a mechanical buzz reminiscent of a wasp and shouts down instructions in a tinny voice. Italy's coronavirus epicentre is using dystopian means to take people's temperature and fine those who venture outdoors. 500 words moved by Francesco Gilioli. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy-crime ROME Criminal organisations in Italy are distributing food and ordering interest-free lending to the needy to try to extend their influence, Italian anti-mafia author Roberto Saviano warns. 500 words moved by Alexandira Sage Health-virus-Belarus,SCENE MINSK As most of Europe's population is confined to their homes, life goes on as usual in Belarus -- though residents are uneasy about the lack of precautions their authoritarian government has taken to counter the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved by Alexander Grebenkin. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-Ebola-virus-DRCongo,PROFILE KINSHASA Few generals would choose to fight a war on two fronts, against a foe that is nearly invisible and at times seems to have the terrifying ability to surface anywhere. Yet this is exactly the mission that famed Congolese virologist Jean-Jacques Muyembe has taken on, and at the age of 78. 650 words 1500 GMT by Samir Tounsi. File picture. Also moving: DRCongo-health-Ebola,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-defense-security,FOCUS WASHINGTON With an aircraft carrier sidelined and nuclear missile crews hit by COVID-19, the US military is going to lengths to assure adversaries its readiness to fight has not been weakened and warn them not to try to take advantage. 700 words 1600 GMT by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture Health-virus-US-smallbusiness-aid,FOCUS NEW YORK A week after its launch, a giant federal lending program to support American small businesses devastated by coronavirus shutdowns is still struggling to completely get off the ground. 750 words 1500 GMT by John Biers Health-virus-US-internet-crowdfunding,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO Musicians, podcasters, writers, strippers and others denied income by the coronavirus pandemic are turning to the power of online community spirit on crowd support platforms like GoFundMe to make ends meet. 650 words 1500 GMT by Glenn Chapman -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-Easter,FOCUS JERUSALEM Eggs on the table and a toy rabbit on the dresser -- with a few decorations, Palestinian Christian Sawsan Bitar attempts to salvage some normality from an Easter hit by coronavirus. 600 words moved by Claire Gounon and Hiba Aslan -- ASIA -- Health-virus-rights-internet,FOCUS HONG KONG Hundreds of people have been arrested across Asia for purportedly sharing false coronavirus information, raising freedom of expression concerns as governments seek to crackdown on "fake news". 750 words moved by Katie Forster and Spencer Feingold Pakistan-tourism-ski,FOCUS MALAM JABBA, Pakistan It survived the dark days of Taliban rule, the destruction of its main hotel and a major flood. Now, the little Pakistani ski resort of Malam Jabba is facing a new challenge from the coronavirus pandemic, just as it had hoped to showcase its revamped facilities to the world. 750 words moved by Joris Fioriti. Picture. Video -- ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-agriculture,FOCUS NEW YORK Milk dumped in fields, princely cuts of beef selling for cheap and cotton prices plummeting as looms have stopped spinning: the coronavirus pandemic is hitting American farmers hard. 700 words 1630 GMT by Juliette Michel. File picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-women-Hegerberg-health-virus,INTERVIEW MADRID Lyon striker and 2018 Ballon d'Or winner Ada Hegerberg insists women's football cannot afford to fade into the background as a result of the economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Tom Allnutt. File picture afp
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