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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Global coronavirus deaths top 100,000 + Big oil producers agree to cut output + Yemen registers first virus infection + Coronavirus worse for men, overweight + Trashy fashion for taking out garbage Health-virus,WRAP ROME The global coronavirus death toll tops 100,000 as Easter celebrations around the world kick off in near-empty churches with billions of people stuck indoors to halt the pandemic's deadly worldwide march. 1,000 words 1930 GMT by Dmitry Zaks, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-OPEC-oil-G20,WRAP RIYADH G20 energy ministers hold virtual talks as major oil producers scramble to finalise output cuts to shore up prices, with Mexico announcing a deal with the US that could end an impasse. 800 words 2000 GMT by Anuj Chopra with Benoit Pelegrin in London 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. 800 words moved 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 -- AMERICAS -- US-health-virus-NewYork,Q&A NEW YORK New York has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any country and accounts for around half of all deaths in the United States. Why was it so badly hit and could it have done anything differently? 650 words 2130 GMT by Catherine Triomphe. Picture Health-virus-testing,FOCUS WASHINGTON As COVID-19 tests become more widely available across the US, including this week at pharmacies, scientists have warned about a growing concern: Many people with negative results might actually have the virus. 600 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-US-IT-Google-Apple,2ndlead SAN FRANCISCO Google and Apple unveil a joint initiative to develop tools to use smartphone location to track the spread of the coronavirus and alert people when they have crossed paths with an infected person 500 words 2000 GMT by Glenn Chapman Health-virus-US-defense-security,FOCUS WASHINGTON With an aircraft carrier forced into port and staff at bases handling nuclear missiles hit by COVID-19, the US military wants rivals to understand: don't test us, we have not been weakened. 700 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture 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. 700 words moved by Glenn Chapman -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy,lead ROME Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte refuses to bow to business pressure and extends the Mediterranean country's economically-crippling lockdown until May 3. 550 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Italy-drone,FOCUS Health-virus-Italy-food,PHOTOESSAY Health-virus-Britain-Johnson LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson is able to walk in hospital some 24 hours after leaving intensive care treatment for COVID-19, as Britain recorded nearly 1,000 daily deaths from the virus for the first time. 700 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Spain-ventilator,FOCUS MADRID The model is "quite simple", a basic ventilator designed and made in Spain, but it is helping ease pressure on the nation's hospitals that have been overwhelmed by patients struggling to breathe. 600 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos. Picture Health-virus-Italy-drone,FOCUS TREVIOLO, 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 Alexandria Sage Health-virus-Belarus,SCENE MINSK As most people in Europe are confined to their homes, life goes on as usual in Belarus where even football is continuing -- though fears are growing over the leader's contentious response to COVID-19. 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 Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe has taken upon himself, and at the age of 78. 700 words moved by Samir Tounsi. File picture. Also moving: DRCongo-health-Ebola,FACTS -- 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 -- ECONOMY -- Health-virus-economy-recession,FOCUS WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic has hit like a worldwide hurricane, shutting activity in most economies simultaneously, but some forecasters are more optimistic about the prospects for recovery once the worst has passed. 550 words 2100 GMT by Heather Scott. File picture 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 2000 GMT by Juliette Michel. File picture Health-virus-US-smallbusiness-aid,FOCUS NEW YORK A week after its launch, a giant federal lending program to support small businesses devastated by coronavirus shutdowns is still struggling to completely get off the ground. 750 words moved by John Biers afp
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