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| - Duty Editor: James Edgar Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US tops 20,000 COVID-19 deaths + Pope to livestream Easter mass + PM Johnson's recovery progress + 'Tik Tok Doc' rocking lockdown Health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK The United States passes the grim milestone of 20,000 coronavirus deaths as huge swaths of the globe celebrate the Easter holiday weekend under lockdown at home. 900 words 0130 GMT by Laura Bonilla with Dmitry Zaks in Rome and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Easter-pope VATICAN CITY Pope Francis will break with centuries of tradition and livestream Easter Sunday mass to allow the world's 1.3 billion Catholics celebrate their holiest holiday under a coronavirus lockdown. 650 words 0200 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Health-virus-Britain-Johnson LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson is making "very good progress" in his recovery in hospital from coronavirus, officials say, but the number of deaths in Britain from the disease approaches a milestone of 10,000. 600 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. File Video. Graphic Health-US-virus-doctor,FOCUS LOS ANGELES A US doctor's dance videos posted on social media have proven just the right medicine for hundreds of thousands of people, including health care workers, who are cheering him on for lifting their spirits during the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-telemedicine,FOCUS WASHINGTON For a follow-up visit after her recent cancer surgery, Gail Rae-Garwood opted for a video consultation with her specialist, avoiding a long journey -- and potential exposure to COVID-19 in medical offices. 800 words 0130 GMT by Rob Lever Health-virus-US-lifestyle-nightlife,FOCUS NEW YORK With New York's nightlife spots closed, digital dance parties are all the rave, as DJs stream sets while revelers don their nipple pasties and disco-ball facemasks for clubs online. 700 words 0130 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video. File picture Health-virus-US-wine,FOCUS LOS ANGELES The coronavirus outbreak has proven a sobering experience for vintners across California as they try to navigate the pandemic by organizing virtual wine tastings and slashing prices to remain afloat. 600 words 0130 GMT by Laurent Banguet. Video Health-virus-US-lifestyle-cycling,FOCUS NEW YORK When America's oldest bike shop opened, the Spanish flu was ravaging New York. More than a century later, it's helping residents work and stay sane as cycling takes on a vital role during the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words 0130 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video Health-virus-Nicaragua-politics-religion,FOCUS MASATEPE, Nicaragua With no concern for social distancing, hundreds of Nicaraguans dressed in costumes converge on the southern city of Masatepe to catch and drag "Judas" through the streets. 650 words moved by Julia Rios and Blanca Morel. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Japan-labour-business,FOCUS TOKYO Some Japanese office workers are facing a small, but insurmountable hurdle to staying home under the state of emergency declared in parts of the country over the virus: personal signature stamps. 650 words 0300 GMT by Natsuko Fukue. File picture Health-virus-India,FOCUS NEW DELHI Shahjahan's family feared the worst when a New Delhi public hospital told her to leave because her bed was needed for a coronavirus unit. 700 words 0400 GMT by Aishwarya Kumar. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-US-espionage-Assange LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with one of his lawyers while holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London for much of the past decade, a report says. 500 words moved Health-virus-Russia-internet-art MOSCOW From posing shrimp to resemble Henri Matisse's "Dance" to cross-dressing and posing for Leonardo Da Vinci's "Lady with an Ermine", Russians embrace a challenge to recreate famous artworks while under lockdown. 450 words moved by Marina Lapenkova. Picture History-Holocaust-Jews-Netherlands-AnneFrank,FOCUS AMSTERDAM A lifetime ago, a Jewish girl confided in her diary as she spent two years in isolation from the outside world in a doomed attempt to escape mortal danger. Seventy-five years after her death in Belsen-Belsen concentration camp, Anne Frank's diary remains more relevant than ever. 800 words 0300 GMT by Danny Kemp. Video Romania-Bulgaria-environment-waste-crime,FOCUS FIENI, Romania Peacocks may not be the first thing visitors expect to see at a cement plant. But a factory in the Romanian town of Fieni has built a spacious aviary for the birds in a bid to convince the public of its environmental credentials. 600 words 0300 GMT by Blaise Gauquelin with Bucharest and Sofia bureaus. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Iran-economy,FOCUS TEHRAN Iran allows small businesses outside the capital to reopen, arguing the sanctions-hit economy of the country with the deadliest coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East cannot stay shut down. 700 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa,Q&A JOHANNESBURG Coronavirus has spread to 52 African countries, but despite a steady rise in the number of confirmed cases, the continent continues to lag behind the global curve for infections and deaths. 900 words by moved by Philippe Alfroy with AFP bureaus Health-virus-Morocco-women-poverty,FOCUS CASABLANCA A small van zips through the streets of Casablanca to deliver food to single mothers, as economic paralysis caused by the coronavirus crisis puts pressure on Morocco's poor. 550 words 0230 GMT by Sophie Pons. Picture -- SPORT -- fbl-virus-IND SRINAGAR, India Stranded by the coronavirus lockdown in one of the world's most militarised regions, Zambia's Aaron Katebe is one of 10 foreign footballers reduced to playing video games or training in a hotel gym in Indian-administered Kashmir. 550 words 0230 GMT by Tauseef Mustafa in Srinagar and Faisal Kamal in New Delhi. Picture afp
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