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| - Features Editors: Paris: Kate Millar +33 1 4041 4636 Hong Kong: Liz Thomas +852 2829 6211 Twitter: @AFPfeature We are offering the following items on the new coronavirus, which was first detected three months ago: + Coronavirus: three months of global upheaval + The veil begins to lift on coronavirus + Pain, solitude, fear: stories of surviving COVID-19 + Coronavirus: a three-month timeline Health-virus-world-pandemic,FACTS PARIS In the three months since China first came across a new coronavirus, the world has been plunged into turmoil. A pandemic has been declared, schools and shops from New York to New Delhi shuttered, and half the global population confined in some form, while governments have scrambled to announce massive aid packages amid recession fears. 1,300 words by Pascale Juilliard Health-virus,Q&A PARIS Just three months ago, few people even knew the word "coronavirus" but as the disease continues to spread across the globe, it has become a watchword for the daily life of billions. Here are some of the questions that have been raised since coronavirus became headline news. 1,200 words by Paul Ricard Health-virus-patients,FOCUS PARIS A sense of death stalking the hospital ward, fear of dying alone, tearful despair and disarray at home, solitude, anger and the desire to share, or change their life: 12 people from different parts of the world who have survived COVID-19 share emotional and harrowing stories of the pain and fear after catching the virus. 2,000 words by AFP bureaus across the world. Picture. Video Health-virus,CHRONO Key developments since the novel coronavirus was announced three months ago, setting out on a global rampage which has left tens of thousands of people dead. 600 words afp
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