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| - Duty Editor: Abhik Chanda Tel: +33 1 40. 41. 46. 36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Italy, Spain lead surge in European virus deaths + China's Wuhan reopens after two months of isolation + Trump signs $2 trillion US virus rescue plan + 'Corona criminal' scams exploit pandemic fear Health-virus,WRAP ROME Europe surges dramatically towards what experts hope will be a peak in coronavirus deaths in the coming days or weeks, after hardest-hit Italy logged a record one-day toll. 750 words 1030 GMT by Ella Ide. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-Britain-virus-Johnson,FOCUS Health-virus-China WUHAN, China The Chinese city of 11 million people that was Ground Zero for what became the global coronavirus pandemic partly reopens, after more than two months of almost total isolation. 700 words 1030 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-US WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signs into law the $2 trillion rescue plan to salvage a US economy crippled by coronavirus, on a day the nation sees a record 18,000 new confirmed cases of infection. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Health-virus-crime,FOCUS THE HAGUE From trafficking dodgy surgical masks to peddling counterfeit medicines and running internet scams, criminals are finding ways to profit from the coronavirus crisis, European police warn. 700 words moved by Jan Hennop with AFP European bureaus. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-migration,FOCUS NEW DELHI With India locked down over the coronavirus and no way to earn money, Dilipji Thakor faces a grim choice: either walk home or die hungry. 700 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture. Video Health-virus-India NEW DELHI At least 15,000 people who may have caught the coronavirus from a "super-spreader" guru are under strict quarantine in northern India after the 70-year-old religious leader died of COVID-19. 400 words 1000 GMT. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Chile-Uruguay,FOCUS SANTIAGO Survivors from two dramatic rescues that captivated the world, the 2010 Chilean mine collapse and the 1972 Andes plane crash, give their advice for how to survive a lockdown as the number of Latin American coronavirus cases soars past 10,000. 650 words moved by Paulina Abramovich with Gabriela Vaz in Montevideo. Picture. Video US-JosephLowery-CivilRights-death WASHINGTON US civil rights leader Reverend Joseph Lowery who used to campaign with Martin Luther King died on Friday aged 98, media report. 300 words moved -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy ROME Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warns that the European Union could lose its purpose if it fails to come up with a strong response to the coronavirus threat. 450 words 1000 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Health-virus-Belarus-diplomacy,FOCUS MINSK As the rest of Europe shuts up shop to combat the new coronavirus, Belarus remains resolutely open for business - restaurants serve food, and the country's football league plays on. 650 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video Health-virus-conflict-aid,FOCUS PARIS As Europe and the United States struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, aid groups warn that without measures millions could die in low-income countries and war zones such as Syria and Yemen, where hygiene conditions are already dire. 700 words moved by Claire Doyen and Eleonore Hughes Health-virus-Germany-crime-women-children,FOCUS BERLIN With families across Europe confined to their homes to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, fears are rising of a surge in domestic violence. 600 words moved by Isabelle Le Page. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-politics-Israel,FOCUS JERUSALEM Has coronavirus saved Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? The sense of urgency created by the pandemic has opened the way for the right-wing premier to stay in power as head of a "corona government". 650 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-investments,FOCUS NEW YORK Hedge funds have lost billions of dollars as the coronavirus has stalled the economy and sent Wall Street into a tailspin. But the financial institutions favored by the world's richest investors are plotting a recovery by betting on the markets' slump. 600 words moved by Luc Olinga Also moved: Health-virus-US-economy,FOCUS afp
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