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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + France goes into virus lockdown + US begins first human trials of virus vaccine + IOC set for crisis talks over Tokyo Olympics + New attack on Iraq sites hosting foreign forces + Tom Hanks released from hospital Health-virus,WRAP PARIS France goes into a near-total shutdown over the coronavirus and the EU is set to ban all non-essential travel to the continent, the latest draconian restrictions affecting the lives of tens of millions of people. 800 words 1030 GMT by Stuart Williams and Joseph Schmid. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-US-vaccine,2ndlead WASHINGTON The first human trial to evaluate a candidate vaccine against the new coronavirus has begun in Seattle, US health officials say, raising hopes in the global fight against the disease. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-vaccines-treatments,FOCUS Health-virus-Oly-2020-Japan-JPN,2ndlead LAUSANNE, Switzerland The International Olympic Committee is to hold high-level talks, as doubts grow over the Tokyo Games and with some in Japan urging officials not to risk lives by pressing ahead during the coronavirus emergency. 650 words moved. Video Iraq-unrest-rockets,WRAP BAGHDAD Rockets slam into an Iraqi base hosting US-led coalition and NATO troops in the third such attack in a week, hours before a deadline to name a new premier for the country in political turmoil. 600 words 1000 GMT by Sarah Benhaida. Picture Health-virus-Australia-US-Hanks-entertainment GOLD COAST, Australia Tom Hanks has been released from the Australian hospital where he was in isolation since testing positive for the coronavirus last week, but his wife Rita Wilson remains hospitalised. 200 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Australia-immunity PARIS Researchers in Australia say they have mapped the body's immune response to COVID-19, in a potential breakthrough in the global fight against the killer virus. 500 words 1100 GMT by Patrick Galey Markets-world,WRAP LONDON European stock markets erase early gains as coronavirus-fuelled volatility gripping financial trading triggers further swings across Asia and Wall Street's sharpest daily drop in more than three decades. 700 words 1100 GMT Health-virus-aviation,FOCUS SYDNEY Airlines worldwide face an unprecedented existential threat as the coronavirus shuts down global travel, leaving governments with costly and controversial decisions about which carriers to bailout. 800 words moved by Andrew Beatty Health-virus-Britain-US-report,FOCUS LONDON The decision by Britain and the United States to escalate measures to stem the novel coronavirus pandemic appears heavily informed by dire modelling released by UK researchers. 500 words 1300 GMT by Joe Jackson Health-virus-Fbl-Euro-2020-UEFA LAUSANNE UEFA is widely expected to postpone the 2020 European football championships by up to a year at a crisis meeting, as European football's governing body considers its response to the fallout of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 1130 GMT by Eric Bernaudeau with Andy Scott in Paris. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Israel-espionage JERUSALEM Israel has approved using the Shin Bet internal security agency to collect information about citizens to held curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus. 450 words 1100 GMT -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-health-virus,WRAP MIAMI Millions of anxious Americans troop to polling stations in three states, but not Ohio, as the coronavirus pandemic roils the nation's Democratic primaries featuring frontrunner Joe Biden and his rival Bernie Sanders. 750 words 1300 GMT by Leila Macor with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture Health-virus-US-hospital,FOCUS WASHINGTON Beds, ventilators and masks soon could all be in short supply in US hospitals rocked by the novel coronavirus, with doctors worrying they may have to start choosing which patients to treat. 700 words moved by Charlotte Plantive Health-virus-US-Washington-quarantine,FOCUS SEATTLE A scheme to set up "quarantine motels" in the US coronavirus epicenter of Washington state has infuriated local residents who fear they will be exposed to a high risk of infection. 600 words moved by Michelle Wallar Martin. Picture Health-virus-US-casinos,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Slot machines switched off, blackjack tables deserted... several of the biggest casinos in Las Vegas shut their doors to tackle the spread of the new coronavirus. 550 words moved by Javier Tovar Health-virus-US-banking-buyback,FOCUS NEW YORK The economic wallop from the coronavirus offers an opening for large US banks to win back points from the public after the industry was pilloried over the 2008 financial crisis. 550 words moved by Luc Olinga Health-virus-US-lifestyle-survivalists,FOCUS MATHIAS, West Virginia The narrow, worn track in West Virginia leads to a camp set back in the woods, where a group of US survivalists began preparing for the collapse of civilization long before the arrival of the new coronavirus. 750 words moved by Sebastien Duval. Picture -- SPORT -- Sport-AUS-health-virus,FOCUS SYDNEY As events are scrapped around the world to counter the threat of coronavirus, a handful of Australia's main sports are doggedly pressing ahead, spurred by fear of financial ruin. 750 words moved by Martin Parry Oly-2020-health-virus-Japan-JPN-1940-history,FOCUS TOKYO Fears are growing that this year's Olympics may be postponed or axed because of the coronavirus pandemic but Japan has been here before -- the cancelled summer Games of 1940 were also due to be hosted in Tokyo. 800 words moved by Richard Carter Swim-CHN-Sun-doping-Oly-2020-Wang SHANGHAI A former team-mate of Sun Yang has given AFP a rare insight into how China drives its swimmers in the ultimate pursuit of Olympic gold, starting from a young age. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings with Jessica Yang. File picture afp
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