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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + One third of planet under lockdown over virus + Tokyo begins Olympic task of reorganising Games + Dow jumps 11% in biggest rally since 1933 + US cases rise but Trump says battle close to end + Vacuum firm turns to ventilators in virus fight Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India orders its billion-plus population to stay inside for three weeks, bringing a third of the world under lockdown as the coronavirus pandemic forces Japan to postpone the Olympics until next year. 850 words 0300 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga with Shaun Tandon in Washington. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-Oly-2020,WRAP TOKYO Japan starts the unprecedented task of reorganising the Tokyo Olympics after the historic decision to postpone the world's biggest sporting event due to the coronavirus pandemic that has locked down one third of the planet. 800 words 0330 GMT by Miwa Suzuki. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Markets-world,WRAP HONG KONG Asian markets follow Wall Street higher after the Dow surged 11.4 percent, its biggest one-day percentage increase since 1933, boosted by signs Congress is nearing agreement on a rescue package for the US economy that could amount to more than $2 trillion. 600 words 0300 GMT Health-virus-US WASHINGTON President Donald Trump declares the beginning of the end of the coronavirus crisis in the US, calling for a quick end to social distancing even as New York's governor compared the growing pandemic to a "bullet train." 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith with Peter Hutchison in New York. Picture Health-Britain-virus-ventilators,FOCUS WORCESTER, United Kingdom When vacuum cleaner manufacturer Nick Grey got an email from a "special government adviser", he thought it was a hoax. But now he's on the frontline of making thousands of emergency hospital ventilators. 550 words moved by Will Edwards. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-Britain-virus-plague,FOCUS Health-virus-Britain-France-US-symptom,FOCUS -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Oly-2020-JPN-media,REAX TOKYO Japan's media and athletes react with disappointment but resignation to news of the historic decision to postpone this year's Tokyo 2020 Olympics over the new coronavirus outbreak. 500 words 0230 GMY by Kyoko Hasegawa. Already moved: Oly-2020-JPN-Japan-economy-virus-health,Q&A Oly-2020-health-virus-Japan-torch,INTERVIEW Health-virus-sport-calendar,FOCUS Oly-2020-health-virus-athletes,REAX Oly-2020-health-virus-Japan- postponement,Q&A Oly-2020-health-virus-Japan-1940-history,FOCUS Oly-2020-health-virus-Japan-disappointment,SCENE Oly-2020-torch-relay-mishaps,FACTS Oly-2020-cancellations,FACTS Health-virus,POINTS TOKYO Deaths, economic meltdown and a planet on lockdown: the coronavirus pandemic has brought us waves of bad news, but squint and you might just see a few bright spots. 750 words 0230 GMT by Sara Hussein. File picture Health-virus-gaming-internet-computers,FOCUS HONG KONG When two Spanish footballers took to the controls of "FIFA 20" after the coronavirus pandemic saw their La Liga match cancelled, a stadium-sized virtual audience watched online -- part of a spectacular boom for the digital gaming industry. 650 words 0300 GMT by Sean Gleeson -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-economy-Congress,3rdlead WASHINGTON US lawmakers race against time to finalize a deal that buttresses the teetering economy by giving roughly $2 trillion to hospitals, businesses and ordinary Americans buckling under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words 0300 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture Already moved: Health-virus-US-politics-economy,POINTS Health-virus-US-politics-economy-tourism-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON As if presiding over the threatened destruction of the US economy by the coronavirus pandemic is not enough, President Donald Trump is watching another financial drama: the Trump Organization hotel, golf course and real estate business that made him a billionaire. 750 words 0200 GMT by Paul Handley Health-virus-Chile-Peru-cruise,FOCUS SANTIAGO More than 1,800 people stuck onboard a cruise ship off the Pacific coast of South America, with 42 complaining of flu-like symptoms, are desperately hoping to be allowed to dock -- somewhere. 650 words 0200 GMT by Paula Bustamante. Picture. Video Also moving: Health-virus-Mexico-economy-art,FOCUS Health-virus-US-tourism,FOCUS Health-virus-US-alcohol,FOCUS NEW YORK Spirits shaken by coronavirus? Add some ice and pour out a "quarantini." 500 words 0130 GMT by Laura Bonilla -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy,2ndlead ROME Italy receives more reassuring evidence that its coronavirus infection rate is slowing thanks to a painful lockdown that other nations are starting to apply at great economic cost. 600 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Moved: Health-virus-Italy-3D,FOCUS Health-virus-Spain,SCENE MADRID At the foot of the skyscrapers in Madrid's business district, the streets are empty as the city silently marks day 10 of lockdown to halt the spread of the virus. 800 words moved by Laurence Boutreuax. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Spain,2ndlead Health-virus-Greece-immigration,FOCUS LESBOS, Greece In Europe's biggest asylum seeker camp of Moria, on the Greek island of Lesbos, authorities are trying to keep residents apart from a population with at least three coronavirus cases. 700 words 0400 GMT by Natassa Papanikolaou and Anthi Pazianou Health-virus-Balkans-emigration,FOCUS SKOPJE With hospitals lacking equipment and low on doctors who have been steadily moving abroad, Balkans countries fear the worst as they watch the new coronavirus ravage their far richer European neighbours. 800 words 0400 GMT by Darko Duridanski with Sally Mairs in Belgrade. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN A senior Iranian official rules out "foreign" help on the ground to deal with the coronavirus epidemic after an offer from a France-based medical charity, as the country's death toll from the illness nears 2,000. 650 words moved. Video Health-virus-Syria-conflict-Kurds,FOCUS QAMISHLI, Syria Deprived of cross-border aid and already low on medical supplies, northeast Syria is grappling with the threat of a virus outbreak that aid groups and officials fear could ravage the region. 700 words 0300 GMT by Delil Souleiman. Picture. Video Yemen-conflict-Saudi,FOCUS RIYADH Five years after launching its much-criticised military intervention in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is stuck in a costly quagmire with no exit in sight while it grapples with multiple crises at home. 750 words 0330 GMT by Anuj Chopra -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa-measures,FOCUS DAKAR African nations order curfews and lockdowns in response to the growing coronavirus epidemic, raising fears of turmoil for low-income workers and cash-strapped governments across the continent. 850 words moved by Philippe Siuberski with AFP bureaux in Africa. Pictures Also moved: Virus-Africa,FOCUS -- ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE -- Iceland-health-leisure,FOCUS GRINDAVIK, Iceland Using slow, deliberate movements and deep breathing, bathers immerse themselves in the waters of an ice-covered lake in southwestern Iceland. 750 words 0400 GMT by Jeremie Richard. Picture. Video Health-virus-music-Dibango,3rdlead PARIS Veteran Afro-jazz legend Manu Dibango dies at the age of 86 from coronavirus, becoming one of the first worldwide stars to succumb to the disease. 600 words moved by Philippe Grelard. File picture. File video afp
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