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| - Go to to consult AFP Agenda Contact us on contact-agenda@afp.com HONG KONG (AFPTV) - We plan to file the following videos: TBA indicates that times are to be announced, but coverage is confirmed. TBC indicates that coverage is to be confirmed. For all editorial requests, email afptv@afp.com or contact the appropriate regional video desk. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS WORLD: As Europe reels, US braces for staggering virus death toll KHUMJUNG (Nepal): Coronavirus casts shadow over Everest. BANGALORE (India): Inspired by viral video showing a policeman with a coronavirus helmet, Bangalore's police officers have created their own helmets to raise awareness of the virus PARIS (France): Former French Top Chef star Merouan Bounakfref spices up the confinement period for some in France, giving cooking lessons + ASIA PACIFIC YANGON (Myanmar): Myanmar's Shwedagon pagoda is bereft of its usual crowds, and staff disinfect the site, after the country confirms first coronavirus cases. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT BANGALORE (India): Inspired by viral video showing a policeman with a coronavirus helmet, Bangalore's police officers have created their own helmets to raise awareness of the virus. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0230 GMT HANOI (Vietnam): Streets in Hanoi turn silent as country implement 'isolation' measures. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0300 GMT TOKYO (Japan): Tokyo cherry blossom attractions before and after blooming. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT KHUMJUNG (Nepal): Coronavirus casts shadow over Everest. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0430 GMT DHAKA (Bangladesh): Lockdown in Bangladesh to contain coronavirus. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0530 GMT BEIJING (China): Coronavirus: Chinese artist sends light to the countries affected by the virus - Chinese artist Roy Wang uses the photographic technique of light painting to produce pieces related to the coronavirus aimed to deliver a message to the countries that are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0600 GMT SEOUL (South Korea): South Korea expands two week mandatory quarantine to all new international arrivals SOURCE: AFPTV - 0900 GMT BEIJING (China): China Ministry of Foreign Affairs daily briefing. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT - EDIT 0900 GMT BEIJING (China): National Health commission daily briefing about COVID-19. SOURCE: CCTV EDIT ON MERIT - EDIT 0900 GMT TAIPEI (Taiwan): Taiwan bans passengers with fever symptoms from all public transport ahead of tomb sweeping day this weekend, as families around the island gather to pay respects to their ancestors during one of the busiest holiday period of the year. Body temperature screening at train station, bus station. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT + EUROPE PARIS (France): Covid-19 patients evacuated in a special medical TGV - EXACT TIMING TO BE CONFIRMED. SOURCE : AFPTV + IMAGES PROVIDED BY FRANCE TV. SOURCE : POOL FRANCE TV - LIVE TBA - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Images of empty Paris on the 16th day of confinement. View of Place de l'Hôtel de ville - SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 0650 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PLUVIGNER (France): Two companies in Brittany help battle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, one making hospital beds, the other protective visor screens - SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 0800 GMT PARIS (France): Former French Top Chef star Merouan Bounakfref spices up the confinement period for some in France, giving cooking lessons - SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT FONTAINEBLEAU (France): Usually packed with Spring visitors, France's Château de Fontainebleau palace is left all but deserted - SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT PARIS (France): French authorities allow a quarter of food markets to reopen, with strict sanitary rules in place - SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT PARIS (France): Daily press conference by French Director General of Health - SOURCE : MINISTRY OF HEALTH / AFPTV - LIVE 1700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Clapping on balconies to pay tribute to medical teams fighting coronavirus - SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 1750 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW TASHKENT (Uzbekistan): Uzbekistan's capital under lockdown amid Covid-19 spread - EDIT TBC ROME (Italy): Public health system launches campers to test people for coronavirus - EDIT TBC WIESBADEN (Germany): Visit of a plexiglas factory whose orders have skyrocketed as shops look to shield workers from customers - SOURCE: AFPTV - FRENCH VERSION TO BE FILED ON 01/04/20 AT 10H00 GMT - EDIT 0300 GMT TBILISI (Georgia): Georgia enters general lockdown, partial curfew - EDIT, STOCKSHOTS TBC BRUSSELS (Belgium): NATO chief gives presser ahead of meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers. SOURCE: NATO - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MADRID (Spain): Spanish health ministry gives daily briefing on coronavirus. SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0930 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): Restaurant chief Isabelle Arpin cooks soups every day for free for a hospital in Brussels. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT PARIS (France): Presser after French cabinet meeting - EXACT TIMING TO BE CONFIRMED. SOURCE : AGENCY POOL - LIVE 1130 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): French Government answers lawmakers' questions as Senate meets in "restricted format" due to coronavirus pandemic - SOURCE : SENATE - LIVE 1300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW GENEVA (Switzerland): WHO press conference on coronavirus. SOURCE: WHO - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1400 GMT ROME (Italy): Civil Protection Agency holds daily press conference on coronavirus. SOURCE: POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing. SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT ROME (Italy): " Dresscode", a company that used to manufacture clothes, changes its production for protection masks against coronavirus - EDIT 1800 GMT BERGAMO (Italy): Special units of doctors visit patients with coronavirus at home in order to avoid overwhelming hospitals - EDIT 1800 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA DOHA (Qatar): Behind the scene tour at Doha's Hamad International airport, showing hygiene and sterilization operations for arriving and departing flights. - EDIT 1900 GMT + SUB SAHARAN AFRICA LAGOS (Nigeria): Lagos under lockdown to curb virus spread - Images of Lagos streets on day 2 of lockdown LIVE 0800 GMT BANJUL (Gambia): Empty beaches in Gambia as tourism plunges over coronavirus - EDIT 1000 GMT + NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON (United States): The US capital wakes up to the first day of a stay-at-home order to stop the spread of COVID-19. LIVE on the National Mall. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW NEW YORK (United States): Brooklyn hospital places refrigerated truck in parking lot to deal with spike in COVID-19 death toll - LIVE 1500 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW WASHINGTON (United States): Coronavirus task force holds daily briefing at the White House. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW HOLLYWOOD BEACH (United States): Coronavirus testing center in Hard Rock cafe parking lot - LIVE 1800 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW HOUSTON (United States): Activity outside Houston Methodist hospital, where donated plasma from a recovered COVID-19 patient was transfused to a critically-ill COVID-19 patient - LIVE 2000 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LOS ANGELES (United States): LA county nursing homes see spike in coronavirus cases - EDIT 2200 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN BRASÍLIA (Brazil): Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gives a statement on coronavirus pandemic - SOURCE: TV BRAZIL / NO RESALE LIVE 0030 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW HAVANA (Cuba): Cuban doctors and medical students make door-to-door visits to homes during outbreak - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT BUENOS AIRES (Argentina): Illustrative live of Buenos Aires in lockdown amidst COVID-19 pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE 1345 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW HANGA ROA (Chile): Chile's Easter Island worries about its first cases of Covid-19 - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1800 GMT - STOCKSHOTS 2300 GMT CIUDAD JUÁREZ (Mexico): Health department lab performs and processes COVID-19 tests - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 2100 GMT + SPORT FUKUSHIMA (Japan): The Olympic flame is handed over to Fukushima Prefecture for a month-long display at the J-Village national training centre, the venue originally due to host the start of the Torch Relay. SOURCE: TOKYO 2020/IOC (RESTRICTIONS APPLY). AWAITING DETAILS ON TIMING - EDIT TBA THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020 + ASIA PACIFIC BEIJING (China): National Health commission daily briefing about COVID-19. SOURCE: CCTV EDIT ON MERIT - EDIT 0900 GMT BEIJING (China): China Ministry of Foreign Affairs daily briefing. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT 0900 GMT + EUROPE MADRID (Spain): Spanish health ministry gives daily briefing on coronavirus. SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0930 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg gives press conference for the NATO foreign affairs meeting. SOURCE: NATO - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW ROME (Italy): Civil Protection Agency holds daily press conference on coronavirus. SOURCE: POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing. SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA DOHA (Qatar): Residents of Qatar flock to new drive-thru pharmacy amid virus fears. - LIVE TBA - EDIT TO FOLLOW + NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON (United States): Coronavirus task force holds daily briefing at the White House. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE TBA - EDIT TO FOLLOW + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Illustrative live of Mexico City amidst COVID-19 pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE 1845 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW * SPORT : AFPTV Sport subscribers only Editorial contacts: Email: afptv@afp.com Europe (excluding France) desk: +44 207 776 2768 France desk: +33 1 40 41 81 17 Asia desk: +852 2829 6279 Middle East & North Africa desk: +357 22 391 450 Sub-Saharan Africa desk (Mon-Fri): +33 1 40 41 46 81 North America desk: +1 202 414 0664 Latin America desk: +598 2 900 5095 ext. 257 AFPTV LIVE MCR: +33 1 40 41 79 63
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