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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Britain's Johnson tests positive for virus + Spain sees record number of daily deaths + S.Africa reports first deaths as lockdown starts + Quarantine not so bad says cosmonaut Health-virus,WRAP MADRID British Prime Minister Boris Johnson becomes the first major world leader to test positive for the coronavirus as Spain sees a record number of deaths from the pandemic that is threatening millions around the world. 1,000 words 1600 GMT by Hazel Ward with Thomas Urbain in New York. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Spain,2ndlead MADRID The death toll in Spain soars over 4,800 after 769 people died in 24 hours, in what was a record one-day figure for fatalities, although the rate of new infections slowed 450 words moved Health-virus-SAfrica JOHANNESBURG South Africa records its first two deaths from the novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases breach the 1,000 mark just hours after a three-week nationwide lockdown swings into action. 800 words 1530 GMT by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Russia-space,FACTS MOSCOW Being quarantined isn't all that bad, says veteran Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin who has five tips for suriving enclosed spaces for long periods. 400 words 1600 GMT. File picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-Britain-virus-Johnson,FOCUS LONDON The two men leading Britain's fight against the coronavirus -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Health Secretary Matt Hancock -- both announce they have tested positive for COVID-19. 650 words 1800 GMT by Joe Jackson and David Harding. File picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-celebrity,FACTS Health-virus-EU-economy,FOCUS BRUSSELS An EU summit tasked with designing a rescue plan to fight the impact of the coronavirus outbreak instead unearthed the union's deep and historic divisions, with Spain and Italy furiously decrying Dutch insensitivity. 650 words 1600 GMT by Alex Pigman Health-virus-Russia-retail,FACTS MOSCOW Russians, long used to financial and political crises, are reacting to the coronavirus pandemic by bulk-buying the essentials for life in isolation -- including condoms. Here are five things they are stocking up on. 500 words moved by Andrea Palasciano. Picture Health-virus-Ukraine-politics,FOCUS KIEV Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, false news stories have spiked in Ukraine, fuelled by mistrust of the authorities and Russia, which Kiev says wants to sow instability. 600 words moved by Dmytro Gorshkov and Olga Shylenko -- 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 1500 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee Health-virus-Syria-conflict-Damascus,SCENE DAMASCUS On a deserted street in the old city of Damascus, the new coronavirus has forced salesmen like Ahmad to close up shop indefinitely for the first time in Syria's war. 750 words moved by Maher al-Mounes. Picture. Video Health-virus-aviation-Mideast,FOCUS DUBAI As coronavirus grounds airlines, plunging the industry into unprecedented crisis, Middle East carriers that have been in the red for years must urgently tap assistance from governments facing their own revenue slump. 750 words moved by Omar Hasan with Gregory Walton in Qatar -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica,SCENE JOHANNESBURG An early morning haze hangs over the skyscrapers of the business district in Johannesburg, South Africa's economic hub, as the city wakes up to day one of a national lockdown against coronavirus. 650 words moved by Sofia Christensen Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic is shaking up the world, but not US foreign policy. President Donald Trump is moving full-speed ahead in pressing adversaries such as Iran and Venezuela, leading critics to accuse his administration of exploiting the crisis. 700 words 1700 GMT by Shaun Tandon Health-virus,Q&A WASHINGTON The US now has the most confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the world. How did we get here and what might happen next? 600 words 1800 GMT by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-US-NewYork-hospitals,SCENE NEW YORK In New York hospitals, staff are working extra shifts and searching desperately for more bed space as they battle a surging toll of dead and infected at the US epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-politics-religion BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro decrees places of worship are "essential services" that must be exempted from coronavirus confinement orders, the far-right leader's latest jab at aggressive containment measures. 400 words moved. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-Brazil-politics,INTERVIEW -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-US-politics,WRAP BEIJING China and the United States should "unite to fight" the deadly coronavirus pandemic, President Xi Jinping says in a call with Donald Trump, as he called for the US to improve relations. 450 words moved by Beiyi Seow Health-virus-HongKong-poverty-McDonalds,FOCUS HONG KONG Virtually blind and penniless, Leung Ping-kuen usually spends his nights dozing in one of Hong Kong's many 24-hour McDonald's but now finds himself back on the streets because of the coronavirus. 700 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video Health-virus-SKorea-testing-business CHEONGJU Every few seconds, a batch of white plastic cases shoots along a conveyor belt in a South Korean factory -- coronavirus test kits destined for export around the world as the global pandemic sends demand soaring. 500 words moved by Kang Jin-kyu. Picture. Video Health-virus-China,SCENE HUANGGANG Multiple fever checks and medical staff in hazmat suits -- China's Hubei province might be easing restrictions after a two-month lockdown, but its hospitals are taking no chances with the virus. 500 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Video. Picture Health-virus-Pakistan-Indonesia-religion,FOCUS ISLAMABAD Worshippers crowded into mosques in Pakistan, defying warnings about the fast-spreading coronavirus and fuelling fears of a public health crisis in the impoverished country. 750 words moved by David Stout. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic retreat as investors bank profits from the week's equities rally sparked by massive government and central bank action to bolster an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 1700 GMT -- SPORTS -- Oly-2020-delay-health-virus,FOCUS TOKYO Every cloud has a silver lining and the devastating postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could hand organisers a heaven-sent opportunity to solve their other massive problem: the summer heat. 650 words moved by Richard Carter. Picture Oly-2020-health-virus-sponsors,FOCUS LONDON The decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics until 2021 will be welcomed by sponsors including Coca-Cola and General Electric who pay hundreds of millions to be associated with the event, British advertising veteran Martin Sorrell tells AFP. 750 words moved by Pirate Irwin. File picture afp
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