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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global coronavirus cases top one million mark + 10 million US workers lost jobs in late March + Virus-hit cruise ship arrives in Florida port + Captain of US carrier fired over viral letter + German soccer fans bring fight to 'FC Corona' Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world soars past one million and deaths top 50,000 as the United States reports the highest daily death toll of any country so far. 750 words 0730 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment,WRAP WASHINGTON A staggering 10 million US workers lost their jobs in the second half of March as the coronavirus forced stores and businesses nationwide to close their doors. 750 words moved by Heather Scott. File Picture Health-virus-US-Florida-ships,WRAP FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida A virus-hit cruise ship with dozens of ill passengers and crew docks in Florida after being barred from several South American countries, concluding a harrowing time at sea for those stranded aboard. 650 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-defence-Navy-captain,2ndlead WASHINGTON The Pentagon removes the captain of the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt, saying he mishandled communications over how the outbreak was sweeping through the warship. 650 words moved. File Picture Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Health-virus-fans,FOCUS BERLIN With the Bundesliga suspended and the terraces empty, Stuttgart's "ultras" are mobilising to pick up groceries and prescription medicines for those who can't leave their homes amid the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Kit Holden -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Japan-music-teleworking,FOCUS TOKYO The members of the New Japan Philharmonic orchestra tune up for their latest recital, more than 60 musicians ranging from trombonists to violinists and percussionists -- but this is no ordinary performance. 650 words moved by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video Health-virus-internet-Australia-social,FOCUS MELBOURNE, Australia While social media has been widely blamed for spreading dangerous misinformation about coronavirus, tens of thousands of Australians are using their networks to support the health care workers risking their lives on the frontline of the pandemic. 650 words moved by Tracey Shelton. Picture. Video HongKong China Indonesia Philippines health virus pregnancy,FOCUS HONG KONG Jamie Chui has been a virtual prisoner in her Hong Kong home for most of her pregnancy. Trapped intially by violent pro-democracy protests and tear gas, and then by the coronavirus -- she now faces giving birth alone. 850 words by Liz Thomas. Pictures by Anthony Wallace We have also moved: Health-virus-China-education,FOCUS -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-research-plasma,FOCUS NEW YORK As she emerges from quarantine, recovered COVID-19 patient Diana Berrent is eager to join the battle against the pandemic and donate precious antibodies that researchers hope might help others. 800 words 0530 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. Video. Picture Health-virus-Chile,FOCUS HANGA ROA, Chile Inhabitants of Easter Island are leaning on a traditional form of ancestral discipline to overcome a coronavirus-imposed lockdown that threatens the Pacific island's vital tourism sector, and consequently their livelihoods. 750 words 0530 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-IT-crime-hacking,FOCUS WASHINGTON Internet users have seen a surge in COVID-related cyberattacks and fraud schemes which could add to the misery of the pandemic, even as some hackers have called for dialing back their criminal efforts. 700 words moved by Rob Lever We have also mved: Health-virus-US-nurses,SCENE Health-virus-US-China-politics-trade,FOCUS WASHINGTON US politicians have voiced fury over Beijing's handling of the coronavirus crisis but they face a harsh truth -- the United States desperately needs China's supplies. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-US-social,FOCUS NEW YORK As if being part of "Generation Z" wasn't complicated enough, life for millions of young adults has been upended as the coronavirus forces them to retreat from shuttered workplaces and desolate college campuses into the arms of their parents. 800 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-death,FOCUS SAO PAULO The biggest cemetery in Latin America, a seemingly endless stretch of graves on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, is adapting to the new funeral rites of our times: six-minute burials, no wakes, no hugs. And it is bracing for things to get a lot worse. 600 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-Britain-virus,2ndlead LONDON The UK government says it is rushing to build more emergency field hospitals ahead of an expected surge in coronavirus cases, hours after recording a record 569 deaths from the disease. 700 words moved by David Harding and Joe Jackson. Picture Health-virus-Italy-dead,lead MILAN The city of Milan shuts its main crematorium for the rest of the month to deal with a surge of bodies that have accumulated in the course of the coronavirus pandemic. 300 words moved Health-virus-polio-Afghanistan-Pakistan-Africa,INTERVIEW PARIS The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt an unprecedented blow to the world's battle against polio, the head of the global organisation to combat the disease tells AFP after it suspended vaccination campaigns for the first time in three decades. 700 words moved by Kelly Macnamara -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-entertainment-TV-Ramadan,FOCUS DUBAI Missing scenes, unfinished episodes and sets sanitised against coronavirus -- much-loved Ramadan television soaps are struggling to keep the cameras rolling just weeks before the Islamic holy month. 750 words moved by Mohamad Ali Harissi with Middle East Bureaux. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Nigeria-conflict-displaced,FOCUS MAIDUGURI, Nigeria. Men and women cluster around plastic wash basins hastily set up outside one of northeast Nigeria's sprawling displaced persons' camps, lathering their hands with soap under the gaze of security personnel. 900 words moved by Audu Abba Kurama and Aminu Abubakar. Video. Picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-Donadoni-ITA-health-virus-Italy,INTERVIEW SHANGHAI Roberto Donadoni should be in the thick of China's football season but his thoughts are consumed by the suffering coronavirus has brought on his hometown in northern Italy. 650 words 0630 GMT by Peter Stebbings. Picture Health-virus-rugbyl-AUS-work,FOCUS SYDNEY Six months ago they were playing one of the biggest games in their sport, but now stars of Australia's National Rugby League are working as builders and plumbers after the coronavirus shutdown forced them to find new jobs. 450 words 0630 GMT afp
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