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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus clampdowns tighten as global deaths top 15,000 + Fate of Tokyo Olympics in balance + Markets fall again despite Fed moves + Weinstein tests positive for virus Health-virus,WRAP ROME Global emergency efforts to slow the coronavirus pandemic ramp up with more governments imposing extraordinary lockdowns, as the death toll tops 15,000 and more than one billion people are confined to their homes. 1,000 words 1530 GMT by Alexandria Sage and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Oly-2020,WRAP TOKYO World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe calls for the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed over the coronavirus pandemic as Canada pulls out of the Games and Japan's prime minister admits a delay could be "inevitable". 700 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama and Sara Hussein. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Oly-2020-Payne-postpone,INTERVIEW Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic resume their downward trend, as a rollout by the Federal Reserve of another flurry of measures for companies fails to turn their fearful mood around. 600 words 1700 GMT Health-virus-celebrities,FACTS PARIS Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and Spanish tenor Placido Domingo join the growing list of the rich, famous and powerful hit by the coronavirus. 500 words moved Also moving: Health-virus-Europe-measures,FACTS Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-economy-diplomacy-politics,lead LONDON Rich governments scrambling to defend their own economies against the coronavirus pandemic are urged to coordinate to ward off a long-lasting global recession and future waves of infections from poorer nations. 650 words 1500 GMT by Jitendra Joshi Health-virus-epidemic-finance-rates-politics,POINTS LONDON Battling to immunise economic growth from deeper coronavirus carnage, Germany is doing the unthinkable but the United States remains mired in partisan feuding. 650 words 1600 GMT by Jitendra Joshi Health-virus-intelligence,FOCUS PARIS The home confinement of hundreds of millions of people worldwide to brake the coronavirus pandemic has presented intelligence services with a new challenge: monitoring an explosion in internet traffic even as their own capacity is reduced. 650 words 1500 GMT by Didier Lauras -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy,lead ROME Italy bans travel and shuts down a range of industries in a last-ditch push to stem the spread of the coronavirus, which has killed nearly 5,500 people in a month. 600 words 1430 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Germany-economy,FACTS FRANKFURT After a decade as Europe's leading disciple of fiscal virtue, Germany is unleashing a flood of government cash to counter the devastating economic impact of the novel coronavirus. 650 words 1500 GMT by Tom Barfield Health-virus-Britain-deaths PARIS Doctors puzzled at Britain's slow response to the coronavirus pandemic warn that failing to implement stringent social distancing measures could lead to an additional 70,000 deaths from the global killer. 500 words 1600 GMT by Patrick Galey -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Syria-Idlib BEIRUT Testing for the novel coronavirus is to start within days in northwest Syria, the World Health Organization says, as fears of a disaster rise if the pandemic reaches overcrowded displacement camps. 400 words 1500 GMT Health-virus-UAE-aviation-retail,FOCUS DUBAI Dubai is closing its famous malls and halting all passenger flights, capping a series of shutdowns on once-thriving sectors that serve as its economic lifeline but which have been sacrificed to curb coronavirus. 700 words 1530 GMT by Omar Hasan Health-virus-Algeria-politics,FOCUS ALGIERS The coronavirus pandemic has done what the Algerian regime had failed to achieve -- clear the streets of mass anti-government protests. But the "Hirak" movement has vowed to adapt its struggle for full civil rights and democracy. 750 words moved by Amal Belalloufi and Philippe Agret in Tunis Israel-politics-health-virus JERUSALEM Israel's right-wing parties backing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they will boycott the reopening of parliament to protest what they call the "dictatorial" conduct of their centrist rivals. 650 words 1600 GMT by Jonah Mandel Lebanon-politics-debt-credit BEIRUT Crisis-hit Lebanon's finance ministry says it will discontinue payments on all dollar-denominated Eurobonds due in the next 15 years to safeguard dwindling foreign currency reserves. 400 words moved Health-virus-Iran-politics,FOCUS PARIS Even according to the official figures, the coronavirus epidemic has killed some 1,700 people in Iran, prompting unprecedented measures to slow the epidemic that have included closing holy Shiite shrines. 700 words moved by Didier Lauras. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US NEW YORK Anxiety ratchets up across New York, the epicenter of America's coronavirus crisis, where streets are eerily quiet at the start of the working week as officials warn the fast-spreading outbreak will worsen. 550 words 1600 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-US-politics-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON Under pressure on one side from an economy cratered by the coronavirus pandemic and on the other by his crumbling reelection campaign, President Donald Trump appears to be floundering in his search of a way forward. 600 words 1630 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Health-virus-US,PROFILE WASHINGTON Anthony Fauci, the United States' leading infectious disease expert, has served his country since the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, conveying clear and scientifically accurate information. In tackling the coronavirus pandemic, he has had to acquire a new skill: delicately pushing back against the bluster of his boss, President Donald Trump, without saying he's wrong. 550 words 1800 GMT by Issam Ahmed. File picture Health-virus-US-economy-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve launches a massive and unprecedented effort to flood the US economy with money amid the carnage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, while Congress continues to debate a rescue plan for American workers and companies. 650 words 1600 GMT by Heather Scott Health-virus-Brazil-favelas,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Disadvantaged by poverty, insanitary housing and poor to non-existent health services, the people of Rio de Janeiro's teeming favelas are preparing for the worst when the new coronavirus takes a grip on Brazil. 600 words 1530 GMT by Louis Genot. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo The second largest city in Democratic Republic of Congo begins a 48-hour lockdown and three more African countries announce COVID-19 fatalities as the disease extends its reach south of the Sahara. 650 words 1430 GMT. Picture - ASIA - Health-virus-Asia,POINTS SINGAPORE Asian nations are ramping up efforts to fight the novel coronavirus, which has upended societies and sparked economic turmoil as it spreads around the world. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-HongKong-transport,3ndlead HONG KONG Hong Kong will ban all non-residents from entering the city from midnight on Tuesday in a bid to halt the coronavirus, its leader says, as she unveils plans to stop restaurants and bars serving alcohol. 450 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-HongKong,FOCUS India-health-virus-aviation,2ndlead NEW DELHI India will ground all domestic passenger flights from Wednesday to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, the government says, as more states order lockdowns. 500 words 1500 GMT by Vishal Manve Thailand-health-virus-religion-environment,PHOTOESSAY SAMUT PRAKAN, Thailand A Buddhist monk scrawls a prayer on an orange face mask beseeching "an end to the suffering" caused by the deadly coronavirus -- a finishing touch to the facial covering woven out of recycled plastic at one Thai temple. 350 words moved by Pitcha Dangprasith and Lillian Suwanrumpha. Picture. Video Health-virus-Australia-economy-unemployment,lead SYDNEY Jobless Australians flood unemployment offices around the country as Prime Minister Scott Morrison warns the coronavirus pandemic will cause an economic crisis akin to the Great Depression. 500 words moved by Holly Robertson. Picture. Video Health-virus-cherry-weather-Japan,FOCUS TOKYO The crowds may be thinner and the parties smaller, but warnings from officials over the new coronavirus have done little to stop Japanese celebrating as the country's famed cherry trees explode into bloom. 600 words moved by Shingo Ito. Picture. Video -- OLYMPICS -- Oly-2020-Japan-JPN-postponement-health-virus,Q&A TOKYO The Tokyo Olympics appears to be creeping towards a postponement, an unprecedented and costly exercise that involves ripping up years of planning. Here are just some of the challenges. 800 words moved by Richard Carter. Picture. Video Virus-health-Oly-JPN-2020,SCENE TOKYO The Olympics rings are up and the cute wide-eyed mascots are plastered across billboards and commuter trains, but people in Tokyo are increasingly convinced the Games won't happen this summer. 500 words moved by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video Also moved: Oly-2020-Tokyo,CHRONO Oly-2020-health-virus,QUOTES afp
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