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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global virus infections top 200,000 + Financial mmarkets slump despite stimulus + Sanders mulls future after Biden sweep + China to expel US journalists in media row + Under lockdown, people turn to gallows humour Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The number of coronavirus infections around the globe shoots past 200,000, as governments in Europe, Asia and North America roll out tough measures to put the brakes on the ferocious spread of the deadly pandemic. 900 words 1630 GMT by Jenny Vaughan and Tanya Willmer with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Global stock and oil markets plunge as vast stimulus measures failed to offset heightened concerns that the worsening coronavirus outbreak will tip the world into a deep downturn. 700 words moved by Roland Jackson US-politics-vote-virus-health,WRAP WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders is assessing his campaign future as pressure mounts to bow out of the Democratic White House race after frontrunner Joe Biden sweeps the latest primaries. 650 words 1630 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture. File video China-US-media-diplomacy,WRAP BEIJING China announces it will expel American journalists from three major US newspapers in one of the communist government's biggest crackdowns on the foreign press, escalating a bitter row over media freedoms. 700 words moved by Laurent Thomet with Shaun Tandon in Washington Health-virus-Europe-quarantine-humour,FOCUS LONDON As European governments moved to lockdown their countries to curb the spread of coronavirus, citizens turned to gallows humour to deal with the anxiety and boredom of their virtual house arrests. 750 words 1600 GMT by James Pheby and AFP bureaus -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain LONDON Britain unveils sweeping emergency powers to deal with the spiralling coronavirus outbreak, including proposals allowing police to detain potentially infected people to be tested. 650 words 1530 GMT by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-politics-parliament,SCENE Health-virus-France-bread,FOCUS PARIS As anxious consumers around the world stockpile toilet paper and pasta, the French are thronging their bakers for baguettes, fearing a shortage of their daily bread. 600 words 1530 GMT by Mariette le Roux and Joelle Garrus. File picture Health-virus-Germany,SCENE BERLIN Picnics, groups of sunbathers lounging in the park, a drink at bars with blacked out windows: so-called "corona parties" are giving authorities a headache in Germany, where leaders have pleaded with citizens to stay at home to help halt the spread of COVID-19. 600 words 1500 GMT by David Courbet. Picture Health-virus-Greece,2ndlead ATHENS Greece places new restrictions on the movement of asylum-seekers in island camps to keep out the new coronavirus, and accelerated work on new closed facilities. 500 words moved by John Hadoulis -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Iran,lead TEHRAN Iran says its novel coronavirus death toll has surpassed 1,000 as President Hassan Rouhani defends the response of his administration which has yet to impose a lockdown. 600 words 1600 GMT by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Saudi-energy-economy,FOCUS RIYADH From empty hotels to shuttered beauty salons, oil-dependent Saudi Arabia is bracing for a coronavirus-led economic slump on top of possible austerity measures as prices of its vital crude exports go into freefall. 800 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File picture Health-virus-Iraq-Islam,SCENE BAGHDAD Stealing around barbed wire barriers via fields and side streets, dozens of black-clad Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad defy a coronavirus curfew to visit a revered shrine. 400 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-Yemen-conflict,FOCUS SANAA More than a decade after it closed, 20 Yemeni women have revived the war-torn country's oldest factory to make face masks in anticipation of an outbreak of the new coronavirus. 650 words moved by Abdulkaim Al-Marani with Dana Moukhallati in Dubai. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict,lead RAMALLAH Israel closes off Palestinian-administered areas of the occupied West Bank to limit the spread of the coronavirus. 400 words 1600 GMT -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa-Burkina OUAGADOUGOU Sub-Saharan Africa's weeks-long reprieve from the fatal impact of the coronavirus comes to an end as Burkina Faso announces the death of a 62-year-old woman who had been suffering from diabetes. 650 words 1430 GMT by Armel Baily with David Esnault in Abidjan. Picture Health-virus-SAfrica-transport,SCENE JOHANNESBURG Passengers crammed inside a speeding 16-seater public minibus in South Africa's largest city Johannesburg instantly go quiet after an old woman suddenly coughs. Fellow commuters quickly cover their mouths and noses with their forearms - the fear of catching coronavirus is palpable here as infections rise fast. 600 words 1530 GMT by Michelle Gumede. Picture. Video. -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump finally gets confirmation that Joe Biden will be his Democratic challenger, but coronavirus is already his most dangerous opponent, wiping out a campaign based on big rallies and boasting about the economy. 600 words 1600 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture Health-virus-US-entertainment-music-streaming,FOCUS NEW YORK As the coronavirus pandemic hits indefinite pause on concerts and touring, many musicians are instead streaming shows for tens of thousands of fans self-quarantining. 700 words 1430 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. File picture Health-virus-US-lifestyle,FOCUS NEW YORK With New York restaurants closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, residents unused to eating at home are increasingly relying on the city's army of bicycle delivery men for their dinner. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-seniors,FOCUS DELRAY BEACH, Florida Florida, often called "the grayest state" in the US because so many elderly retire here, is facing up to the fact that it has an alarming concentration of the demographic most at-risk from coronavirus. 700 words moved by Leila Macor. File Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia-NewZealand-travel-aviation,4thlead SYDNEY Australia tells its citizens not to travel abroad and warns those already overseas to rush home as it imposes unprecedented steps to choke off the spread of the coronavirus epidemic taking off Down Under. 650 words moved by David Millikin. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-recovery,FOCUS SHANGHAI Restaurants are reopening, traffic and factories are stirring, and in one of the clearest signs yet that China is awakening from its coronavirus coma, the country's "dancing aunties" are once again gathering in parks and squares. 700 words moved by Dan Martin with Qian Ye in Beijing. Picture. Video Health-virus-Taiwan-religion,FOCUS TAIPEI Buddhist monk Chang Kuan delivers a sermon to an empty room, his words live-streamed to followers praying at home as Taiwan's faithful learn to cut back on mass gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Sean Chang. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Oly-2020-health-virus-opposition TOKYO Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi says athletes are being forced to take health risks as competitors start to speak out about holding the Tokyo Games during the coronavirus crisis. 500 words moved. File picture Health-virus-tennis-FRA-Open-players,WRAP LONDON The global tennis calendar has been thrown into further chaos after a decision by French Open organisers to postpone the Grand Slam, with players and rival tournaments critical of the apparently unilateral move. 650 words 1500 GMT by John Weaver afp
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