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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global virus deaths pass 50,000 amid economic chaos + Captain of US carrier fired over viral letter + India barricades slum as PM calls for lightshow + Untouchable: the baby born to a mum with COVID-19 + Football stars under pressure to take pay cut Heath-virus,WRAP PARIS The number of confirmed coronavirus deaths soars past 50,000 as the United States reports the highest daily toll of any country so far and Spain and Britain their worst days yet and the epidemic destroys millions of jobs and livelihoods across the world. 800 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Health-virus-toll,FACTS 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 Health-virus-India-Modi,lead MUMBAI Indian police barricade off parts of one of Asia's biggest slums after two coronavirus deaths, while under-pressure Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls for a national lightshow to dispel "darkness and uncertainty". 600 words 1000 GMT by Vishal Manve with Aishwarya Kumar. File picture Health-virus-Spain-baby,FOCUS MADRID For 10 days after giving birth to her first child, this young mother was not allowed near him after she tested positive for coronavirus, for fear of infecting her newborn baby. 700 words moved by Benjamin Bouly Rames. Picture. Video Health-virus-Fbl-ENG-Pr-Britain LONDON Highly-paid Premier League players have been pushed into a corner over the coronavirus pandemic after a government minister called for them to follow the example of some of the biggest clubs in Europe and take a salary cut. 600 words 0930 GMT by Pirate Irwin. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-therapists,FOCUS LOS ANGELES With uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus outbreak deepening the economic, social and health care crisis, an army of therapists is helping people cope with the brutal psychological fallout. 650 words moved by Jocelyn Zablit Health-virus-food-weight,FOCUS PARIS The coronavirus has shaken the world like nothing else. But beyond the terrible toll of death, economic devastation and fear, the virus is likely to leave another lasting mark -- it's going to make us all fatter. 600 words moved by Aurelie Mayembo and Fiachra Gibbons 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 -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy-EU,lead ROME Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte extends his feud about coronavirus money with EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in the pages of a Roman newspaper. 500 words 1130 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. File picture 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-France-politics,FOCUS PARIS Anxiety is growing over the coronavirus threat for France's overseas territories, located in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans thousands of kilometres from the mainland, with distance proving no protection for regions with fragile health infrastructure. 750 words 1000 GMT by Cecile Azzaro and Daphne Benoit in Paris, with Claudine Wery in Noumea -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Morocco-Algeria-Tunisia,FOCUS RABAT The coronavirus pandemic has put the spotlight on shortcomings in health care in several North African countries, even as governments move quickly to announce restrictions to limit the spread of the virus. 650 words 1000 GMT by Hamza Mekouar with Tunis and Algiers bureaux Health-virus-religion-Judaism,FOCUS JERUSALEM The Jewish holiday of Passover has long inspired intense debate, with favourite topics including whether Moses actually parted the Red Sea or if the Ten Plagues were an ethical response to enslavement. 750 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee -- AMERICAS -- 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-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 moved by Maggy Donaldson. Video. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-US-nurses,SCENE 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 moved. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia-cruise,FOCUS SYDNEY Australia insists it will not let the crew of multiple virus-stricken cruise ships into the country, slapping aside suggestions it was falling short on legal and moral obligations. 600 words moved by Andrew Beatty. Picture 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 Health-virus-China-Wuhan-recovery,PHOTOESSAY WUHAN Cars are back on city streets, shoppers are strolling in malls again, and other signs of life are returning to Wuhan, but the cradle of the global coronavirus pandemic remains under the shadow of the contagion. 350 words. 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 initially 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 -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Ethiopia-ventilator,FOCUS ADDIS ABABA As Ethiopia braces for a potential spike in COVID-19 cases, doctors are scrambling to master the workings of mechanical ventilators, which buy time for critically ill patients to fight off infection. 800 words 1000 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video 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 -- BUSINESS & TECH -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Asian and European stocks mostly drop as global coronavirus infections top one million people, but oil extends the previous day's record surge following reports that OPEC had called an emergency meeting for next week. 700 words 1130 GMT by Roland Jackson Health-virus-Google-data PARIS Google says it will publish location data from its users around the world from Friday to allow governments to gauge the effectiveness of social distancing measures put in place to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. 400 words moved -- SPORTS -- 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 -- ENTERTAINMENT -- 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-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 afp
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