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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US orders emergency measures for virus hotspots + Trillion-dollar US rescue deal fails in Senate + Japan, IOC flag postponement of Tokyo Olympics + 23 die as virus panic sparks Colombia jail riot + Japanese celebrate cherry blossom despite virus Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump orders thousands of emergency hospital beds set up at American coronavirus hotspots but his trillion-dollar economic rescue package crashes, as pandemic deaths soar across the globe. 900 words 0730 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-politics-economy,3rdlead WASHINGTON A trillion-dollar Senate proposal to rescue the reeling US economy crashes to defeat after receiving zero support from Democrats, and with five Republicans absent from the chamber because of virus-related quarantines. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture. Picture Health-virus-Oly-2020,WRAP TOKYO Postponing the Olympics over the coronavirus pandemic may become 'inevitable', Japan's prime minister concedes, after the International Olympic Committee says a delay is being considered as pressure grows from athletes and sports bodies. 750 words 0600 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama and Sara Hussein. Picture. Video Also moving: Oly-2020-Japan-JPN-health-virus-postponement,Q&A Health-virus-Oly-2020,QUOTES Oly-2020-Tokyo,CHRONO Health-virus-LatAm,WRAP MONTEVIDEO Panic over the spread of the coronavirus sparked a prison riot in Colombia that killed 23 inmates, as Chile becomes the latest Latin American country to announce restrictions on movement. 750 words 0630 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-cherry-weather-Japan,FOCUS TOKYO The crowds might be thinner and the parties smaller, but warnings from officials over the coronavirus have done little to stop Japanese celebrating as the country's famed cherry trees explode into bloom. 650 words 0530 GMT by Shingo Ito. Picture. Video. -- AMERICAS -- Health-US-virus-immigration,FOCUS LOS ANGELES James can't afford to quarantine: he lost his job as a waiter in a Los Angeles restaurant, and is two weeks away from running out of money for rent and food. 500 words moved by Javier Tovar. File Picture Health-virus-fbl-BRA SAO PAULO Brazil's top football clubs are handing over their stadiums to allow health authorities to turn them into field hospitals and clinics to fight the coronavirus pandemic. 300 words moved. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy ROME Italian health officials voice cautious hope after the coronavirus death toll edged down from the previous day's world record and the rate of infections slowed. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-Merkel,2ndlead BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel is in quarantine after meeting a doctor since tested positive for the novel coronavirus, as Germany further tightens rules on public gatherings and plots a taboo-breaking package of support for Europe's top economy. 700 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Iran-politics TEHRAN Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei says his country will never accept any aid to fight the novel coronavirus from arch-enemy and "charlatans" the United States, as Tehran announced 129 new deaths. 550 words moved. Picture -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-peace-Taliban-prisoners-Qatar,WRAP WASHINGTON The Afghan government and the Taliban hold their first discussion on arranging prisoner exchanges, the US special envoy for Afghanistan says on Twitter. 500 words moved -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-fbl-BRA SAO PAULO Brazil's top football clubs are handing over their stadiums to allow health authorities to turn them into field hospitals and clinics to fight the coronavirus pandemic. 300 words moved. File Picture afp
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