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| - Duty Editor: Sean Gleeson Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Record coronavirus deaths in Italy and Spain + China opens up Wuhan, pandemic 'Ground Zero' + Trump signs $2 trillion US virus rescue plan + 'Corona criminal' scams target pandemic fear Health-virus,WRAP ROME Italy logs a shocking spike in its already staggering coronavirus death toll, with officials warning the peak of the crisis is still days away, as the global infection rate surges relentlessly upwards. 900 words 0600 GMT by Ella Ide. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-Britain-virus-Johnson,FOCUS Health-virus-China WUHAN, China The Chinese city of 11 million people that was Ground Zero for what became the global coronavirus pandemic partly reopens, after more than two months of almost total isolation. 700 words 0630 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-US WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signs into law the $2 trillion rescue plan to salvage a US economy crippled by coronavirus, on a day the nation sees a record 18,000 new confirmed cases of infection. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Health-virus-crime,FOCUS THE HAGUE From trafficking dodgy surgical masks to peddling counterfeit medicines and running internet scams, criminals are finding ways to profit from the coronavirus crisis, European police warn. 700 words 0600 GMT by Jan Hennop with AFP European bureaus. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-migration,FOCUS NEW DELHI With India locked down over the coronavirus and no way to earn money, Dilipji Thakor faces a grim choice: either walk home or die hungry. 700 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-automobile-politics-economy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump issues a federal order to force auto giant General Motors to manufacture ventilators, as supplies of the crucial hospital equipment grow short and coronavirus infections mount across the country. 700 words moved. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-US-hospital-NewYork,FOCUS Health-virus-Chile-Uruguay,FOCUS SANTIAGO Survivors from two dramatic rescues that captivated the world, the 2010 Chilean mine collapse and the 1972 Andes plane crash, give their advice for how to surivive a lockdown as the number of Latin American coronavirus cases soars past 10,000. 650 words moved by Paulina Abramovich with Gabriela Vaz in Montevideo. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-conflict-aid,FOCUS PARIS As Europe and the United States struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, aid groups warn that without measures millions could die in low-income countries and war zones such as Syria and Yemen, where hygiene conditions are already dire. 700 words moved by Claire Doyen and Eleonore Hughes Health-virus-Germany-crime-women-children,FOCUS BERLIN With families across Europe confined to their homes to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, fears are rising of a surge in domestic violence. 600 words moved by Isabelle Le Page. Picture Health-virus-Italy-hospital,SCENE CASAL PALOCCO, Italy Doctors and nurses at the Casalpalocco hospital on Rome's outskirts mill silently around coronavirus patients lying motionless on their beds surrounded by machines monitoring their vital signs. 550 words moved by Arman Soldin with Kelly Velasquez. Picture. Video Health-virus-Vatican-religion-pope VATICAN CITY Pope Francis stands alone in vast Saint Peter's Square to bless Catholics around the world suffering under the coronavirus pandemic, laying humanity's errors bare and urging people to ease their fears through faith. 600 words moved by Catherine Marciano. Picture. Video. Live Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-politics-Israel,FOCUS JERUSALEM Has coronavirus saved Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? The sense of urgency created by the pandemic has opened the way for the right-wing premier to stay in power as head of a "corona government". 650 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Nigeria,FOCUS LAGOS The normally bustling markets have thinned out and the notoriously clogged roads are eerily free: Lagos is lurching towards shutdown as Nigeria tries to prevent the spread of coronavirus. 650 words moved by Max Delany and Joel Olatunde Agoi with Emmanuel Anule in Abuja. Picture. Video Guinea-vote-constitution,WRAP CONAKRY Guinea votes to back a contested new constitution, in a blow to President Alpha Conde's opponents who fear the reforms are a ploy to extend his grip on power. 650 words moved by Mouctar Bah. File picture -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-investments,FOCUS NEW YORK Hedge funds have lost billions of dollars as the coronavirus has stalled the economy and sent Wall Street into a tailspin. But the financial institutions favored by the world's richest investors are plotting a recovery by betting on the markets' slump. 600 words moved by Luc Olinga Also moved: Health-virus-US-economy,FOCUS -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-health-virus-sponsors,FOCUS LONDON The decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics until 2021 will be welcomed by sponsors including Coca-Cola and General Electric who pay hundreds of millions to be associated with the event, British advertising veteran Martin Sorrell tells AFP. 750 words moved by Pirate Irwin. File picture afp
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