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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Lockdowns tighten across the planet + Emergency field hospitals pop up in US + Harry and Meghan formally step aside + Could homemade masks stop virus spread? + Race to save the coronavirus-tainted pangolin Health-virus,WRAP MADRID Tightened lockdowns around the planet keep billions of people at home in a bid to stem the coronavirus pandemic, as Spain records its deadliest day and the United States braces for the full impact of the disease. 800 words 1530 GMT by Hazel Ward with Peter Hutchison in New York. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-toll,FACTS Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-US NEW YORK Emergency field hospitals are cropping up across New York, where authorities are racing against time to prevent the city becoming overwhelmed in its battle with the raging coronavirus. 600 words 1600 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video Britain-US-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Prince Harry and his wife Meghan formally step down as senior members of the British royal family, as they start a controversial new life in the United States. 700 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture. File video Health-virus-masks,FOCUS PARIS Is a homemade mask better than nothing at all? With an unknown number of asymptomatic virus carriers, some experts are advising people to fashion their own face coverings to prevent them spreading the disease. 700 words moved by Paul Ricard. File picture CAfrica-species-pangolin-health-virus,FOCUS DZANGA-SANGHA NATIONAL PARK, Central African Republic Scientists in the Central African Republic are battling to save the pangolin, a scale-covered mammal whose plight has come to worldwide recognition through the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words 1430 GMT by Camille Laffont. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccine-pharmaceutical,FOCUS PARIS From medical workers struggling to care for the rising tide of COVID-19 patients to the billions of people told to stay home to slow the pandemic, everyone is waiting for one thing: a vaccine. 1400 words moved by Kelly Macnamara with Issam Ahmed in Washington Health-virus-mortality-study-pandemic PARIS Middle-aged people, and not just the elderly, have a dramatically higher risk of dying or developing serious illness from COVID-19, new research from Britain shows. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey Health-virus-medicine,FACTS PARIS From whether it is airborne to will it die off in warm weather, we set out five things we still don't know about the coronavirus. 700 words moved by Olivier Thibault -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy,2ndlead ROME Italy marks a minute of silence and flies flags at half mast to mourn the 11,591 people who have died from the coronavirus pandemic that has dramatically altered life in the Mediterranean country. 500 words 1730 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-politics-society,FOCUS LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson references one of his predecessor Margaret Thatcher's most well-known phrases to praise Britain's coronavirus response, raising questions about a possible shift in government ideology. 700 words 1500 GMT by Phil Hazlewood and David Harding Health-virus-France SAINT-BARTHELEMY-D'ANJOU, France President Emmanuel Macron pledges to restore France's "independence" in producing vital medical equipment, saying the country is ramping up output of face masks and ventilators to battle the coronavirus outbreak that is overwhelming its hospitals. 600 words moved by Laurence Benhamou. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA-- Health-virus-G20-economy-Saudi,WRAP RIYADH Finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of 20 major economies will hold a second round of virtual talks to push ahead the coronavirus response, the Saudi hosts say. 450 words moved Health-virus-Israel-religion,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israeli police with face masks and batons and backed by surveillance helicopters have stepped up patrols of ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhoods that have become coronavirus hotspots. 700 words 1500 GMT by Michael Blum. Picture. Video Algeria-politics-Bouteflika,FOCUS ALGIERS A year after the unexpected downfall of Algeria's longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the ailing octogenarian remains holed up in his plush and medically adapted home, with his detractors still demanding justice. 600 words moved by Abdellah Cheballah. File picture. File video Also moved: Algeria-politics-Bouteflika,CHRONO -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa,2ndlead LAGOS Roads in Africa's largest city Lagos are deserted as Nigeria locks down its economic hub and shutters its capital, in the continent's latest effort to brake the coronavirus juggernaut. 650 words 1600 GMT by Sophie Bouillon and Joel Olatunde Agoi with AFP Africa bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Health-virus-Nigeria-Lagos-shutdown,SCENE Also moved: Health-virus-Africa-pandemic,FACTS Health-virus-Zimbabwe-water,SCENE HARARE Buckets and jerrycans in hand or in wheelbarrows, dozens of Zimbabweans stand in a long queue, all backed up into each other, patiently waiting to fill up at a water borehole in the capital Harare as the country starts a 21-day coronavirus lockdown. 550 words 1500 GMT by Ish Mafundikwa. File Picture Health-virus-SAfrica-Soweto,SCENE SOWETO Along the Soweto township's Vilakazi, one of South Africa's most famous streets and where Nelson Mandela once lived, restauranteur Maqoba Mbutho sips coffee, worrying about his business and fearing a rise in crime due to the coronavirus lockdown. 400 words 1630 GMT by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy-aviation,WRAP NEW YORK American Airlines will apply for the $12 billion in assistance it has been offered by the US government as it attempts to steer through the global aviation downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words 1500 GMT US-crime-dog-driving-offbeat LOS ANGELES A resident of the western US state of Washington is arrested following a high-speed chase that left officers dumbfounded after they found the man's pit bull behind the wheel. 250 words moved -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-Wuhan-burials,SCENE WUHAN, China As China's coronavirus epicentre Wuhan awakens from its long nightmare, formerly locked-down citizens are beginning to reemerge, but for many, their first outdoor act in more than two months is grim: burying loved ones. 600 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video Health-virus-India NEW DELHI A large religious gathering in New Delhi sparks a manhunt across India for suspected coronavirus cases after being linked to dozens of infections and several deaths. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Palau-Pacific,FOCUS KOROR, Palau A coronavirus-free tropical island nestled in the northern Pacific may seem the perfect place to ride out a pandemic -- but residents on Palau say life right now is far from idyllic. 700 words moved by Bernadette Carreon. Picture Health-virus-Thailand-animal-elephants-tourism,FOCUS BANGKOK Campaigners warn many elephants working in Thailand's tourism sector, underfed and chained up for endless hours, may starve, be sold to roadside zoos or shifted into the illegal logging trade as the coronavirus decimates visitor numbers. 600 words moved by Sophie Deviller. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON A rally in global stocks runs out of steam despite a jump in Chinese factory activity providing a surprise boost for the virus-hit global economy, while oil prices rebound from 18-year lows. 600 words 1600 GMT -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-health-virus-scenarios,FOCUS LONDON The English Premier League is reportedly considering a range of options to deal with the season halted by the coronavirus pandemic, including scrapping it altogether -- a move that would deprive runaway leaders Liverpool of their first title for 30 years. 650 words moved by Steve Griffiths. File picture Health-virus-sports-psychology,FOCUS HONG KONG Fear, stress and money worries: coronavirus lockdown is hard for anyone, but athletes are facing extra mental health risks as they go from highly active lifestyles to isolation and boredom, experts warn. 600 words moved by Talek Harris. File picture afp
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