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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + EU prepares border closures to fight virus + Wall Street suffers biggest loss since 1987 + IOC set for crisis talks over Tokyo Olympics + US begins first human trials of vaccine + Tom Hanks released from hospital Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The European Union prepares to close its external borders for 30 days in an increasingly desperate battle against the coronavirus pandemic, as panicked global financial markets go in freefall. 900 words 0230 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Markets-world HONG KONG Asian markets mostly rise following the previous day's hefty losses but investors remain nervous after Wall Street suffered its worst day in more than three decades as economies are battered by the coronavirus. 600 words 0230 GMT. Picture Health-virus-Oly-2020-Japan-JPN,2ndlead LAUSANNE, Switzerland The International Olympic Committee is to hold high-level talks, as doubts grow over the Tokyo Games and with some in Japan urging officials not to risk lives by pressing ahead during the coronavirus emergency. 650 words moved. Video Health-virus-US-vaccine,2ndlead WASHINGTON The first human trial to evaluate a candidate vaccine against the new coronavirus has begun in Seattle, US health officials say, raising hopes in the global fight against the disease. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture Health-virus-Australia-US-Hanks-entertainment GOLD COAST, Australia Tom Hanks has been released from the Australian hospital where he was in isolation since testing positive for the coronavirus last week, but his wife Rita Wilson remains hospitalised. 200 words moved -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Spain-food,SCENE MADRID "Keep a safe distance!" barks a cashier in a Madrid supermarket, where working the till means braving the frontline in virus-ravaged Spain. 650 words moved by Laurence Boutreaux. Picture Health-virus-France,FOCUS PARIS Fearful health workers across France sound an alarm over a lack of protective gear as hospitals, with hundreds of coronavirus patients in critical care, brace for an onslaught of new cases. 700 words moved by Kelly Macnamara -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Oly-2020-Japan-JPN-1940-history,FOCUS TOKYO Fears are swirling that the coronavirus pandemic may result in the postponement or even cancellation of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. It would not be the first time for Tokyo. 750 words 0330 GMT by Richard Carter. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-toilet-paper,FOCUS WASHINGTON It's a scene that's become familiar around the world: From the US to France to Australia, rows of empty supermarket shelves where toilet paper used to be, the result of coronavirus-induced panic buying. But why? 500 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture Health-virus-US-lifestyle-survivalists,FOCUS MATHIAS, West Virginia The narrow, worn track in West Virginia, close to the foothills of the Appalachians, leads to a camp set back in the woods, where a group of US survivalists began preparing for the collapse of civilization long before the arrival of the new coronavirus that has brought so much of the world to a halt. 750 words 0130 GMT by Sebastien Duval. Picture Health-virus-US-banking-buyback,FOCUS NEW YORK The economic wallop from the coronavirus offers an opening for large US banks to win back points from the public after the industry was pilloried over the 2008 financial crisis. 550 words 0130 GMT by Luc Olinga Health-virus-US-hospital,FOCUS WASHINGTON Beds, ventilators and masks soon could all be in short supply in US hospitals rocked by the novel coronavirus, with doctors worrying they may have to start choosing which patients to treat. 700 words 0230 GMT by Charlotte Plantive US-politics-vote-Democrats-health-virus MIAMI Millions of Americans are expected to troop to polling stations Tuesday in four states despite the coronavirus pandemic bringing anxiety and uncertainty to the nation's Democratic primaries, with Joe Biden aiming to widen his lead against Bernie Sanders. 700 words 0200 GMT by Leila Macor, with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture Health-virus-vaccines-treatments,FOCUS WASHINGTON Pharmaceuticals and research labs across the world are racing to find vaccines and treatments for the new coronavirus, using a variety of different technologies. 1,400 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-US Health-virus-US-politics-Pence,FOCUS Health virus-US-education-children,SCENE -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-opera-music PARIS Some of the world's greatest orchestras and opera houses are streaming concerts for free to console music lovers through these trying virus-struck times. 650 words moved by Rana Moussaoui -- SPORT -- Health-virus-Fbl-Euro-2020-UEFA PARIS UEFA is expected to postpone Euro 2020 by up to a year on Tuesday, as European football's governing body considers its response to the fallout of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 0300 GMT by Andy Scott with Eric Bernaudeau in Lausanne Swim-CHN-Sun-doping-Oly-2020-Wang SHANGHAI A former team-mate of Sun Yang has given AFP a rare insight into how China drives its swimmers in the ultimate pursuit of Olympic gold, starting from a young age. 600 words 0300 GMT by Peter Stebbings with Jessica Yang. File picture afp
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