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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO: coronavirus crisis nowhere near ending + Iran puts first military satellite in orbit + Oil price rallies but more turmoil expected + Race to design vaccine hots up with UK trial + British charity dogs will 'sniff out' virus Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The World Health Organization warns that the coronavirus crisis will not end any time soon, with many countries only in the early stages of the fight, as the global death toll surpasses 180,000. 900 words 2030 GMT by Robin Millard with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Iran-military-satellite-US,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it has put its first military satellite into orbit, making it an emerging "world power", as the US issues new threats amid rising naval tensions in the Gulf. 800 words 2130 GMT by Ahmad Parhizi. Picture. Video Markets-world, WRAP NEW YORK Beaten-down US oil prices rally following dramatic declines earlier this week even as surging American crude inventories approach capacity and portend more volatility ahead. 650 words 2030 GMT by John Biers Health-virus-Germany-US-Britain-vaccine,FOCUS BERLIN The race to develop an effective vaccine against the novel coronavirus gathers pace, as clinical trials on humans were approved in Germany and launched in the UK. 600 words moved by Kit Holden with Sylvain Peuchmaurd in London Health-virus-Britain-dogs,VIDEOESSAY MILTON KEYNES, United Kingdom Can dogs detect COVID-19? A British charity certainly thinks so, and is training canines with their keen sense of smell to sniff out coronavirus after previous screening success for malaria. 400 words moved. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-immigration-politics-economy,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump confirms he will order a partial block of immigration as he seeks to protect workers from the coronavirus pandemic's economic fallout, while protesters again demand states allow businesses to re-open. 600 words 2100 GMT by Jerome Cartillier with Antoine Boyer in Richmond, Virginia. Picture Health-virus-US-California,lead WASHINGTON Two people who died in California in early and mid February have been confirmed through autopsies as coronavirus cases -- weeks before the first reported COVID-19 fatality in the United States. 600 words 2000 GMT by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-diplomacy-politics-UN,lead UNITED NATIONS The UN Security Council begins work on a draft resolution co-authored by Tunisia and France urging "enhanced coordination" and a general cessation of hostilities in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words 2100 GMT by Philippe Rater Health-virus-US-politics-lifestyle,FOCUS SIOUX FALLS, United States A former Eritrean refugee in Ethiopia, Andom Yosef has been spending his nights cutting up pig carcasses in a South Dakota factory for years. Like more than 700 of his colleagues, mostly immigrants, he caught the coronavirus. 800 words moved by Sebastien Duval. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-attack,WRAP JERUSALEM A Palestinian man carrying a pipebomb is shot dead after he hits an Israeli police officer with a van and then stabs him with a pair of scissors at a West Bank checkpoint, police say. 400 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Lebanon-refugee-Palestinians,lead BEIRUT A Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon has been put under lockdown after the UN announced the first confirmed case of coronavirus in one of the country's numerous and crowded camps. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-WHO,2ndlead GENEVA COVID-19 will stalk the planet for a long time to come, the World Health Organization says, warning that most countries were still in the early stages of tackling the pandemic. 650 words moved by Robin Millard. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Nigeria-children-Islam,FOCUS KANO, Nigeria Crowds of child beggars wait for buses in northern Nigeria's Kano -- the first of some 250,000 pupils from controversial Islamic schools expected to be sent home over coronavirus fears. 650 words moved by Aminu Abubakar Health-virus-Africa-traditional-medicine,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG Traditional healing is widely respected in Africa and the emergency of coronavirus is spurring a rush for almost anything claimed to prevent or cure coronavirus, despite stern scientific warnings. 900 words moved by Susan Njanji and African bureaus. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-pollution DELHI Residents of Delhi, regularly listed as one of the world's most polluted cities, are revelling in azure skies and clean air as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. 300 words moved. Video. Picture Moving: Health-virus-Asia,POINTS -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- US-health-virus-aviation-earnings-Delta, WRAP Delta Air Lines will need to "resize" the company in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, executives say, as they sketch out a picture of airline industry recovery that is expected to be slow and choppy. 525 words 2100 GMT by John Biers India-IT-Facebook-Jio,WRAP MUMBAI, India Facebook has taken a $5.7 billion stake in the Jio digital platforms business of India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, in one of the country's biggest foreign investments, the companies said. 700 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly, with Bhuvan Gagga in Delhi -- SPORT -- Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Germany-health-virus,lead BERLIN German football authorities are set to announce plans on Thursday for Bundesliga matches to restart in empty stadiums on May 9, but the potential first return of a major European league in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic is meeting some opposition. 700 words moved by Ryland James. 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