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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global pandemic death toll nears 100,000 + Fears for Yemen after first virus case + Most top oil producers agree output cut + Asia cracks down on virus 'fake news' + Trashy fashion: lockdown style Health-virus,WRAP ROME Hundreds of millions will be spending the Easter holiday at home as lockdown measures intensify to combat the coronavirus, a pandemic with a global death toll now rapidly approaching 100,000. 900 words 1030 GMT by Dmitry Zaks with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Yemen,WRAP DUBAI War-torn Yemen reports its first case of coronavirus in a southern province under the control of the government, raising fears of an outbreak in a country with few resources left to respond. 600 words 1130 GMT Health-virus-G20-OPEC-oil,WRAP RIYADH G20 energy ministers are set to hold a virtual meeting to build on marathon OPEC-led talks that saw an agreement between major oil producers -- except Mexico -- to slash production to shore up collapsing prices. 700 words 1030 GMT Health-virus-rights-internet,FOCUS HONG KONG Hundreds of people have been arrested across Asia for purportedly sharing false coronavirus information, raising freedom of expression concerns as governments seek to crackdown on "fake news". 750 words moved by Katie Forster and Spencer Feingold Health-virus-bin-costumes-offbeat SYDNEY Staying at home all day is rubbish, so people around the world are dressing up to take the bins out and sharing photos of their outfits online to cheer up others in lockdown. 350 words moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-Johnson LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to a hospital ward after three days of intensive care treatment for COVID-19 ended, as his government urges people to remain in lockdown over Easter. 500 words 1030 GMT by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Easter VATICAN CITY Church doors will be shut and the Vatican sealed off when Pope Francis leads 1.3 billion Catholics in Easter Sunday celebrations held under a world-wide coronavirus lockdown. 650 words moved by Dmitry Zaks Health-virus-Belarus,SCENE MINSK As most people in Europe are confined to their homes, life goes on as usual in Belarus where even football is continuing -- though fears are growing over the leader's lax response to COVID-19. 500 words 1000 GMT by Alexander Grebenkin. Video Health-virus-Europe-Britain-court,FOCUS LONDON The COVID-19 pandemic is causing an "unprecedented crisis" for some European criminal justice systems as officials try to deal with a host of unforeseen problems. 750 words 1200 GMT by David Harding Health-virus-funerals-Belgium,SCENE BRUSSELS There's no wild applause from balconies every night at 8 pm, no spontaneous "thank you" messages, but Belgium's discreet funeral directors are still in the frontline of the coronavirus epidemic, and their working lives have been turned upside down. 500 words 1030 GMT by Francoise Michel. Picture. Video Health-virus-business-Easter-chocolate-Belgium,FOCUS BRUSSELS Easter weekend should mark a season of bounty for Brussels' famed chocolatiers, but master artisan Laurent Gerbaud stands alone in his workshop, hand packing batches for home delivery. 550 words 1100 GMT by Anne-Laure Mondesert. Picture. Video Health-virus-Bosnia-religion,FOCUS MEDJUGORJE, Bosnia A Bosnian shrine with a reputation for miraculous healing powers is deserted by Catholic pilgrims amid the global coronavirus shutdown, emptying the town for the first time since the Virgin Mary was said to appear on a nearby hillside four decades ago. 650 words moved by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. Picture. Video Health-virus-Europe-beer,FOCUS PARIS Shuttered bars, cancelled concerts and no sporting matches: European beer brewers large and small are bracing for a catastrophic summer as demand dries up during the lockdowns imposed to curtail the coronavirus outbreak. 750 words moved by Nicolas Gubert and AFP bureaus -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Nigeria-economy,FOCUS LAGOS At a market on the outskirts of Nigeria's megacity Lagos, yam trader Olatunji Okesanya is scrambling for produce as measures to halt the coronavirus cut him off from suppliers. 750 words moved by Joel Olatunde Agoi and Sophie Bouillon Health-virus-Burundi BUJUMBURA In Burundi, the delayed arrival of coronavirus was attributed to "God's protection". Now that it has three cases, authorities again see divine intervention at work, and little reason to interrupt everyday life. 650 words moved. Video. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-Easter,FOCUS JERUSALEM Eggs on the table and a toy rabbit on the dresser -- with a few decorations, Palestinian Christian Sawsan Bitar attempts to salvage some normality from an Easter hit by coronavirus. 600 words moved by Claire Gounon and Hiba Aslan -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON US health officials make cautiously optimistic noises about coronavirus despite a jump in deaths, suggesting Americans might be able to take summer holidays, as falling hospitalization rates hint at a turning point in the battle against COVID-19. 700 words moved by Ivan Couronne with Peter Hutchison in New York. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: US-health-virus-US-economy-indicator-unemployment,WRAP Health-virus-US-China-Taiwan-WHO,LEAD Health-virus-US-politics-election-voting,FOCUS Health-virus-politics-diplomacy-UN,2NDLEAD Health-virus-US-politics-media-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON "Nasty," Donald Trump calls one reporter, "third-rate," he brands another. The US president seems to loathe journalists but at his tempestuous coronavirus press conferences he just keeps coming back for more. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-US-politics-election-voting,FOCUS US-vote-politics,FOCUS Health-virus-US-prison-Chicago,lead CHICAGO A Chicago judge rejects a bid by inmates to be released or transferred from a jail housing 4,500 detainees which has emerged as one of the largest coronavirus clusters in the US. 700 words moved by Bob Chiarito. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Ecuador,FOCUS US-health-virus-prostitution,FOCUS LOS ANGELES "Being a prostitute has always been a good option in times of crisis... until this one," says Bruno, a sex worker who fears catching the deadly coronavirus at a time when those in his trade are more vulnerable than ever. 500 words moved by Javier Tovar -- ASIA -- Pakistan-tourism-ski,FOCUS MALAM JABBA, Pakistan It survived the dark days of Taliban rule, the destruction of its main hotel and a major flood. Now, the little Pakistani ski resort of Malam Jabba is facing a new challenge from the coronavirus pandemic, just as it had hoped to showcase its revamped facilities to the world. 750 words moved by Joris Fioriti. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Britain-music-Beatles-anniversary,FOCUS LONDON When The Beatles went their separate ways in the early 1970s, few thought that half a century later the pioneering band would still influence pop music culture. 750 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture -- HEALTH -- Health-virus-events-economy-religion-sport-fbl-Eur,FOCUS PARIS Congregations of a secretive South Korean sect, an assembly of French evangelists and major European football matches: as the new coronavirus radiated across the planet it seeded clusters of infections at mass gatherings that helped magnify its spread. 1,200 words moved by Kelly Macnamara -- SPORT -- Fbl-women-Hegerberg-health-virus,INTERVIEW MADRID Lyon striker and 2018 Ballon d'Or winner Ada Hegerberg insists women's football cannot afford to fade into the background as a result of the economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words 1200 GMT by Tom Allnutt. File picture -- TECHNOLOGY -- Health-virus-Germany-technology, Q&A FRANKFURT Artificial intelligence expert Chris Boos explains how he is helping the German government develop an app that would alert users if they are at risk of coronavirus infection, by detecting when they have spent time near a person who has tested positive. 500 words 1030 GMT by Jean-Philippe Lacour. File Video. File Picture afp
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