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| - Duty Editor: Anita Chang Beattie Tel: +1 202 414 0541 -- TOP STORIES -- + Countries bolster virus defences as Spain cases spike + Trump takes coronavirus test + Couple abducted in 2018 found alive in Mali + Japan says Olympics to go ahead despite virus Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Governments around the world shut more borders and promise cash injections, as US President Donald Trump says he had taken a coronavirus test and the number of global cases crosses 150,000. 850 words 1930 GMT by Abhik Chanda with AFP bureaux. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-Europe-measures,FACTS Health-virus-sport Health-virus-US WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says he has taken a coronavirus test, after days of dismissing concerns at his recent exposure to a disease that has paralyzed the globe and could affect millions of Americans. 750 words 2100 GMT by Brian Knowlton. Picture. Video Mali-Burkina-Italy-Canada-UN-kidnapping,WRAP BAMAKO A Canadian woman and her Italian partner kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 have been found in good health in the northwest of Mali after fleeing their captors and are due to be repatriated, diplomatic and UN sources say. 650 words moved 2000 GMT by Serge Daniel. Picture. Video Health-virus-Japan-Abe TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resists pressure for changes to the Tokyo Olympics schedule even as sporting events worldwide fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Morocco-tourism,FOCUS FNIDEQ, Morocco Tourists are trapped in Morocco after the kingdom announces strict border controls in response to the coronavirus, leaving travellers stuck at borders, ports and airports. 550 words moved by Hamza Mekouar with Sophie Pons in Rabat. Picture. Video Health-virus-Spain,SCENE MADRID Madrid becomes a ghost town with shops closed and streets and squares deserted as officials try to put the brakes on the rapid spread of the deadly coronavius in the Spanish capital. 600 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy,lead ROME Italians spend their first weekend under lockdown, with only the odd jogger or dog-walker visible on pavements otherwise emptied in an attempt to contain Europe's worst coronavirus outbreak. 650 words moved by Jastinder Khera. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy-care,FOCUS ROME A widely-shared image of a worn-out nurse slumped over her keyboard has become emblematic of the extreme fatigue that Italian healthcare workers are facing as they battle Europe's worse outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Franck Iovene. Picture. Video Health-virus-transmission,FOCUS PARIS Can a single COVID-19 patient infect dozens of others? Although transmission rates in the current outbreak appear to be far lower, a variety of factors can lead to an individual infecting many. 600 words moved by Julie Charpentrat -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-police,lead MOSCOW Moscow police detain dozens of people at a protest against "political repressions" near the headquarters of the Russian security service, including a well-known human rights activist. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-unrest-US-rockets,3rdlead BAGHDAD A fresh spate of rockets targets an Iraqi base north of Baghdad where foreign troops are deployed, Iraqi and US security sources tell AFP, in a rare daytime attack. 500 words moved -- ASIA -- NZealand-attacks-religion-Islam,FOCUS CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand One year after the Christchurch mosque attacks, Aliya Danzeisen says she still needs to rise before dawn to read the news so she can prepare her daughters for the harassment they can expect for being Muslim. 650 words moved by Chris Foley -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-unrest,FOCUS MOPTI, Mali After years of ethnic massacres and unrelenting jihadist attacks, central Mali has been left a harrowed area of deserted villages and displaced people. 600 words moved by Amaury Hauchard. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-fbl-ENG-Pr-Britain LONDON Football Association chairman Greg Clarke reportedly tells the Premier League he does not believe the domestic football season will be completed because of the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved by John Weaver. File picture afp
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