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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS SEOUL (South Korea): South Koreans vote in a parliamentary election held under tight coronavirus controls - LIVE, EDIT YOKOHAMA (Japan): Japan's "net cafe refugees" struggle to find shelters after the all-night lounges closed under the state of emergency - EDIT ROME (Italy): The coronavirus lockdown has emptied the streets and parks of Rome, leaving space for birds to thrive - EDIT + ASIA-PACIFIC SOUTH KOREA: South Koreans vote in a parliamentary election held under tight coronavirus controls SOURCE: AFPTV, LIVE, EDIT - REGULAR UPDATES HANOI (Vietnam): Images from the Vietnamese capital Hanoi SOURCE: AFPTV, LIVE 0100GMT JAKARTA: Coronavirus - Aerial view of Jakarta after Indonesian capital implements partial lockdown. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT SINGAPORE (Singapore): Tourist areas of Singapore quiet with city under semi-lockdown SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0200 GMT - Location: Marina Bay LIVE 0200 GMT VARANASI (India): Coronavirus: before and after images from India's holy city of Varanasi SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT YOKOHAMA (Japan): Japan's "net cafe refugees" struggle to find shelters after the all-night lounges closed under the state of emergency - EDIT 0400 GMT HONG KONG (China): Piano van - Hong Kong music lessons go mobile during outbreak - EDIT 0400 GMT MANILA (Philippines): Views of the Philippines capital Manila under lockdown SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0600 GMT BEIJING (China): Chinese Foreign Ministry briefing SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0700GMT, EDIT 0830 GMT + EUROPE BRUSSELS (Belgium): NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives presser following NATO defence ministers summit - SOURCE: NATO TV - MEETING STARTS AT 1300 GMT, PRESSER WILL FOLLOW - LIVE - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE TBA BRUSSELS (Belgium): Government to decide on extending lockdown in Belgium - SOURCE: POOL RTBF - PRESS CONFERENCE TO TAKE PLACE IN THE AFTERNOON AFTER MEETING - LIVE AND EDIT, TIMING TO BE CONFIRMED - LIVE TBA PARIS (France): Images of the Notre Dame cathedral, one year after the world heritage monument was nearly destroyed by fire. LIVE 0550 GMT, 0650 GMT, 1050 GMT, 1630 GMT - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0550 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW COPENHAGEN (Denmark): Denmark set to start easing coronavirus restrictions with reopening of some kindergartens and primary schools - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TO FOLLOW - EDIT 0600 GMT STRASBOURG (France): Plasterer swaps his trade for work in a clinic to help fight the coronavirus pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0800 GMT STRASBOURG (France): Report from coronavirus rehabilitation centre for patients fighting to beat the virus - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT PARIS (France): Press conference following French weekly cabinet meeting - EXACT TIMING TO BE CONFIRMED - SOURCE: AGENCY POOL - LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Clapping on balconies to pay tribute to medical teams fighting coronavirus - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1750 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BRUSSELS (Belgium): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gives an update on coronavirus - SOURCE: EBS - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0900 GMT MADRID (Spain): Spanish health ministry gives daily briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0930 GMT BERLIN (Germany): Spokespeople from German ministries give a press conference after a weekly meeting by ministers on coronavirus - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT - EDIT 1000 GMT PARIS (France): French Government answers lawmakers' questions as Parliament meets in "restricted format" due to coronavirus - SOURCE: SENATE - LIVE 1300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LISBON (Portugal): Lisbon City Council has transformed a gymnasium into shelter to help a homeless population that wants to get off the streets to protect itself from the coronavirus pandemic SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT MOSCOW (Russia): Police begin checking special digital passes for passengers of vehicles who enter Moscow amid covid-19 pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT GENEVA (Switzerland): WHO briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: WHO - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1400 GMT ROME (Italy): Civil Protection Agency holds daily press conference on coronavirus - SOURCE: POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing - SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT ROME (Italy): The coronavirus lockdown has emptied streets and parks, leaving space for birds to thrive. AFPTV visits the Villa Borghese, in the heart of the Italian capital, with an ornithologist. - EDIT 1600 GMT PARIS (France): French health ministry update on coronavirus outbreak - SOURCE: FRENCH HEALTH MINISTRY - SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION BY MINISTRY - LIVE 1715 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BOLOGNA (Italy): AFPTV visits the laboratory in Italy where a team of engineers, chemists and microbiologists are testing face masks that adhere to the official European standard - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1800 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA TEHRAN (Iran): Iran's health spokesperson announces new toll of coronavirus cases - SOURCE IRINN OR IRAN PRESS (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE 0930 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW TEHRAN (Iran): Images of daily life in Tehran's Grand Bazaar - SOURCE: AFPTV (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - EDIT 1030 GMT DUBAI (United Arab Emirates): Health workers disinfect Dubai's Naif area - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT RIYADH (Saudi Arabia): G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) hold a virtual meeting - SOURCE: G20 (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE 1300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON (United States): IMF virtual Spring Meetings: Press briefing on Sub-Saharan Africa regional economic outlook. SOURCE: IMF - LIVE 1130 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW NEW YORK (United States): New testing centres open in US coronavirus epicentre - LIVE 1300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW NEW YORK (United States): NYSE opening bell. SOURCE: HANDOUT - LIVE 1330 GMT WASHINGTON (United States): IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva holds press conference to open virtual IMF, World Bank Spring meetings - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW NEW YORK (United States): NY Governor Cuomo briefs from the US COVID-19 epicentre. SOURCE: HANDOUT - LIVE 1500 GMT WASHINGTON (United States): Coronavirus task force holds daily briefing at the White House. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 2130 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador): Guayaquil builds field hospitals and installs refrigerated containers for use as morgues - EDIT 0300 GMT CALI (Colombia): Hundreds of Venezuelans return home from Colombia due to the difficult economic situation generated by the quarantine - SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 0430 GMT BUENOS AIRES (Argentina): Face masks use becomes mandatory in Buenos Aires as a measure to avoid the spread of COVID-19 - LIVE 1130 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MONTEVIDEO (Uruguay): Remaining passengers of the cruise ship stranded off Uruguayan coast disembark in Montevideo to fly home - EDIT 1800 GMT GUERRERO (Mexico): Local vigilante groups block access to several Guerrero beaches, fearing that visitors may spread coronavirus to their communities - SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 2330 GMT THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2020 + ASIA-PACIFIC BANGKOK (Thailand): Confinement measures are easing Bangkok's usually deadlocked traffic. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE TBA TOKYO (Japan): Live from Tokyo's shopping district Shibuya with the city under a state of emergency - LIVE 0100 GMT NEW DELHI (India): Live from New Delhi - LIVE 0500 GMT HITACHINAKA (Japan): Japan's Hitachi Seaside Park attracts tens of thousands of tourists every spring because of the blue nemophila, now the flowers are all over the hills but the park has to close amid coronavirus fears - EDIT 0600 GMT + EUROPE BRUSSELS (Belgium): European Parliament plenary session by videoconference. SOURCE: EBS - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE REGULAR UPDATES MADRID (Spain): Spanish health ministry gives daily briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0930 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): Presser following EU trade ministers videoconference. SOURCE: EBS - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1100 GMT ROME (Italy): Civil Protection Agency holds daily press conference on coronavirus - SOURCE: POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing - SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT PARIS (France): French health ministry update on coronavirus outbreak SOURCE : FRENCH HEALTH MINISTRY - SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION BY MINISTRY - LIVE 1715 GMT ROME (Italy): A young Roman goes viral playing covers of Ennio Morricone's music, among others, from his balcony above the Piazza Navona during the lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1900 GMT + NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON (United States): IMF press conference at conclusion of virtual Spring meeting - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Mexican government announces provisional dates for the peak of the outbreak in the country and for the end of the lockdown - SOURCE CEPROPIE / NO RESALE LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + FEATURES BAGHDAD (Iraq): From Baghdad's mosques, calls to pray echo -- but don't quite match - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT JERUSALEM: Jerusalem Al-Aqsa muezzin echoes 500 years of family tradition - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT DAMASCUS (Syria): At Syria mosque, group recital of prayer call 'runs in the blood' - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT TIRANA (Albania): For Balkan Roma, hunger is the first curse of coronavirus - EDIT TBA SANTIAGO (Chile): Chileans share their experiences during the protests and their hopes once the coronavirus pandemic is over - SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT SANTIAGO (Chile): AFPTV looks back at six months of crisis in Chile - SOURCE AFPTV STOCKSHOTS 0500 GMT * SPORT : AFPTV Sport subscribers only Editorial contacts: Email: afptv@afp.com Europe (excluding France) desk: +44 207 776 2768 France desk: +33 1 40 41 81 17 Asia desk: +852 2829 6279 Middle East & North Africa desk: +357 22 391 450 Sub-Saharan Africa desk (Mon-Fri): +33 1 40 41 46 81 North America desk: +1 202 414 0664 Latin America desk: +598 2 900 5095 ext. 257 AFPTV LIVE MCR: +33 1 40 41 79 63
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