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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global virus deaths surge past 50,000 + US employment plunges 701,000 in March + India barricades huge Mumbai slum + Football stars under pressure to take pay cut + How to stop the virus making us fatter Health-virus,WRAP LONDON US cities prepare to impose unprecedented coronavirus lockdown measures as Spain and Britain grapple with their highest death tolls yet and the world economy takes a massive hit. 900 words 1600 GMT by Alice Ritchie with Hazel Ward in Madrid and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment-indicator,WRAP WASHINGTON As the US economy craters amid the coronavirus shutdown, 701,000 jobs were jettisoned in March and the unemployment rate surged to 4.4 percent, the biggest single-month jump in more than 45 years -- with the April report set to be dramatically worse. 700 words 1500 GMT by Heather Scott. File picture Health-virus-India-Modi,lead MUMBAI Indian police barricade off parts of one of Asia's biggest slums after two coronavirus deaths, while under-pressure Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls for a national lightshow to dispel "darkness and uncertainty". 600 words moved by Vishal Manve with Aishwarya Kumar. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-India-sport Health-virus-Britain-Fbl-Eng-Pr LONDON The Premier League's highly-paid players are under increasing pressure from government officials to take a pay cut after clubs announced plans to use public money to pay staff during the coronavirus crisis. 700 words 1500 GMT by Kieran Canning Health-virus-food-weight,FOCUS PARIS The coronavirus has shaken the world like nothing else. But beyond the terrible toll of death, economic devastation and fear, the virus is likely to leave another lasting mark -- it's going to make us all fatter. 600 words moved by Aurelie Mayembo and Fiachra Gibbons -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccines-research-tuberculosis,FOCUS PARIS While developing a specific immunisation against the coronavirus sweeping the planet will likely take many months, researchers are studying the potential benefits of the BCG vaccine, which many people around the world receive as children. 850 words 1530 GMT by Amelie Baubeau Health-virus-leaders,FACTS PARIS World leaders in voluntary or enforced isolation have, like billions of people around the globe, been forced to change their lifestyles during the COVID-19 pandemic. 800 words moved Also moving: Health-virus-world,FACTS -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain,FOCUS LONDON Britain opens a new 4,000-bed temporary hospital to treat the most seriously ill coronavirus patients, as daily deaths surge to a record 684 and Queen Elizabeth II prepares to address the nation. 600 words 1500 GMT by Alice Ritchie and Joe Jackson. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy-Russia ROME The Italian government engages in a war of words with the Russian defence ministry over allegations Moscow had included spies among a team of doctors sent to the coronavirus outbreak's epicentre near Milan. 450 words 1630 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. File picture Health-virus-Italy-EU,lead ROME Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte extends his feud about coronavirus money with EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in the pages of a Roman newspaper. 500 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. File picture Health-virus-Sweden,FOCUS STOCKHOLM Sweden has attracted wide media attention for its soft approach to the new coronavirus outbreak, but its government strongly rejects the notion that life is carrying on uninterrupted as the Nordic country passes 6,000 confirmed cases. 750 words 1600 GMT by Johannes Ledel. Video. Picture Health-virus-Albania-Italy-Spain-fish, VIDEO ESSAY DURRES, Albania Businesses worldwide have gone dark under coronavirus shutdowns, but in Albania, the anchovy trade is booming as demand for the tinned delicacy surges among European households. 400 words moved by Briseida Mema. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-Kushner,FOCUS WASHINGTON He's got no medical experience, has never been elected or served in the military, but as Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner has crucial access -- and now he's White House pointman for the coronavirus crisis. 600 words 1630 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Health-virus-US-hospitals,FOCUS WASHINGTON Convention centers, sports arenas, and parking lots across the United States are being converted into field hospitals as authorities prepare for a surge in seriously ill coronavirus patients. 650 words 1800 GMT by Ivan Couronne. Picture Health-virus-US-masks,SCENE NEW YORK From masks and scarves to bandanas and snoods, New Yorkers cover their faces at the epicenter of America's coronavirus crisis as the US government weighs urging other citizens to do the same. 400 words 1630 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-US-defence-Navy-captain,2ndlead WASHINGTON The Pentagon removes the captain of the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt, saying he mishandled communications over how the outbreak was sweeping through the warship. 650 words moved. File Picture Health-virus-Brazil-politics-Mandetta,PROFILE BRASILIA As if leading his country's fight against coronavirus wasn't hard enough, Brazil's health minister has to deal with a boss who criticizes, undermines and ignores him. But he takes it in stride: "I'm working here," he says. 600 words 1500 GMT by Jordi Miro. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Morocco-Algeria-Tunisia,FOCUS RABAT The coronavirus pandemic has put the spotlight on shortcomings in health care in several North African countries, even as governments moved quickly to announce restrictions to limit the spread of the virus. 650 words moved by Hamza Mekouar with Tunis and Algiers bureaus Health-virus-religion-Judaism,FOCUS JERUSALEM The Jewish holiday of Passover has long inspired intense debate, with favourite topics including whether Moses actually parted the Red Sea or if the Ten Plagues were an ethical response to enslavement. 750 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica-homelessness,SCENE PRETORIA At a church in a quiet Pretoria suburb, a lost-looking man in rags tries to wander out of the building but is gently intercepted by a volunteer - the coronavirus pandemic forces South Africa to confront the long ignored homeless population after President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered everyone off the streets. 700 words 1530 GMT by Sofia Christensen. Picture. Video Health-virus-Ethiopia-ventilator,FOCUS ADDIS ABABA As Ethiopia braces for a potential spike in COVID-19 cases, doctors are scrambling to master the workings of mechanical ventilators, which buy time for critically ill patients to fight off infection. 800 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video Health-virus-Nigeria-conflict-displaced,FOCUS MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Men and women cluster around plastic wash basins hastily set up outside one of northeast Nigeria's sprawling displaced persons' camps, lathering their hands with soap under the gaze of security personnel. 900 words moved by Audu Abba Kurama and Aminu Abubakar. Video. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia-cruise,FOCUS SYDNEY Australia insists it will not let the crew of multiple virus-stricken cruise ships into the country, slapping aside suggestions it was falling short on legal and moral obligations. 600 words moved by Andrew Beatty. Picture Health-virus-China-Wuhan-recovery,PHOTOESSAY WUHAN Cars are back on city streets, shoppers are strolling in malls again, and other signs of life are returning to Wuhan, but the cradle of the global coronavirus pandemic remains under the shadow of the contagion. 350 words. Picture. Video HongKong-China-Indonesia-Philippines-health-virus-pregnancy,FOCUS HONG KONG Jamie Chui has been a virtual prisoner in her Hong Kong home for most of her pregnancy. Trapped initially by violent pro-democracy protests and tear gas, and then by the coronavirus -- she now faces giving birth alone. 850 words by Liz Thomas. Picture -- ECONOMY/BUSINESS -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON The price of crude oil surges again after OPEC says it will talk to non-members, notably Russia, giving investors hope that they will stop a price war which has created market chaos along with crushed demand because of the coronavirus. 600 words 1600 GMT Health-virus-US-smallbusiness-aid,FOCUS NEW YORK Trump administration officials have vowed immediate support to small businesses devastated by the coronavirus shutdowns. But there were plenty of signs of trouble as the massive new government program officially launches while the number of layoffs skyrockets. 700 words 1500 GMT by John Biers -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-Britain-Scotland-comedy-internet,FOCUS EDINBURGH Edinburgh comedy club The Stand decided to stream gigs online when Britain went into lockdown, complete with hashtag heckling. But it's been so successful, bosses want the experiment to continue. 600 words 1500 GMT by Stuart Graham. File picture. Video Health-virus-entertainment-TV-Ramadan,FOCUS DUBAI Missing scenes, unfinished episodes and sets sanitised against coronavirus -- much-loved Ramadan television soaps are struggling to keep the cameras rolling just weeks before the Islamic holy month. 750 words moved by Mohamad Ali Harissi with Middle East Bureaux. File Picture Health-virus-France-music,FOCUS PARIS A French orchestra has found a way around the coronavirus lockdown to record a 51-instrument rendition of Ravel's Bolero. One by one. 450 words moved by Rana Moussaoui. Picture. Health-virus-Japan-music-teleworking,FOCUS TOKYO The members of the New Japan Philharmonic orchestra tune up for their latest recital, more than 60 musicians ranging from trombonists to violinists and percussionists -- but this is no ordinary performance. 650 words moved by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video afp
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