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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe shows virus progress as US braces for tough week + UK PM hospitalised but 'still in charge' + US girds for 'Pearl Harbor' moment + Monster cyclone hits Vanuatu + Premier League clubs in virus backlash Health-virus,WRAP LONDON The coronavirus pandemic confronts America with its hardest week in memory and puts Britain's premier in hospital, despite tentative signs that Europe's hardest-hit countries may be turning a corner. 850 words 1200 GMT by Alice Ritchie with Michael Mathes in Washington and AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-Britain LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson undergoes tests in hospital following his admission 10 days after being diagnosed with coronavirus, but his government insists he remains in charge. 600 words 1030 GMT by Alice Ritchie. File picture. File video Health-virus-US NEW YORK US governors appeal to the White House for a national strategy against the fast-spreading coronavirus, as deaths surge and health authorities warn the coming week could resemble a "Pearl Harbor moment." 750 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture Vanuatu-Solomons-weather-cyclone-health-virus,WRAP PORT VILA A deadly Pacific cyclone intensified as it hits Vanuatu, threatening a natural disaster that experts fear will undermine the impoverished nation's battle to remain coronavirus-free. 600 words moved by Philippe Carillo. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-Virus-Fbl-ENG-Pr, WRAP LONDON Premier League clubs are facing a fierce backlash after Liverpool became the latest club to tap into public funds during the coronavirus pandemic as players and bosses struggle to resolve a festering pay cut row. 650 words 1100 GMT by John Weaver. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-France-rich-poor,FOCUS PARIS The lockdown has exposed social divisions in the French capital with many of the rich disappearing to their second homes in the country while the poor are cooped up in their cramped apartments. 700 words 1230 GMT by Fiachra Gibbons. File picture Health-virus-Greece,PROFILE ATHENS A hard-hitting ex-mayor with a penchant for upper body selfies and a soft-spoken health professor are the duo behind Greece's drive to keep the coronavirus cases to manageable numbers. 600 words moved by John Hadoulis. File picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-HongKong-agriculture-food,VIDEO ESSAY HONG KONG After a coronavirus-fuelled wave of panic-buying briefly left Hong Kong's supermarket shelves bare, residents are turning to local producers for fresh food in a city almost entirely reliant on imports. 300 words moved. Picture. Video Myanmar-health-virus-prisoners-isolation,FOCUS YANGON From meditation to memory games, former political prisoners in Myanmar are dishing out tips on surviving isolation in a pandemic as the country once severed from the world again closes its borders. 600 words moved by Su Myat Mon and Richard Sargent. Video. File picture Health-virus-Australia-ship PORT KEMBLE, Australia A cruise ship that has accounted for a quarter of all COVID-19 deaths in Australia is allowed to dock near Sydney after 200 crew members began exhibiting coronavirus symptoms. 300 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Argentina-homeless,FOCUS BUENOS AIRES The Argentine government has ordered people to stay at home until mid-April, but thousands have literally nowhere to go -- for them "home" is the street. 700 words moved by Maria Lorente. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- US-IT-media-television-lifestyle-Quibi-family,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO The "quick bites" of video from deep-pocketed startup Quibi could become a new entertainment form for on-the-go smartphone users. The question is whether this is the right time. 700 words moved by Glenn Chapman afp
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