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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton email: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Britain's Johnson 'stable' in intensive care + Exodus as virus-hit Wuhan lifts resident travel ban + Taliban end 'fruitless' meetings with Afghan govt + WhatsApp curbs sharing to fight virus misinformation + Privacy please: Hong Kong pandas mate in lockdown Health-virus-Britain-Johnson LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson battles the coronavirus in intensive care, raising deep concerns about his health as the country records its highest daily death toll. 800 words moved by Alice Ritchie and Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-Johnson,CHRONO Health-virus-Britain-politics-government,Q&A Health-virus-Britain-EU-mortality Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON China lifts a travel ban on residents of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak began last year, and reports no new deaths, but the situation remains grim elsewhere as Britain and New York State record their highest number of fatalities and the death toll in France surpasses 10,000. 800 words 2130 GMT by Chris Lefkow with Jing Xuan Teng in Wuhan. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-China-transport,WRAP Also moving: Health-virus-US Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-diplomacy,2ndlead KABUL The Taliban say they are pulling negotiators out of "fruitless" discussions with the Afghan government over a prisoner swap that had formed a key part of an accord with the United States. 550 words moved by Emal Haidary Health-virus-US-IT-disinformation-Facebook-WhatsApp,lead SAN FRANCISCO WhatsApp places new limits on message forwarding as part of an effort to curb the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved HongKong-animal-offbeat HONG KONG Stuck at home with no visitors and not much else to do, a pair of pandas in Hong Kong finally decide to give mating a go after a decade of dodging the issue. 400 words moved. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS THREE MONTHS ON -- Health-virus-world-pandemic,FACTS PARIS In the three months since China first came across a new coronavirus, the world has been plunged into turmoil. A pandemic has been declared, schools and shops from New York to New Delhi shuttered, and half the global population confined in some form, while governments have scrambled to announce massive aid packages amid recession fears. 1,300 words moved by Pascale Juilliard Also moved: Health-virus-patients,FOCUS Health-virus,CHRONO Health-virus,Q&A Health-virus-religion-Easter,ROUNDUP PARIS Churches will be empty this Easter and Passover festivities will also take place behind closed doors owing to the COVID-19 lockdown. 700 words moved by Karine Perret with AFP bureaus worldwide -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-France,3rdlead PARIS Paris bans daytime jogging to keep people from bending anti-coronavirus lockdown rules as France breaches 10,000 deaths due to the outbreak. 600 words moved by Mariette Le Roux. Picture. Video Health-virus-EU-economy,WRAP BRUSSELS EU finance ministers struggle to bridge differences on how to relaunch their economies after the coronavirus, with Germany refusing Italy's call for unprecedented solidarity with hard hit countries. 600 words moved by Alex Pigman. Video Health-virus-Spain-hospital,WRAP BARCELONA There is an eerie silence in the corridors of Barcelona's biggest hospital and angst inside the intensive care units, where all efforts are being directed to fighting the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Daniel Bosque. Picture. Video Health-virus-medicines-Europe,FOCUS THE HAGUE While the world waits for a coronavirus vaccine, medicines used to deal with the symptoms of the disease are in critically short supply in Europe, the worst-hit continent. 600 words moved by Sara Magniette and Charlotte Van Ouwerkerk with Julie Charpentrat in Paris and Emmanuelle Michel in Madrid. -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-race,FOCUS WASHINGTON The new coronavirus isn't picky about who it infects -- so why does data emerging from some states suggest that African Americans are bearing the brunt of the pandemic in the US? 700 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-politics-vote-Wisconsin,2ndlead MILWAUKEE Wisconsin controversially holds its presidential primary as planned, contradicting a state-wide stay-at-home order and defying concern that the election could expose thousands of voters and poll workers to the coronavirus. 650 words 2030 GMT by Kamil Krzaczynski. Picture Health-virus-US-economy-loans-wage,WRAP WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is working with Congressional leaders to secure another $250 billion to reinforce a new aid program that has been overwhelmed with applications from small businesses forced to shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words 2000 GMT File Picture Health-virus-US-China-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON And then suddenly, it's not the "Wuhan virus." The United States and China have called a truce in a heated rhetorical feud over the coronavirus pandemic, with both sides seeing interests in cooling off. 700 words 2130 GMT by Shaun Tandon -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Sahel,FOCUS BAMAKO The rise of coronavirus in the war-torn Sahel has sparked sharp fears for hundreds of thousands of displaced people, often packed inside camps where sanitation is poor. 700 words moved by Amaury Hauchard with Armel Baily in Ouagadougou. File picture. Video Health-virus-Madagascar,SCENE ANTANANARIVO Hundreds of Malagasy elbow their way onto minibuses bound for the countryside after the government extends an anti-coronavirus lockdown but eases travel restrictions. 450 words by 1930 GMT by Tsiresena Manjakahery. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Saudi,lead RIYADH The health minister of Saudi Arabia, the oil-rich kingdom in lockdown over the coronavirus, has warned of a huge spike in cases of up to 200,000 within weeks, state media reports. 400 words moved. Also moved: Health-virus-Gulf-prisoners-rights Health-virus-Palestinians-Israel,FOCUS EIN YABRUD, Palestinian Territories Donning a face mask and orange vest, Palestinian Moayad Samha looks like others manning COVID-19 checkpoints across the world. But he doesn't work for the Palestinian Authority -- he is one of dozens of civilians enforcing coronavirus controls in the West Bank. 700 words moved by Hossam Ezzedine. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Asia-prison-rights,FOCUS JAKARTA Sleeping shoulder-to-shoulder on the floor of a crumbling, windowless room, prisoners in Indonesia fear an outbreak of the deadly coronavirus inside its walls is a "disaster waiting to happen". 750 words moved. File picture -- BUSINESS -- US-Japan-IT-invest-SoftBank-WeWork-court,lead WASHINGTON Office-sharing giant WeWork sues SoftBank claiming the Japan-based technology investment group breached its contractual obligations by backing out of a $3 billion rescue plan. 500 words 2000 GMT by Rob Lever Health-virus-US-aviation-transport,FOCUS NEW YORK US airlines have been all but paralyzed by the coronavirus, and as they face an uncertain future they have turned to Washington for financial help, but that might mean ceding part of their companies to the federal government. 700 words moved by Luc Olinga -- SPORT -- Fbl-WC-2018-2022-QAT-RUS-FIFA-corruption,WRAP DOHA Qatar and Russia hit back at allegations of bribery after US prosecutors accused them of paying millions in bribes for the rights to host the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. 550 words moved by Greg Walton. File picture Fbl-health-virus-ENG-PR-wages,WRAP LONDON English Football Association chief Greg Clarke issues a stark warning over the economic carnage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, calling on players and fans to "share the pain to keep the game alive". 700 words moved by John Weaver. File picture afp
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