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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump claims China virus deaths 'far higher' + Warning Africa needs $44 bn to fight pandemic + Astronauts land back on transformed Earth + Confusion, strokes: how virus might affect brain + Dial-a-pint delivers Guinness in lockdown Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump accuses China of continuing to hide its coronavirus deaths even after it revised the Wuhan toll, as Beijing feels mounting pressure to answer over its handling of the intiial COVID-19 outbreak. 900 words 2030 GMT by Sebastian Smith with Jing Xuan Teng in Wuhan and AFP bureaus. Graphic. Picture. Video. Also moved: Health-virus-China-toll,WRAP Health-virus-WorldBank-IMF-Africa-economy,WRAP WASHINGTON Despite a freeze in debt payments for many countries and massive support pledges, the World Bank and IMF say that Africa needs $44 billion more to fight the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words 2030 GMT by Chris Stein Russia-US-Kazakhstan-space-aerospace-virus-health,WRAP ALMATY Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut make a safe return from the International Space Station to find a "different planet," transformed by the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved. Picture Video Health-virus-neurology,FOCUS WASHINGTON A pattern is emerging among COVID-19 patients arriving at hospitals in New York: Beyond fever, cough and shortness of breath, some are deeply disoriented to the point of not knowing where they are or what year it is -- fuelling suspicions that coronavirus can impact the brain. 800 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-Britain-NIreland-pub-Guinness,FOCUS BELFAST In Belfast's coronavirus lockdown, Guinness still flows freely, as vans kitted with kegs visit driveways to pour pints for drinkers parched since pubs shut their doors. 550 words moved by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-immunity,FOCUS PARIS Even as virologists zero in on the virus that causes COVID-19, a very basic question remains unanswered: do those who recover from the disease have immunity? 900 words moved by Amelie Bottollier Also moved: Health-virus-lockdown-politics-economy,ANALYSIS Health-virus-confinement,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-reopening,FACTS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump wants to get the hobbled US economy back on its feet, but guidelines he announced for reopening the country are notably cautious and unspecific. So what comes next? 750 words 2030 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture Health-virus-US-entertainment-music NEW YORK The Rolling Stones will perform during a star-studded special event also featuring Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish, set to broadcast globally Saturday in support of health care workers combatting coronavirus. 650 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File Picture UN-diplomacy-health-education-US-China,FOCUS UNITED NATIONS As President Donald Trump announces a halt in World Health Organization funding, accusing it of kowtowing to China over the coronavirus outbreak, Beijing is building on a well-established strategy of leveraging its global standing wherever the US lets go of the wheel. 850 words moved by Philippe Rater. File picture US-space-NASA-SpaceX,lead WASHINGTON A SpaceX rocket will send two American astronauts to the International Space Station on May 27, NASA announces, the first crewed spaceflight from the US in nearly a decade. 400 words moved by Ivan Couronne -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy,lead ROME Italian health officials declare a long-sought victory over the coronavirus in poorer southern regions whose hospitals threatened to collapse under the pandemic's strain. 550 words 2000 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany,3rdlead BERLIN Germany says month-long lockdown has brought the coronavirus pandemic under control, announcing plans to manufacture 50 million masks a week ahead of the first steps to loosen restrictions. 550 words moved by Tom Barfield. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead Health-virus-Britain-charity-war LONDON A 99-year-old British World War II veteran who has become a global phenomenon for his fundraising efforts has raised almost £20 million ($25 million, 23 million euros) for health workers fighting coronavirus. 500 words moved. Picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Nigeria-Africa-business,FOCUS KANO, Nigeria African billionaires like Nigeria's Aliko Dangote, the continent's wealthiest man, are being called on to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic as the region prepares for a potential surge in infections. 730 words moved by Aminu Abubakar with Celia Lebur in Lagos. Picture. Video Health-virus-SAfrica-prison,FOCUS PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa By the time a prison official tested positive for coronavirus, the infection had already moved on to inmates of an overcrowded correctional centre in eastern South Africa where dozens have now been infected. 600 words moved by Max Matavire. File Picture Health-virus-Zimbabwe-economy-tobacco,FOCUS BROMLEY, Zimbabwe Zimbabwean tobacco farm manager Shaw Mutalepo fretted over his harvest earlier this year when rainfall became erratic. Now a coronavirus lockdown has added to his woes -- he doesn't even know if he can sell his golden-brown leaf at auction. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Mali-vote-health-virus,ADVANCER BAMAKO Voters in Mali will be called out to complete long-delayed legislative elections, defying a jihadist insurgency and the lengthening shadow of coronavirus. 550 words moved by Amaury Hauchard. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-WHO-Mediterranean,INTERVIEW CAIRO The World Health Organization is urging Middle East and North African governments to "seize the opportunity" to combat coronavirus while numbers of cases in the region are still relatively low. 500 words moved by Emmanuel Parisse. Picture. -- ASIA -- China-economy-indicator-GDP,WRAP BEIJING China's economy shrinks for the first time in decades as the coronavirus paralyses the country, in a historic blow to the Communist Party's pledge of continued prosperity in return for unquestioned political power. 800 words moved by Beiyi Seow. Picture Health-virus-China-lab,Q&A WUHAN, China Nestled in the hilly outskirts of Wuhan, the city at the heart of the coronavirus crisis, a Chinese high-security biosafety laboratory is now the subject of US claims it may be the cradle of the pandemic. 850 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng with Laurie Chen in Beijing. Picture. Video. 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