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| - Go to to consult AFP Agenda Contact us on contact-agenda@afp.com HONG KONG (AFPTV) - We plan to file the following videos: TBA indicates that times are to be announced, but coverage is confirmed. TBC indicates that coverage is to be confirmed. For all editorial requests, email afptv@afp.com or contact the appropriate regional video desk. THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS WASHINGTON (United Sates): Nearly 2,000 US coronavirus deaths for second day in a row SINGAPORE: Singapore migrant workers live in fear as virus hits dorms IDLIB (Syria): In war-torn Syria, digital learning battles power cuts MINSK (Belarus): Belarus resists lockdown amid coronavirus spread. BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan): Soyuz spacecraft takes off, with two cosmonauts and an astronaut on board MAEBASHI (Japan): Stranded in Japan, South Sudan athletes shrug off Olympic delay. + ASIA-PACIFIC SINGAPORE: Singapore migrant workers live in fear as virus hits dorms. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT BANGKOK (Thailand): Confinement measures are easing Bangkok's usually deadlock traffic. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0700 GMT BEIJING: National Health Commission daily briefing about COVID-19. SOURCE: CCTV COVERAGE ON MERIT - IF LIVE 0700 GMT - PLEASE REFER TO BEIJING (China): Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs daily briefing. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT ON MERIT (AROUND 0900 GMT) SEOUL (South Korea): Hyundai Card company installs plastic dividers on cafeteria tables so that employees can eat alone. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0800 GMT + EUROPE BRUSSELS (Belgium): Press conference following video Conference of Eurogroup ministers - SOURCE: EBS - NO TIMING YET, WILL DEPEND ON WHEN EUROGROUP FINISHES - LIVE/EDIT - LIVE TBA - EDIT TO FOLLOW LONDON (United Kingdom): Scene outside St Thomas' Hospital where Boris Johnson is in intensive care. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVES THROUGH THE DAY STARTING AT 0700 GMT - EDITS TO FOLLOW - LIVE TBA VIENNA (Austria): OPEC Plus countries set to hold videoconference on coronavirus impact - SOURCE: OPEC, MEETING STARTS AT 1400 GMT, LIVE/EDITS TO BE CONFIRMED BY SOURCE - LIVE TBA MADRID (Spain): Debate in the Spanish Congress on the extension of the state of alert until April 25 SOURCE: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS - NO RESALE - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0700 GMT MADRID (Spain): Live outside Spanish Congress during the debate on the extension of the state of alert SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0630 GMT SEVILLE (Spain): Holy Week: Empty streets as the city decided to cancel its famous processions, scheduled for April 5 to 12, due to the spread of COVID-19 SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan): Soyuz spacecraft takes off, with two cosmonauts and an astronaut on board - TBA .Launch. SOURCE: NASA TV - LIVE 0800 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW .Soyuz spacecraft docking with ISS. SOURCE: NASA TV - LIVE 1400 GMT .Hatch opening. SOURCE: NASA TV - LIVE 1630 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Empty streets in the Place de la République neighbourhood SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 0650 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Place de la Bastille deserted around lunch time SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 1050 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW ALLAINES-MERVILLIERS (France): Confinement measures can lead to extreme isolation in rural France SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT ANGERS (France): Vegetable growers sell their produce directly to consumers as market closures threaten their business SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT PARIS (France): French health ministry update on coronavirus SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION BY MINISTRY - SOURCE : FRENCH HEALTH MINISTRY - LIVE 1715 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Parisians cheer for health care workers SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 1750 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MADRID (Spain): Parliament to debate and vote on state of emergency extension - SOURCE: TVE - EDITS TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0700 GMT MADRID (Spain): Spanish health ministry gives daily briefing on coronavirus. SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0930 GMT MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Deserted streets of Manchester - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Construction of another NHS Nightingale hospital for coronavirus patients underway - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT HAMBURG (Germany): Musician Geff Harrison sings and delights his neighbours from his terrace in Hamburg - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT MULHOUSE (France): Despite the coronavirus outbreak a young female polar bear is transferred from Alsace zoo to Normandy - EDIT 1000 GMT DOUAUMONT (France): Visit to Douaumont, in northeastern France, where the director of the WWI ossuary is confined alone amid the tombs of fallen soldiers - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1100 GMT PARIS (France): The Archbishop of Paris, Monsignor Aupetit, blesses the city from Montmartre on Maundy Thursday - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT LOURDES (France): Celebrations of Maundy Thursday, without worshippers, at the Shrine of Lourdes. - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1800 GMT MARSEILLE (France): Living on a boat can already be a partial confinement but daily life is made even more complicated with the coronavirus lockdown - EDIT 1200 GMT ASKRIGG (United Kingdom): Cancer patient describes life under coronavirus lockdown and its effect on medical treatment - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT BERLIN (Germany): Health Minister Spahn, Family Minister Giffey and RKI President Wieler give a press conference - SOURCE: CORONA POOL - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1200 GMT PRAGUE (Czech Republic): A Czech initiative attracts 300 volunteer pilots to distribute medical material across the country. - EDIT 1300 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): Funeral home in Brussels bury victims of COVID-19 without family attending, due to lockdown measures SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT AMSTERDAM (Netherlands): Red district in Amsterdam deserted amid coronavirus crisis - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia): Trial of historian accused of murdering, dismembering partner begins - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT ROME (Italy): Civil Protection Agency holds daily press conference on coronavirus. SOURCE: POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT VATICAN CITY (Holy See): Pope celebrates Mass of Lord's Supper at St Peter's Basilica. SOURCE: CTV - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing. SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT MINSK (Belarus): Belarus resists lockdown amid coronavirus spread. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT ROME (Italy): Facing huge stress dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, nurses and doctors are receiving help from psychiatrists at the Policlinico di Tor Vergata (COVID-4 hospital) - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1800 GMT BERGAMO (Italy): Police officers use drones to check fever of citizens breaking confinement rules - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1800 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): People clap in support of NHS workers and for the speedy recovery of Boris Johnson - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE near St George's Hospital, London & near Forth Valley Hospital, Falkirk, Scotland - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1900 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Monitoring Downing Street in case Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab claps at door of No.10 in support of the NHS and Boris Johnson - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1900 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA KHARTOUM (Sudan): First anniversary of ex-president Omar al-Bashir's ouster - SOURCE: AFPTV - FILE 0100 GMT IDLIB (Syria): In war-torn Syria, digital learning battles power cuts - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT TUNIS (Tunisia): Bouguiba Avenue in downtown Tunis lies empty amid national lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW DOHA (Qatar): Hamad General, one of the largest hospitals in Qatar and home to the busiest emergency room, running as usual as coronavirus cases are diverted to other facilities around the country. - SOURCE: AFPTV - STOCKSHOTS 1400 GMT + SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA BRAZZAVILLE (Congo): Media briefing with experts from WHO, UNICEF, and IOM on COVID-19 in Africa - SOURCE: WEF LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LAGOS (Nigeria): Reactions from Lekki Bridge, central Lagos, after the lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1700 GMT + NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON (United States): IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva previews 2020 Virtual Spring Meetings. SOURCE: IMF HANDOUT - LIVE 1200 GMT WASHINGTON (United States): Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speech on coronavirus and the economy. SOURCE: HANDOUT LIVESTREAM - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW WASHINGTON (United States): Drive-through testing at university hospital in US capital - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW ALBANY (United States): Governor Cuomo briefs on COVID-19 from US epicentre. SOURCE: HANDOUT - LIVE 1500 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW WASHINGTON (United States): Coronavirus task force briefs from White House. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 2100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW NEW YORK (United States): New Yorkers clap outside hospital for healthcare workers. SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 2300 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN BRASÍLIA (Brazil): Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gives a speech on TV - SOURCE: TV BRAZIL EDIT 0300 GMT MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Olympic pentathlon athlete Mariana Arceo recounts her experience in overcoming coronavirus and her excitement in getting ready for Tokyo 2021 - SOURCE : MEXICO NATIONAL SPORTS COMMISSION / NO RESALE EDIT 0500 GMT + SPORT MAEBASHI (Japan): Stranded in Japan, South Sudan athletes shrug off Olympic delay. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0300 GMT FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2020 + ASIA-PACIFIC YANGON (Myanmar): Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon goes into lockdown for the nation's New Year holidays, normally a time for huge parties and mass waterfights. - LIVE 0300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BULACAN (Philippines): Filipino Catholic devotees whip themselves on Good Friday, keeping their religious vow amid the spread of the coronavirus. AWAITING LOCATION AND PARTICIPANTS - 0600 GMT MALAM JABBA (Pakistan): It survived the dark days of Taliban rule, the destruction of its main hotel and a major flood. Now, the little Pakistani ski resort of Malam Jabba is facing a new challenge from the coronavirus pandemic. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT + EUROPE WARSAW (Poland): Ten years since crash of Polish presidential jet in Russia - COVERAGE DETAILS ON THE DAY TO BE CONFIRMED - TBA WARSAW (Poland): .FILE images from the accident and aftermath. - FILE 0200 GMT BERLIN (Germany): German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier holds TV-Speech on coronavirus - AWAITING DETAILS FOR SOURCE AND TIMINGS - TAPE TURN - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE TBA - EDIT TO FOLLOW LISBON (Portugal): Fighting Covid-19: inside a hospital's intensive care unit SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TBA MADRID (Spain): Spanish health ministry gives daily briefing on coronavirus. SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0930 GMT MEDJUGORJE (Bosnia and Herzegovina): Medjugorje, one of the largest Catholic pilgrimage sites in Europe, is a ghost town as coronavirus clamps down on Easter celebrations SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT GENEVA (Switzerland): WHO briefing on coronavirus. SOURCE: WHO - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1400 GMT BARCELONA (Spain): Empty streets days after the announcement of the extension of the isolation in Spain until 25 April SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT ROME (Italy): Civil Protection Agency holds daily press conference on coronavirus. SOURCE: POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT VATICAN CITY (Holy See): Pope presides over celebration of the Lord's Passion in St Peter's Basilica. SOURCE: CTV - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing. SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT VATICAN CITY (Holy See): Pope celebrates the stations of Christ in front of St Peter's basilica, by live stream. SOURCE: CTV - LIVE 1700 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK (United States): New Yorkers clap outside hospital for healthcare workers. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN MONTEVIDEO (Uruguay): Uruguay to evacuate Australian and New Zealand passengers stranded on a coronavirus infected cruise ship - SOURCE: AFPTV AWAITING ACCESS DETAILS - TIMING UNCLEAR TRANSMISSION NIGHT EDIT TBA MANAGUA (Nicaragua): Nicaraguans celebrate eastern amid coronavirus outbreak - SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 2300 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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