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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. FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS WUHAN (China): Authorities in Wuhan continue mass coronavirus-testing effort. EDIT SYDNEY (Australia): Restaurants and cafes set to reopen in Sydney as virus restrictions ease. EDIT VIENNA (Austria): Reopening of traditional Viennese cafes after a two-month virus shutdown. EDIT DAKAR (Senegal): African e-commerce firms get coronavirus boost. EDIT + ASIA PACIFIC WUHAN (China): Authorities in Wuhan continue mass coronavirus-testing effort. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT SYDNEY (Australia): Restaurants and cafes set to reopen in Sydney as virus restrictions ease - Some Sydney restaurants and cafes will welcome diners on Friday for the first time since coronavirus restrictions led many to temporarily close in March. SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0300 GMT QUETTA (Pakistan): Farmers battle locust invasion as swarms spread in Pakistan - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0300 GMT BANGKOK (Thailand): Shopping mall rehearses distancing measures ahead of government's decision on reopening more businesses. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT NEW DELHI (India): Live from New Delhi on the last Friday of the national lockdown in its current form, before new guidelines are announced. SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 0500 GMT BEIJING (China): Chinese Foreign Ministry daily briefing. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT + EUROPE TIMISOARA (Romania): Volunteers give out laptops to students for home schooling in one of the EU's poorest countries - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT GENEVA (Switzerland): WTO expected to hold video briefing amid reports its chief Roberto Azevedo may step down - COVERAGE TO BE CONFIRMED - LIVE TBA GENEVA (Switzerland): WHO briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: WHO - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1500 GMT VIENNA (Austria): One-year anniversary of corruption scandal that brought down coalition government with far right - SOURCE: AFPTV - FILE 0200 GMT VIENNA (Austria): Reopening of traditional Viennese cafes after a two-month virus shutdown - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW POPERINGE (Belgium): Trappist monks resume the sale of beer, with new social distancing measures in place - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0600 GMT PARIS (France): Images of Rue de Rivoli as France lifts lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0650 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW GRASSE (France): Resumption of rose picking, used in particular by the major perfume houses - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT PARIS (France): French national railways overhaul cleaning, flow management and signage to prevent the spread of COVID-19 - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT PARIS (France): Images from Place de la Bastille at lunch time - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1050 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PESSAC (France): A new collector's coin as a tribute to the healthcare worker - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT THOIRY (France): Thoiry zoo prepares to welcome visitors again - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT PARIS (France): Images from popular picnic spots on Paris' canal de l'Ourcq - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1550 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): French Health ministry update on coronavirus outbreak - SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION BY MINISTRY - SOURCE: FRENCH HEALTH MINISTRY - LIVE 1715 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW SALNAICIAI (LITHUANIA): Baltic countries reopen shared borders - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0700 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Britain's Parliament shows the work it has done to make remote debates and voting possible - SOURCE: POOL - EDIT 0800 GMT MYKONOS (Greece): Tourism in Greece feels the impact of coronavirus pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0800 GMT GENOA (Italy): Basil crisis in the Genova region, where young plants worth 8-10 million euros could be destroyed due to coronavirus - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT VENICE (Italy): Images of Venice as residents from the normally overcrowded but now deserted city call for tourists to return - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT MADRID (Spain): Spanish authorities give daily briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0930 GMT JESOLO (Italy): Beach resorts and hotels on the Adriatic Coast prepare to reopen for a difficult tourist season - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT VATICAN CITY (Holy See): Disinfection at St Peter's Basilica - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1030 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier gives update on ongoing talks with the UK - SOURCE: EBS - LIVE 1100 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BERLIN (Germany): Berlin restaurants reopen after virus lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT SHCHERBINKA (Russia): COVID-19 victims buried in a cemetery outside Moscow - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): Online press conference by Josep Borrell following the EU's Foreign Affairs ministers meeting - SOURCE: EBS - EDIT on MERIT - LIVE 1500 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing - SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT MOSCOW (Russia): Interview with Bolshoi general director Vladimir Urin as the theatre suffers from virus lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1700 GMT KIEV (Ukraine): Dozens of babies born to Ukrainian surrogate mothers are stranded in Ukraine because of COVID-19 border restrictions - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1700 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): Online press conference by Mario Centeno, head of the Eurogroup, following the Eurogroup meeting - SOURCE: EBS - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 1900 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA HAMMAMET (Tunisia): Beach empty of tourists in the famous Tunisian seaside resort - LIVE 1030 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA DAKAR (Senegal): African e-commerce firms get coronavirus boost - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0830 GMT CAPE TOWN (South Africa): As alcohol ban brings the industry to a standstill, local brewery turns into soup kitchen to feed the community - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0900 GMT BUJUMBURA (Burundi): Burundi elections: an economy on the brink - EDIT 1000 GMT DAKAR (Senegal): Friday prayer resumes in Dakar mosques as COVID-19 restrictions are eased in Senegal - SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE 1330 GMT + NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON (United States): New York Governor Andrew Cuomo holds daily coronavirus briefing - LIVE 1530 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW HARRISBURG (United States): Protest against shutdown at state capitol - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LOS ANGELES (United States): Air Force Thunderbirds fly over LA in tribute to medical staff - LIVE 2000 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW WASHINGTON (United States): International student from Pakistan graduates virtually from Georgetown University. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 2300 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN HONDURAS: Police and army patrol the Nicaragua-Honduras border - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT BRASILIA (Brazil): Daily press conference by Brazil's health minister about coronavirus pandemic - SOURCE TV BRAZIL / NO RESALE -- LIVE TO BE CONFIRMED, AWAITING DETAILS LIVE 2000 GMT TBC LAS PERLAS (Panama): Food distribution on Panamanian islands where access is difficult amid pandemic - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 2200 GMT SAO PAULO (Brazil): AFP interview with Brazil's former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 2300 GMT + SPORT DORTMUND (Germany): Football/Bundesliga. Borussia Dortmund-Schalke. Dortmund pre-match presser ahead of Saturday's derby as the first Bundesliga matches since coronavirus lockdown kick-off behind closed doors - SOURCE: BVBTotal - EDIT ALREADY FILED - EDIT TBA TOKYO (Japan): Olympics: Press briefing by Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto. SOURCE: TOKYO 2020 - LIVE 0600 GMT COPENHAGEN (Denmark): In Copenhagen, some children are going to school in the national stadium, where classes are held in stands and in the VIP room - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1300 GMT MUNICH (Germany): Football/Bundesliga. Union Berlin-Bayern Munich. Bayern pre-match presser ahead of Sunday's Bundesliga match, their first since coronavirus lockdown - SOURCE: FCB.tv - EDIT 1600 GMT + FEATURES MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Interview with Alejandra Crail, winner of the Breach-Valdez award for journalism and human rights - SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 0400 GMT IQUITOS (Peru): Peruvian Amazon suffers in silence as COVID-19 hits local population - SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 2330 GMT SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2020 + EUROPE GREECE: Private beaches to reopen in Greece after virus lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE/EDIT COVERAGE SUBJECT TO LOCATION ACCESS - LIVE TBA STUTTGART (Germany): Protest against coronavirus restrictions - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE, TIMING WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER STAGE - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE TBA NANTES (France): "Yellow vests" protesters call for demonstrations to resume as coronavirus lockdown ends SOURCE: AFPTV - COVERAGE TBC ON MERIT - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW NICE (France): Planned reopening of some French Riviera beaches SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW LACANAU (France): Surfers and swimmers enjoy the famous waves of France's Atlantic coast SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 0900 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MADRID (Spain): Spanish authorities give daily briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0930 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Londoner makes new model of COVID-19 virus from fruit, vegetables and household items every day since start of lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT LOURDES (France): Pilgrims allowed to return to Lourdes sanctuary after partial reopening. The holy site had been shut down because of the coronavirus SOURCE : AFPTV - LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW SAINT-MALO (France): First deconfinement weekend on Brittany coast - SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing - SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1500 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN SANTIAGO (Chile): A band "la sonora Cuarentena" performs a concert to lift people spirits ahead of mandatory quarantine - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0300 GMT SANTIAGO (Chile): Illustrative live shot of Chile's capital as Santiago starts mandatory quarantine - SOURCE: AFPTV LIVE 1200 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BRASILIA (Brazil): Brazil Health Minister daily press conference on COVID-19 pandemic caused by new coronavirus - SOURCE: TV BRAZIL / NO RESALE -- LIVE TO BE CONFIRMED, AWAITING DETAILS LIVE 2000 GMT TBC + SPORT DORTMUND (Germany): Football/Bundesliga. Borussia Dortmund-Schalke. Dortmund's streets are usually buzzing on derby day, but with fans banned from the stadium the atmosphere is very different - SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW DORTMUND (Germany): DORTMUND (Germany): Football/Bundesliga. Borussia Dortmund-Schalke post-match presser - COVERAGE TO BE CONFIRMED BY CLUB - SOURCE: BVBTotal - EDIT 1800 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 afp
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