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ABC News Prime: Coronavirus updates, economic fallout, voices of shutdown

Mar 28, 2020
these are the images we feared would come every person in this video filmed includes a hospital fighting the corona virus more than 100 deaths in New York in just the last 24 hours 13 from this facility the state taking measures that allow patients to divide ventilators while in Louisiana the sharpest increase in new cases anywhere in the world and as of this afternoon, the US now has more than 82,000 cases of COBIT 19, which is more than any other country in the world. There are also more than half a million people now sick with köppen 19. That number was alone. 300,000 on Saturday in Italy cases continue to rise in China struggling to return to normal fear now a resurgence of cases a human and

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cost of all this simply mind-blowing the president today says we eventually have to get back to work thank you 3, 3 million Americans filing for unemployment, that's four times the highest number ever.
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That number is expected to increase. The Senate approved the largest relief effort in American history, but what does it all mean to you? Good night all. I'm Lindsay Davis. Thank you so much. to convey with us, we will have much more increase in cases both in the US and around the world in just a moment, but we start with the status of our

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health stocks which rose sharply once again with the

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of that massive aid plan. It passed unanimously in the Senate last night, but we know that stocks are only part of the story when it comes to the overall economic picture and the pictures we are seeing now are bleak.
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More and more Americans are joining food lines and turning to food banks. The current scene in Florida is just a surreal reality, but we start tonight with that enormous bill that is now passing through the Senate and moving through the House and eventually to the President's desk. Jonathan Karl guides us out of the corona virus pandemic that is taking a staggering toll on American jobs. almost 3.3 million filed unemployment claims in one week when I heard the number, I mean I heard it could be six million, it could be seven million, it's 3.3 or 3.2, but that's a lot of jobs, but I think that we will be as strong again as soon as possible.
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When we return to work, the pain is widespread, as our new survey reveals, one in three Americans say they or a member of their immediate family have been laid off or lost their job as a result of the pandemic and more than half of respondents report a cut in pay or work hours this morning the treasury secretary said the staggering number of new unemployment claims will be a temporary phenomenon to be honest with you, I just think these numbers right now are not relevant and you know if they will be higher or lower in the short term. term Barbara Bridges was fired from her job as a sales manager at a hotel in San Antonio her biggest challenge now how is she going to cover her medical expenses of $3,000 a month there are thousands of us in the same situation and we are just trying to stay as positive as possible possible, but definitely scary, the $2 trillion recovery package now heads to a final vote tomorrow, paving the way for payments to American families that include payments of $1,200 plus $500 per child to people earning less than $75,000 a year, those who earn more at $99 thousand a year will receive a smaller check and checks would begin to go out at the end of the first week of April for millions of Americans whose help can't come fast enough Devon Moysey, a single mother of five children in North Carolina was about to accept a new job when the crisis hit.
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She has no savings, no way to have income, but to make money, we were sitting here pretty devastated and expecting this situation to be a nightmare. Jonathan Karl joins us now. Washington John, there was another number from our survey that I want to highlight: 92% of Americans now expect a recession; The White House seems confident that this will be a temporary blow, but is there any concern that these job losses could simply occur? the tip of the iceberg and will take longer to reverse even with the relief bill. I think there is widespread concern about this. I think there's concern about it, frankly, in the White House as well as among congressional leaders, and that's why you saw this move to pass this two trillion dollar bill really unprecedented, not just because its size, Lindsay, but also because of the speed with which Congress is moving on this issue, and even as they're doing this two trillion dollars in spending to shore up the economy that they're talking about.
Go back to the hole and do it again if this crisis persists, so I think there is a real awareness that if this continues for much longer, we risk a very serious long-term economic recession and John, we listen to the president. Once again we're talking today about getting the country back up and running, that's a big priority for him, what's the latest message on a timeline and how that's going to be possible with the current health threat in so many parts of the country. Well, first, you're not. I really heard a lot about Easter, you know, the president came out and talked about the idea of ​​getting the country back up and running by Easter, of seeing churches packed on Easter Sunday today, some of his advisors were saying, well, that's a goal. that's an idea and it's a way to give people some hope about when they might know that we want to get there eventually, it's a firm date, but what you're hearing now from the president and he's been suggesting this for a few days. is the idea of ​​loosening restrictions in certain parts of the country to keep restrictions tight in hot spots and places that are hit hard, obviously right now, that includes New York, California, Washington state, the state from Louisiana, New Orleans, but the problem here Lindsey says it might be an interesting idea to reopen parts of the country that aren't currently being hit hard by this virus, but there's just no telling where it's going to show up next and the indicators are lagging, so that's the idea.
Certainly what the president wants to happen. I think the question now is whether or not core healthcare and public health professionals agree that that can be done safely if they also approve it. Well, Jonathan Karl, on our side in Washington. thanks John Thanks Lindsay and as we mentioned, stocks soared on the

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of the relief package, but that's probably very little comfort to the 3.3 million Americans who filed for unemployment last week earlier today our CEO Rebecca Jarvis interviews of Starbucks Kevin Johnson about what they are doing. What we are doing to help companies with almost 350,000 employees nationwide.
I wanted to provide some financial certainty to Starbucks partners, so we made a commitment to all of our Starbucks partners in the US and Canada that for the next 30 days we will pay them even if their store is closed or even if it just leaves. feel uncomfortable going to work, we made that decision on Friday and Saturday morning, you know, I wasn't sure if the Starbucks partners would show up to open those stores because everyone had the option to take 30 They would get paid for 30 days even if they decided not to come, but you know what Starbucks partners got together and showed up before dawn and opened more than 5,000 drive-thrus across the United States.
People would have been paid if they showed up for work. or not, and they did it in 5,000 of their stores, that's remarkable and Rebecca Jarvis joins us now. Rebecca, many large companies can support their workers during this crisis, but what I asked specifically about small businesses if you own one of these. businesses, what could this relief package from Congress, particularly the loan incentives, mean for you? Well, Lindsey, first of all, those small businesses, thirty million of them, the restaurants, the bars, the coffee shops, the smaller retailers in neighborhoods across the country, have really felt the weight of these lockdowns and this package of stimulus the two trillion dollar stimulus package includes $370 billion that will be set aside specifically for small businesses that will be loans that will be converted into loans that will be forgiven over time if those small businesses keep their employees the way they that small businesses can do it. about how to get these loans, they offer loans up to ten million dollars is that, instead of having to go through the SBA, you can go through your own bank or a bank in your community, go through that bank, find the loan and then your bank do all the paperwork with the SBA, that's what the Treasury secretary says they will be working on and they believe those loans can begin to be issued in the next two weeks.
Lindsay and we've heard a lot about those $1200 payments that the government has made. reserved for many Americans how soon those checks will be sent out and they will be taxed, the number we are hearing now is in the next three weeks and the answer to whether they will be taxed is no and if you are someone who earns Social Security . Security, for example, if you are a veteran, you would also qualify for those checks related to income requirements. The income requirement is $75,000 or less. He will receive a check for $1,200 and five hundred for his children, Lindsey, and of course, we are approaching the end of the month.
When a lot of bills come due, what are some options for people who have rent or mortgage payments coming up and just don't have the cash? Something that's really important for people to remember right now is that a number of banks and credit card companies have been waiving fees, suspending foreclosures, and making really big concessions for their customers right now, but what's really important here is that you should have a direct conversation with your bank at your credit card company if you are facing financial difficulties due to the

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it is key to pick up that phone and let your bank, your credit card company, right now, the The government has also suspended foreclosures, there is relief if you have student loan payments, those student loan payments, late fees, interest have been eliminated. as long as they are government backed student loans and the government through HUD has also said that they are suspending foreclosures until April, but again, Lindsay Key here has the conversations, the difficult conversations, the ones that you might be afraid to have.
Please contact these companies because you are much more likely to get relief from having the conversation than from not having it. Let's talk about those difficult conversations. I mean, what is your advice for people who are worried about other bills and need to reach out to companies and call them and them? I just don't know what to say, how do you start that conversation right? First of all, it also includes wireless carriers and utilities again, several of these companies AT&T Verizon several utility companies have said they will not suspend service if you are falling behind.
They will not include late fees if you are late and you want to call them, tell them your situation, ask them what they can do for you and then you will need to get it in writing and ask them to email it to you. Most importantly names if you are talking to someone on the other line what is your name how can I communicate in the future what is the number that will confirm that this is all legitimate that we have all agreed to this and this is what everyone is on the same page and finally, Lindsay, I would tell people to remember that those stimulus checks that are most likely coming in the next few weeks use those checks not to pay the mortgage, not to pay for the things that you might get some relief for. from the lenders themselves use that to pay for your purchases and really important short term needs now, of course, if you can afford to pay, make all the payments, make all the payments that you don't want to be late for no reason, but if If you're pressed for that cash, make sure you cover your purchases and short-term expenses with those stimulus checks because the other areas right now are getting some relief from the lenders themselves.
Oh indeed, some news we can all use. Rebecca Jarvis, thank you. We very much appreciate it, as always, these extraordinary economic measures are being taken, we are facing a very grim reality: the United States now has the most

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cases in the world, surpassing Italy and China. This hospital here in Queens, New York, is being called the epicenter of the epicenter, the Elmhurst medical center struggling to care for the rising cases of kovat 19 while our ingenuityJohnson reports that a doctor takes us inside the center where 13 people died in just one day tonight, an emergency room doctor takes us inside what is called ground zero of the United States. pandemic all the feet you see all have one of dr.
Colleen Smith at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York, shares her story with ABC News and the New York Times. The frustrating thing about all of this is that it really feels like it's too little, too late, like we knew it was going to arrive overnight. Deaths in New York rose from more than a hundred to at least 385 at the hospital where Dr. Smith works 13 people died in just 24 hours Elmhurst Hospital in Queens is now the epicenter inside the epicenter refrigerated truck to store the bodies of patients who are dr. Smith reveals the shortages they face in the face of a disappointing shipment of those life-saving ventilators.
State health officials report that patients who need help breathing but do not have kovat typically spend three to four days on a ventilator, but kovat-positive patients spend an average of 11 to 21 days, the concern is that all of these ventilators that were told will arrive but have not actually begun to materialize in large quantities. Will they really arrive? Will we really get them? New York is now getting the green light to split ventilators if necessary. We have approved the technology that allows one ventilator to care for two patients was not ideal, but we believe it is feasible.
The number of hospitalized patients in New York state increased by 40% in a single day. The line outside Elmhurst has grown throughout the day, with dozens of people, many of them wearing masks, waiting to enter. Health workers on the front lines. Mount Sinai Hospital confirmed that one of its nurses died on January 19. Now many more answered the call in the past. 24 hours a day, at least 12,000 retired healthcare workers offer to work at New York University, allowing some of its medical students to graduate early to join the fight. Officials warn that the wave hitting New York will soon crash into other Louisiana states with a surge in cases. 28% the fastest increase anywhere in the world more than 2,300 people are now testing positive at least 83 dead tonight in Texas governor orders all travelers from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and New Orleans to quarantine for 14 days or face a fine or even jail time in Michigan, the case is now escalating to the thousands of doctors who are feeling the additional stress and initial uncertainty.
Doctor Eric Johnson makes the painful decision to send his two children to live with relatives out of state. He is in a Detroit hospital. him to 60 hours a week worried about infecting his own family. I'm definitely seeing the worst cases, but even as the crisis expands, President Trump looks to reopen the country soon today by sending a letter to the nation's governor saying the administration is working on new guidelines classifying counties as high risk , medium risk or low risk now people want to go back to work. I hear it, I hear it loud and clear from everyone.
I think it will happen pretty quickly, but a pastor in Arkansas with a warning. 37 people in his congregation outside Little Rock tested positive after attending a children's event at the church. Pastor Mark Polansky is sick on Facebook and tells his members: I would love for you to take this medical threat more seriously and wit joins us now here in New York. York City and what you mentioned about Louisiana having the fastest infection growth rate in the world, which is just amazing and there's also a huge increase in New Jersey, is expected to be the next epicenter.
Lindsay, that's certainly the concern that they might have these issues. hot spots across the country New Jersey's governor is reporting an increase of more than 2,400 new cases since yesterday, the reason he says a combination of stepped up testing but also an increase in scattered communities resources are so strained that at some of the state's testing sites We will soon begin testing only symptomatic first responders and healthcare workers. Lindsey. Very good, with Johnson, for us in New York. Thank you. I'd like to bring in the governor of Maryland now. Larry Hogan. Governor. Thank you very much for joining us tonight.
You announced it today. you announced 157 new cases in your state today, by far, that's the largest one-day spike in Maryland. This brings the state's total to 580 cases. When do you think the crisis will peak in Maryland and how bad do you expect it to get, so no one really knows? exactly when it's going to peak, we're going to convene an emergency coronavirus task force, which is made up of really smart doctors from places like Johns Hopkins and some of our best hospitals here in Maryland and they have different models, but we're nowhere near to reach the peak, we are just at the beginning of this and we are weeks, if not months, away from the peak and you know, we are looking at in the metropolitan area here, we now have over 1200 cases and it has been increasing. and it is rising at extremely high rates every day and you are one of 29 governors closing all non-essential businesses.
What do you think of President Trump's call to restart the economy by Easter and consider relaxing social distancing in lower-risk counties? Well, I'm not sure, first of all, just putting an artificial deadline to say we're going to have everything open by Easter is unrealistic from all the experts and scientists we're talking to and any other governor would be has taught him. I am the president of the National Governors Association. We had another call with the president and vice president today and a lot of the governors are concerned because they're trying to figure out when this is going to peak and not a lot of the experts think. that we're going to peak in a couple of weeks look look everyone would love to see the fact that everyone wants to get back to work we want our economy to get back to normal we want our kids to go back to school and I understand that the president wants be hopeful, but we also have to be realistic and look at the facts on the ground and this idea of ​​somehow, without real data, choosing between high risk and low risk.
I don't think that's a really realistic state. Governments, of course, have most of the power to quarantine stay-at-home orders and close local businesses if President Trump calls for a return to normal anytime soon. Would you be prepared to obey or oppose their demands at that moment? I'm going to make decisions that are right for the people of our state based on science and doctors, trying to save the lives of the six million people in our state. I think almost all other governors would do the same. I don't. I don't think we're going to see those kinds of orders from the president, but just sending messages telling people that everything is fine when it's not, it's not going to be helpful, but we're certainly not going to make decisions to send people out of there, is not safe.
There has been a fragmented approach across the country regarding closures and delivering supplies to hospitals in need. The concern for you is whether it's time for a more coordinated national strategy to combat this pandemic, so that's one of the things we raised again today. administration and with the president and the vice president directly last week we brought a list of issues that we wanted them to address and that's where at the top of everyone's list we've made some progress on that and FEMA has taken a taken a lot of action and now we have started declaring states of emergency in several places and the administration has been working together and communicating well with the governor, but we still know that everyone is behind the 8 ball and us.
We are all trying to work together at the federal, state and local levels to support this and address this incredible challenge that we all face. Do you feel that your state is well prepared? I'm not sure any of us are. Ready, no one has ever faced something like this, but I think we're ahead of ourselves. We've been looking at this for a couple of months. I was, you know, they declared a state of emergency three weeks ago. I was the first to do it. The second state to close all schools statewide. One of the first to close all bars and restaurants.
We have been taking unprecedented aggressive action almost every day for 21 consecutive days. We are doing the best we can to try to keep people safe. save prevent hundreds of thousands of people from getting infected and hopefully save thousands of lives here in our state governor thank you very much for your time and all the best to you and your residents there in Maryland and when we return the growing concern 23 the sailors on an American aircraft carrier tested positive for the corona virus, none of them were allowed to leave that ship the race to test them all the global impact Italy in Spain still struggling with an overwhelming number of deaths the grim scenes inside their hospitals and the Ordinary Americans on the front lines of this crisis serving food and other necessities as millions of Americans flock to food banks.
Hello, my name is Barbara Bridges and I am a member of the hospitality community here in San Antonio, Texas. I was laid off last week as a result of corona. virus and virtually all meetings and events for the next two months have been cancelled, so there are thousands of us in the same situation and we are simply trying to stay as positive as the most powerful stories of our time every time Nightline tells us his full name for the record Jeffrey Edward Epstein every girl Jeffrey meets starts getting a massage he says I'll pay you $200 for every girl he brings me Walsh was underage he told me how he could get so rich how he ran away with this for so long and what do the women who survived his crimes have to say now and truths and lies Jeffrey Epstein listen for free now on Spotify podcasts or wherever you find your guests right now how do you make sense of it all now in the afternoons ?
ABC a place with good information you need we are all in this together and we will get through this pandemic together what you need to know in the afternoons you have an Eastern 12 central and Pacific on ABC which is the neck of Sydney this is the same It's a moment Worrying for me, especially since I don't have many other options because the dock expires this year in November. Our decision to close the Daiya was a difficult decision to make, but due to how quickly the virus was spreading, it was something we decided on. in the service industry, at least in this restaurant, and it was very difficult because it meant closing doors to people and closing doors to our employees and ourselves and any kind of income we could make.
I'm currently looking around. $600 in my bank account and that's only if I can get my car loan forgiven during this month and I hope everything goes well and we can get back to normal and I can renovate my dacha, but that's also a coin flip . It's up to Homeland Security to really say whether that's going well or not, welcome back, as we previously reported the US is breaking a discouraging record today 3.3 million people filing for unemployment benefits as the uncertainty of this crisis continues growing and some risks real scenes unfold across the country take a look at this this was on scene last week an endless line of cars wrapped this Houston neighborhood as people wait in line for food and as millions across the country face financial uncertainty, there are thousands of men and women stepping forward to help those in need Cana Whitworth has more from coast to coast Americans face unprecedented uncertainty kovat 19 devastating our healthcare system and destroying the financial stability of millions of Americans, a grim record: Nearly 3.3 million filed for unemployment benefits in just one week, and in the midst of such a drastic economic crisis, many Americans face the new challenge of putting food on the table for so many people. of people coming to reach out to our people, a food bank in Los Angeles reported a 200% increase in visitors, but perhaps it's a reflection of the American spirit when there are people in need.
I am disabled. I just got out of the ICU a week ago. They are not medical workers, but they are risking their well-being to provide essentials as shocking scenes unfolded across the country last week in engulfed Texas cars. around this Houston neighborhood as dozens of people handed out food and this teen and his mother from Ohio, so go ahead and take what you need, like knowing what you can, doinggood where they can, using an old bookshelf as a makeshift food pantry. someone who needs it so someone came with a truck and took everything away which is totally fine with us.
The situation is so serious that the National Guard has stepped in to help from California to Ohio. I've been exposed to a lot of different parts of what's going on. at the food bank, which really opens my eyes to how many people they were serving and the food banks are overwhelmed by the increase in demand but somehow keeping up. We are operating at an extremely high level, almost doubling our daily distribution to approximately one hundred and eighty. thousand meals not knowing when this will end, they are serving their communities the best way they know how, one meal at a time Cana Whitworth ABC News Los Angeles serving us all one meal at a time at Cana Whitworth joins us now live Cana , we just saw the Many people do selfless work at these food banks, but let's dive into how they work.
Many of them are using these self-service methods. What do some organizers tell you about how it's going? Yes, it's really interesting. Lindsey. I spoke to the CEO of a food company. bank in Indiana today and says that they have been using that type of backdoor distribution method for 20 years and, while they used to serve about two hundred and fifty cars at a time, now they serve about 700 cars at a time, but Because They already had that method, they were able to accommodate many more people and they can do it very quickly and safely, not only for the people who need the food but also for the people who volunteer to give it.
Also, where does the money for these food banks come from? I imagine that managing them is a very expensive operation. Well, exactly Lindsey, because it's not just about food. They have many costs. They have warehouses. They have delivery trucks. They need fuel. Many food banks to get their food directly from food manufacturers or grocery stores also need monetary donations and that is something you and I can do at home by logging on. You can donate money to their food banks and you can do it directly in your own community. Also here in Los Angeles there is a food bank that says they offer people the opportunity to come volunteer for four hours and if they do, they can go home with a cart full of food and Lindsay is something that many Americans are experiencing for the first time in your lives Cana Whitworth, thank you for that report, it is a pleasure to see you and when we return, the human cost of this pandemic, the devastated and separated families now share their stories, they can only communicate virtually and we are looking at more than Close up on the state-by-state impact of those job losses, but the first tweet of the day on what was supposed to be baseball's opening day we all need someone who doesn't beat around the bush and gives it their all, no bullshit, no spin .
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We received word from Governor Andy Beshear that independent contractors qualified for unemployment. This is surprising to many of us. I know it has made a big difference for us. It will make a big difference for us because I live in a home where it takes two. Last week's stunning jobless claims from more than 3 million Americans show how severe the pandemic's impact is on the economy and American workers, but it's affecting different people. states at different levels, so let's take a look at the numbers for the top five states with claims this week Pennsylvania with about three hundred and seventy-nine thousand Ohio with almost one hundred and eighty-eight thousand California with about one hundred and eighty-seven thousand claims followed For Texas and New Jersey, Pennsylvania claims represent five point eight percent of the statewide civilian workforce; after all, it was one of the first to close all non-essential businesses.
Little Rhode Island has been hit hard and also experienced 64 claims per 1,000 workers, which is closely followed by Nevada with 60 unemployment claims per 1,000 workers, as its tourism-focused casino industry shut down and The loss of jobs affected some states with the same impact as a hurricane. The state of Louisiana had more than 72,000 applications last year. Unemployment numbers this high have not been seen this week since 2005 when Katrina devastated the state and unfortunately the unemployment storm may just be beginning across the country with claims expected to rise in the coming weeks and still We have a lot more to do tonight.
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ABC News' Daily News podcast is like no other. news podcast that even critics agree listen for free on apple podcasts coronavirus cases are skyrocketing in upstate new york with over 37,000 positive tests almost any scenario that is realistic healthcare system and alpers hospital in Queens New York the need for ventilators is great The challenge in each state is protective equipment for healthcare workers, ventilators for patients, and management of the healthcare system. All the accounts you see, they all have. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards is warning about the rising number of cases in his state, but I can assure the public. the cogut is present in each and every pair during the pandemic, huh.
Moline America in New Jersey, coronavirus death toll rising to 81. Los Angeles is also raising taxes and Illinois is seeing more cases as we continue to increase testing. The fact that what matters are those who do the testing. The positive will continue on Capitol Hill. House lawmakers are set to vote on the massive relief package the Senate passed last night delivering relief checks to those hardest hit by the outbreak. Speaker Nancy Pelosi is optimistic that we won't have a victory for American workers tomorrow. Tomorrow's vote. a possible lifeline for American business owners and families now in limbo due to the new coronavirus at the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak in Italy the number of cases continues to rise more than 30 doctors have died from the corona virus half of our doctors As a family, they believe in us.
We don't have masks, gloves or anything from the state. She said it's like we are soldiers fighting an invisible enemy with no weapons or supplies. Welcome tonight. The top European official at the World Health Organization reports that one in ten infected people are health professionals. Workers, many of them now in quarantine, are using drones by UK authorities in their efforts to enforce their stay-at-home rules in an effort to avoid the horrific scenes now unfolding in Italy and Spain. The panel has more tonight the full force of the coronavirus. starting to hit Britain, over a hundred dead in the last day alone, officials say in London hospitals there is wave after wave of patients calling it a rolling tsunami and police now using drones to enforce new rules warning that anyone leaving home without a reasonable excuse could be fined or even arrested the UK tries to learn from hard lessons from Italy shocking new images from a hospital in Milan overall infection rates are falling every bed is full everyone is fighting to keep patients alive still 40 doctors have died in Italy doctors and nurses who have given their lives to save others world health experts say one in 10 infected people are health workers in Spain the numbers are increasing without pity more than 650 more deaths today alone and although countries like South Korea appear to have gone through the Worst thing is that a new rise in cases is raising concerns about a resurgence of the virus.
The Andean panel joins us now. Let's talk more about those fears in Asia. You've reported extensively in that region in recent weeks in China and South Korea, infections have declined, but talk to us. They're asking why they're worried about a resurgence. Well, they are mainly concerned because they are starting to see a new increase in the number of cases. Now we saw that originally in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, now we are seeing in South Korea. Remember that South Korea has been held up by journalists, academics and doctors as an example of how to deal with an outbreak that had a lot of testing that they did themselves from the beginning, they separated very early, people wearing masks, people were disinfecting.
However, when they started to seem like they were over this and saw the light at the end of the tunnel, they started to relax some of those restrictions. Foreigners began to enter the country and brought many cases with them and people did not comply. because of the strict quarantine rules, so the South Korean government has now said that any foreigner who violates those strict quarantine rules when entering the country will be deported from the country and the Koreans themselves will face a prison sentence. All the right lessons we can learn. forward here in the US On panel for us in London tonight, we move on to a worrying situation aboard a US Navy ship in the Pacific, the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has been docked in Guam after at least twenty-three sailors tested positive for Kovac 1,950,000.
The sailors are inside the ship and will not be allowed to leave until the entire crew is tested and concerns are now growing that the virus will continue to spread within the ship where sailors live in very close quarters. Our chief global affairs correspondent, Martha Raddatz, has this story. Tonight, one of America's most powerful warships is docked in Guam with a corona virus spreading throughout the aircraft carrier. At least 23 of the sailors aboard the Roosevelt tested positive for the virus and were transported to a Navy facility on land where the 5,000 remaining sailors are quarantined. on the Roosevelt will not be allowed to leave the dock while the Navy tries to stop the spread.
We are now in the process of testing 100% of that ship's crew, but containing it will be a huge challenge. I've been on those aircraft carriers. like a cruise ship, these are floating cities with no frills, the corridors are extremely narrow and the bunks can hold up to 100 sailors, the danger here is that the entire crew will become infected and the ship will not be able to perform its tasks, so a large part of American military power in the Pacific could remain immobilized in dock for weeks the Navy insists that no matter what happens they can carry out their mission but the Roosevelt was one of only two American aircraft carriers sailing in the entire world our thanks to Martha and back Here at home, the virus is affecting people of all ages and backgrounds, and entire families, like the New Orleans couple with a newborn and the Massachusetts family, considered themselves luckyof being able to hold a funeral in the morning several meters away.
Here's our Matt Gutman tonight. The virus sweeping across the United States is wiping out entire families, including five of the seven people in this Winehouse family image who began feeling symptoms nearly three weeks ago. My father, who is currently on oxygen in the ICU, and my mother, in fact, were on a ventilator for eight days. and now she is also on oxygen in the ICU, days after her parents had symptoms. Jason, his brother and sister-in-law also got sick, the Missouri family has hope for their parents and is grateful to their doctors and nurses for what they are doing in a daily sacrifice of their health to save other people's lives is truly heroic, an act of altruism and need that is also replicated in thousands of homes across the United States, including New Orleans, a new hotspot where authorities say a 17-year-old boy has died and where there are people. like jonathan gibson babysitting his little son miles while he carefully cleans the bedroom he shared with his wife tiffany, why do you call your bedroom chernobyl and why do you wear gloves with a mask to go in?
You definitely feel like I know sometimes from wherever there was a big schism that took a lot of lives, you know, and going in there, Tiffany, 34, started feeling symptoms two weeks ago, after 10 days and four trips to the emergency room, he was finally admitted with pneumonia, which means. Jonathan now has no backup if he gets sick, his son has no one else to care for him at the moment. Alex Kyle believes he got sick in New Orleans on Mardi Gras, but believes he brought the virus to the family home in Maryland, where his wife Danielle has tried to breastfeed him without approaching him.
I just delivered his food to him cautiously delivering food on that ironing board. She hasn't been within 15 feet of the entire family under one roof, but she only communicates on FaceTime so imagine. that this is very difficult because not only are you trying to take care of your husband who is sick, you are also trying to prevent your children from getting sick and you yourself know how I keep my children safe so that the mama bear effect does I'm sure that everything too and tonight we will hear from Karen Mannering in England, she is fighting for her life and the life of her unborn baby.
I'm going to take this so high and kill someone warning everyone to stay within our gratitude. To Matt Gutman and certainly to healthcare workers around the world, many of us are feeling scared and alone right now, the fear can be especially acute, although for those battling other medical conditions like Deanna Hernandez, who is being treated for breast cancer and I want to Thank you very much for joining us, first of all Orianna, thank you very much. Just hearing those stories makes my heart race because of the anxiety I'm going through, I can imagine, so you're trying.
Sorry, well, go ahead. I was saying that it's giving me a lot of PTSD from the health complications I've had, right? I imagine that would be the case now that your immune system is compromised and puts you at especially high risk for contracting kovin 19:00 your leukemia survivor now undergoing treatment for breast cancer what kind of therapies should be taken in this moment? I am not currently receiving any therapy, but the biggest problem and risk for me is that I am a five-year AML leukemia survivor. I had a bone marrow transplant. I don't have my own DNA and I have a habit of refusing some blood transfusions.
Five years later, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, probably due to whole body radiation to save my life and that has had a delayed healing and now, every day, a wound nurse comes to me. home to heal a wound, so I'm trying to recover from breast cancer with a compromised immune system due to leukemia, with doctors at Johns Hopkins and also at and men. Trying to treat me has been very stressful because every day we have nurses that have to come to our house. We have taken some steps at home and my husband is trying to learn how to do what the nurses do and dress the wound. so we could limit anyone coming in and out of the house, of course, and how do you manage to stay healthy?
I mean, I'm in and that's one way, but what sacrifices do you need to make right now? Well, you stay for me. No problem at home, I mean, after you're fighting for your life and you have AML leukemia with a 25 percent chance of survival. I was separated from my son for over a year. I was wearing the yellow gown with droplet precautions and I was hospitalized for a year and then having to look death in the face and use friends and then go through breast cancer if they told me I have to stay home I've been home since January If they tell me to stay home until June or July I'm okay with that because I just want to see my son grow up it's pretty simple the other thing I tell people is one thing I can control and stay home , the other thing is and I said this since I was diagnosed with leukemia, it is what I call the three Ps of preparing for the life that prevails in the present and I say that we all have to prepare each and every day of our lives for what so prepared we present ourselves to any illness, it may not be coded, it could be cancer, whatever it is, so that we can all present ourselves well to our medical team and then position ourselves to prevail, so all I can say is that every day, despite my low energy levels, despite depression, despite fears, I work so that if, God forbid, it happens to me, I am prepared. the best I can be and the best version of myself so I can present myself well but all I can do is stay home and pray and be with my family but it's hard for me to try to explain it to other people when I see people interacting and I tell them that if you haven't been on the ground, and you cry, and you know you have a chance of dying, and you don't see your child, and you don't see if your child will ever see you again, it just doesn't always fit.
Everyone is right. I had friends who got frustrated with me when I told them they couldn't come into the house. You are a great example for all of us, so I hear you talk about how you have low energy, anxiety and depression, but no one looks at you. Right now I'm sure I feel inspired, you know there are many who now do go to the hospital and are possibly at risk of contracting a coronavirus infection, but many also need to undergo various cancer treatments or essential surgeries e.g. , wasn't it what kind of How many calculations have you had to do to manage your health right now?
I'm right? You don't need to leave home at all. We made some changes tomorrow. I was supposed to save my doctor Kimia at Johns Hopkins. Now you know that Johns Hopkins is a world leader in the fight against Kovan 19:00 Speaking with my leukemia doctor and my infectious diseases team at Johns Hopkins, they did not feel it was safe for me to come even though I need to know if I am in remission. of a very risky double mastectomy surgery for a bone marrow transplant survivor. I know it's very complex, but talking to them they told me that we don't want you to come to the building until June 3, so for me that is a lot of anxiety. wait and be sure I'm still in remission from luekemia due to breast cancer surgery.
The other steps we have taken are teaching my husband to dress wounds so that eventually we can't have nurses come into the house, they are heroes. and they are amazing, but they have eight other patients during the day and also my appointment next week with my pen medicine doctor, my surgeon and my breast cancer surgeon will be a telemedicine appointment, so we are doing everything we can through images, images and facetiming to do. all that I don't leave the house but my heart aches for all the cancer warriors and survivors and those currently in treatment who call me and talk to me and tell me I have to come in and they are neutropenic which means they don't have a way to fight any infection, that's why when people say why we have to stay home, this is ridiculous.
I realize there is a financial impact, but when you talk about lives you can save by staying home, it's huge. I imagine I would. Imagine that you are giving people a new perspective and a new reason to stay home just by listening to and seeing you, Loriana, thank you very much and we wish you continued health, thank you. Now we'll bring in our friend Dr. Richard Besser, former acting director of the CDC and a long-time medical voice here at ABC, now running the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It's always a pleasure to have you as a doctor, be kind, it's a pleasure to be here, let's see what an inspiring story it was, what an inspiring story, in fact, we.
I'd like to talk to you a little about the complicated balancing act that hospitals are doing as they try to combat the coronavirus while also dealing with other typical ailments. Yes Yes. I mean, that's a big challenge when there's a new pandemic and a new emerging infection. the other conditions that people have don't go away, so just think about the challenges that exist for people with diabetes, heart disease and cancer and think about the particular challenges that low-income people have that people in rural communities have . o Indian reservations will have a real challenge getting the care they need during a time of crisis here in New York, the nation's coronavirus epicenter, Governor Cuomo yesterday was cautiously optimistic that hospitalizations were declining thanks to our distancing social, but today We learned that in just one day New York's hospitalization rate shot up by 40%.
What do you think about that? And it was yesterday's good news, just a kind of false hope. Well, I think it's a little early to declare a victory or a defeat. This is a long game, it will take a long time to develop and the numbers will be very strange until we have enough testing to be able to really say what is going on in each community, you know as we speak. About once before a pandemic, there are a number of local outbreaks that occur on different timelines, so New York is seeing a lot more activity than other cities, you'll see this, but until we see widespread testing, a lot of the numbers that we see are going to increase. be affected by the amount of testing being done and rather than the true spread of the disease, so how and when will we know if social distancing is actually working well?
I think some of that comes back to testing being able to see that being able to tell doctors and hospitals in terms of whether they have beds, whether they have enough equipment, whether they can meet the needs, you know without really good data and without us listening to the public health scientists who really know how to do it. It's going to be difficult to model this, track it, and actually look at those numbers, but in any infectious disease outbreak there's a lag that can make it even more difficult from the time you're exposed to the time you're diagnosed.
As a case that may last on the order of a week, you may be making progress and it may take you a good week to be able to say, "What we're doing is having a big impact with hospital supplies running low today." The governor of New York announced that hospitals can split ventilators, use one machine for two patients, how does that work? I mean, it's safe, you know, it's not something you want to do outside of a scarcity situation, but in a scarcity situation like ours. We're here now and you don't want to exaggerate the shortage.
You know, I was hearing other reports that there are still ventilators available, but you can see where we're headed. We are heading into a situation where difficult decisions will be needed. to do and if it is possible to take a ventilator and have it support the breathing of more than one patient, that would be fantastic and could buy us some time until there is additional protective equipment, additional ventilators, a different additional material for everyone. There's a lot of confusion about what to do if you've recovered from Kovat 19 when you can come out of isolation, for example, ABC's Kaylee Hartung had the virus and told us she's been getting mixed messages and can you tell us about the new CDC guidelines just coming out? to say that, in theory, you are no longer contagious.
Well, you know, part of the challenge here is that the science is still developing and the hope is that after you've had a Kovat 19 infection you can do it. If you don't get it again and you'll be immune, but we won't know how long the protection lasts for quite some time, since it's a new infection, it's important to follow CDC guidelines here. from local health departments so as not to prematurely put other people at risk dr. Besser is always a pleasurehave you, thank you so much for your knowledge, thank you so much Lindsay and when we get back the good news that we all desperately need, but first our myth of the day right now, how can you make sense of it all? now in the afternoons on ABC a place with the good information you need we are all in this together and we are going to overcome this pandemic together what do you need to know? afternoons at 1:00 Eastern Central and Pacific on EBC Friday nights at 9:00 8:00 central a true crime a real life cinematic drama is impressive follow the clues the hunt true crime 20 minutes left central on ABC that music takes me back to my childhood tonight we remember a basketball legend Fred Curly Neal you remember them he played more than 6,000 games for the Harlem Globetrotters well, he passed away in Houston he was known for his skillful ball handling his recognizable head shaved head and lots of playful banter Fred curly Neal was 77 years old finally tonight we want to give you a reason to smile and laugh in these difficult times so James has been around for a long time.
He has our summary of good news. Hey guys, I hope you're handling yourself well. The news from Italy has obviously been very sad, but there may be a little light ahead. At the end of a very dark tunnel, authorities say the infection rate is starting to stabilize, so a little hope to keep it going, so let's first look at Italy, watch this video shared by the mayor of a city where a woman 86-year-old finally leaves the hospital after seven weeks fighting coronavirus, what a wonderful thing to see and in the US we had the opportunity to check in with Geneva Wood now that she contracted coronavirus at the Kirkland Care Center in Washington State , but has now tested negative for the virus and is on the road to recovery.
This is her incredible story. Take her down once more. She was cruel, but instead she stood up. She wanted us to be proud of her. She did not do it. I want us to think that she gave up and that's why it became a story of struggle, determination and hope. She could never give up and never underestimate the power of people coming together with positive thoughts and prayers. Virus. I have a lot to live for. and God gave me the strength to do it and although most seniors are isolated, that doesn't mean they can't have fun.
Check this out and it's kind of funny. You've also seen people hoarding toilet paper. unnecessarily they need the poop calculator and yes you heard right it's an app on your phone and you can calculate how much toilet paper you need so I made it here and I have 12 rolls in the house there are two. of us here apparently I have enough for 72 days check it out it means you won't be hoarding toilet paper honestly and check this out I mean it's a virtual choir uniting people from all over the world from the comfort of their own sofas We met with a founder, James Sills.
I think the reason people have really responded to this is simply because it's something that makes them feel connected to other people, so right now it's so imperative that we feel some kind of human connection. and I think something that's just positive and hopeful and creative. I think these are all really important things anyway and maybe it takes something like this to make us realize that it really is a beautiful idea and why we can't achieve it. Enough of your catchy tunes, check out these repurposed ones especially for coronavirus, it's definitely a catchy tune and we love all your collaborations.
Take a look at this student. She organized all of her friends remotely to sing in a rendition of "The World Moves Now." This was quite a homecoming. Actor Matthew Lila's daughter has been battling cancer. She had her last chemo session and I took a look around her neighborhood. We will leave you now with this prophetic message from 2003 from nobody else and Nelson Mandela. Everyone should practice Go Tiger. stay with everyone and be good to each other, stay well and thank you James for that before we leave tonight, a more poignant moment for our picture of the day, a man from New Jersey who wanted to thank the hospital workers who took care of his wife, but unable to get in, so he got creative and wrote this note that says: Thank you everyone at emergency for saving my wife's life.
I love you all and that is our program for this hour. Be sure to stay tuned to ABC News live for more context and analysis. of the most important news of the day. I'm Lindsay Davis. Thank you very much for streaming with us and good night.

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