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the last couple of days. new york remains the epicenter, but new hot spots are emerging in america. cases surging in these three cities and hospitals are overrun with patients. plus the, the uk scrambling for hospital beds and spanish authorities issuing new lockdown measures. we're live in madrid and london. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm anna coren live in hong kong. cnn newsroom starts right now. ♪ it's 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast and the hours ahead will see residents of three states, new york, new jersey and connecticut kak connecticut waking up to a two-week travel advisory. the u.s. centers for disease control is telling people living

there not to travel anywhere unless absolutely necessary. it's a big step back from the quarantine that u.s. president donald trump has suggested on saturday, the idea rejected by one state governor. it's not clear the travel advisory changes anything. stay-at-home orders are already in place in those states and many others. other people with critical jobs such as health care providers and delivery drivers are exempt. still, the cdc's latest advisory shows the trump administration is grasping for ways to slow the pandemic in the u.s. the number of reported infections has spiralled upward to more than 121,000. far more than any other place in the world. nurses at one bronx hospital echoing the fears and frustrations of health workers nationwide. >> we need this to keep our staff safe, our patients safe. if we get sick, our patients will get sick.

this is for our entire community. we're all -- everybody knows that this is a pandemic. it's affecting all of us and we want to keep everybody safe in the best way possible. >> the death toll has doubled over the past two days to more than 2,000. globally 660,000 cases. we're live in the uk where the top doctor has a mortality figure that should worry us all. plus, an urgent plea from latin america where one city needs help removing the dead from their homes. and we're monitoring detroit, chicago, to new orleans. we begin our coverage in new york with cnn. >> reporter: new york state remains the epicenter of the

coronavirus pandemic in the united states. and despite the governor trying to combat the apex, adding hospital equipment and personnel, it evolved into a conversation about what was going on outside his state's borders. the president of the united states threatened to do a lockdown type of quarantine here in new york and on the tri-state area preventing people from travels outside of it. a threat that ended up withering into a travel advisory to be run by governors later in the day and then the governor of rhode island continued a policy, preventing new yorkers from entering her state without being quarantined. both of those things left to strong condemnations from the governor of new york and led to threatened lawsuits. by the end of the day, the focus was on new york where the hospital ship is expected to

dock on monday creating another thousand beds. cnn, new york. the pandemic hot spots are increasing and spreading out. health officials including the u.s. surgeon general point to at least three high-population places where infections are rising sharply, detroit, chicago, where the mayor says the city could see more than 40,000 new infections in the coming week. and new orleans, already with a desperate shortage of ventilators and other much needed equipment. the national guard has been called in to help new orleans deal with the influx of patients. across the state of louisiana, there are now more than 3,000 confirmed cases and more than 130 deaths. the state of michigan is reporting more than 4,600 cases of the virus and more than 100

patients there have died. in detroit, the police chief and 39 police officers have tested positive for the virus and hundreds more police officers are under quarantine. the city has launched a plan which includes temperature checks and additional protective equipment to protect its officers. in chicago, an infant who tested positive for the virus has died. an investigation is under way for the cause of death. here's more from chicago. >> reporter: they're bracing themselves to see what happens next. chicago has been picked as a place that could be a hot spot in the future. just today, state officials have confirmed that there are over 3,000 cases in the state, over 400 new cases in the last 24 hours. something that's very concerning that stands out, there has been a child under the age of one that tested positive for the coronavirus that has passed away. they're going to do a full

investigation to figure out exactly why this child died. but it's obviously something that health care officials will be paying attention too. we also talked to a doctor who worked in an icu here in the chicago area. the doctor tells us as of right now, his icu is making sure that patients are comfortable and being taken care of but he's looking at preparation for what could happen next. >> regardless of where we are today, the reality is, there's an opportunity and a very real potential of running out of ventilators and that has to do with the net number of patients. there's a fixed amount of resources in chicago. today there are icu beds that are available and ventilators that are available, that does not mean tomorrow there will be. if thereby expotential growth just like other cities in the world, we will run out of those resources. >> reporter: health care officials are concerned about clusters. in fact, one group at a church, a group of them have gotten sick from the coronavirus. there was cases at a local jail,

the cook county jail, where the sheriff has taken the step of moving some of those inmates outside of the jail facility to make sure that the coronavirus doesn't spread. health care officials are watching that because they want to make sure that it doesn't overwhelm the health care systems around the area if several people were to get sick at the same time. the other part they're stressing, social distancing and people staying home. it will be interesting to see if the streets stay clear as they've been for the last few hours. reporting in chicago, ryan young, cnn. let's bring in an associate professor with a specialty in virology. great to have you with us. tell me, the measures being taken in the united states at the moment, are they enough to slow the spread of coronavirus? >> i think we all need to be listening to the w.h.o. on looking at the experience of countries that have managed to

tame this outbreak. specifically we need to implement lockdown as soon as possible, identify the individuals who have been infected as quickly as possible, we need to trace the close contacts, make sure we identify the ones that are infected as well, and ask these individuals to stay home and make sure they do not transmit anymore. the longer we allow this to occur, the longer the damage will be to every economy in the world, including the united states economy. not to mention loss of life. >> tell me, donald trump's suggestion then to quarantine new york, which as we know is the epicenter of this virus in the united states, is that something that should be happening? >> at this point in time, i'm not interested in politics. i'm interested in what the data shows us. and the data shows us that countries that have cases in expotential phase should be locked down, contact tracing,

testing, and making sure that the people who are infected are cared for. i don't think quarantining one state or another is going to make a huge difference. every state needs to go into lockdown. >> you're talking about what china did in hubei province in which it just shut down the entire place. >> that's correct. >> you're saying that those sorts of drastic draconian measures need to be taken to get on top of coronavirus? >> there are some countries that have implemented exceedingly broad diagnostic efforts to try and curb this disease and i'm specifically talking about korea and singapore. unless the united states is prepared to follow the examples of korea and singapore and implement what are hundreds of thousands of tests to identify the individuals who are

affected, lockdown will be necessary. >> even if the country that you're in, in england, a top health official has come out and said if there are 200,000 deaths, then we have done a good job. that figure is staggering. so, do you feel satisfied with what is taking place in the uk at this very moment? >> so, just to correct you, the figure quoted is 20,000 deaths, not 200,000. as far as i'm concerned, 2,000 deaths is far too many of something that is a preventable situation. so i have my reservations with respect to some of the lockdown measures. for example, the health care workers are still sending children to school. health care professionals will contract the disease because of the lack of personal protective equipment. they will pass it on to the children, the children will pass it on to the key worker children

and it will go out to the key workers. as a result of that, we're going to have problems with the supply chain across the nation. it will be easier to send all of these kids to a summer camp so the teachers keep them there for as long as necessary and looked after. it doesn't seemed to have have been thought through. there's more that needs to be done in the uk and testing people who are symptomatic is a key element to that. the government is putting a lot of emphasis in the testing of people that have gone through the disease and there are may be immune and restarting the economy. none of that testing solved ebola in countries who don't have the resources for that. none of that worked in china, singapore, thailand, hong kong and korea. what worked is testing the people who are symptomatic. please, let's get on with it, and stop the politics.

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an italian football team is helping protect its most vulnerable supporters from covid-19. they're delivering care packages to every season ticketholder over the age of 65. they continue masks, gloves and hand sanitizer, biscuits and a bottle of beer. the team announced it will buy three ventilators and eight intensive care beds for a hospital in rome. italy has reported more deaths from covid-19 than any other nation.

officials now say more than 10,000 people there have died, a higher number of fatalities than in china, and thousands more infections as well. civil authorities say there currently are more than 70,000 active cases across the country. the prime minister says schools will stay closed past april 3rd. officials are allocating almost $5 billion to help people impacted by the crisis. the french prime minister has a warning about the outbreak in his country. the next two weeks will be the to have toughest yet. his government is racing to add intensive care beds and get hold of protective gear all while extending the lockdown. the health minister says france has ordered 1 billion face masks from china. the country is reporting more than 38,000 cases so far and more than 2,300 deaths.

the british government is preparing for a surge of many more cases. workers are converting london's excel center into an emergency hospital. more than 1,000 british patients have now died. the medical director of the national health service says if the total death toll can be kept below 20,000, then britain will have done very well in the epidemic. prime minister boris johnson has been self-isolating after testing positive for the infection. he's writing letters to some 30 million households urging people to stay home. he writes, we know things will get worse before they get better, but we are making the right preparations. and the more we all follow the rules, the fewer lives that will be lost and the sooner life can return to normal. we're joined now from our reporter in london. and that number, that must have been extremely alarming when people heard that.

>> reporter: it's an absolutely shocking number. of course very concerning for everyone here. here in the uk, as we are everywhere else, it's being described as a war, as a battle against a pandemic and the front line fighters are the medical workers. here, doctors and nurses who will be facing this head on, and, yes, while we're hearing that there are shortages of ppe, masks, gloves, shortages of ris p per raters, it's also the simple things, workers are overwhelmed, staff don't even have time to grab a bite to eat. and one couple here in london is trying to do something about it. take a look. >> amid a paralyzing pandemic, this husband and wife have found a purpose feed as many nhs staff as they possibly can. their days have become a flurry

of activity, loading up meals from home. >> you got something for us, sir. >> and driving by local restaurants selling in bulk at a time when business is at a standstill. rushing from place to place, they say it all started just over a week ago when a friend and nurse asked the couple to drop off some snacks. >> we brought 20 pizzas and now we're delivering over 300 meals a day. >> reporter: inspired by the response, the pair set up a crowd funding account. nine days later, they raised $40,000 for their group and they deliver hundreds of meals twice a day and more volunteers have joined. they admit there are risks, but it's necessary. something has to provide front-line services. i think this is key that one of

us or some of us contribute in some way until we are unable to. the meals go to the staff at st. george hospital. it's preparing for an expected surge in covid-19 cases. so we're not being allowed to film on hospital grounds and that's because restrictions are changing by the hour. it's key to keep the nhs workers from getting exposed. they have one message to the public, stay home. save lives. >> outside the main entrance, the ceo of st. george hospital charity say many nurses don't have the time to buy food. >> the hospital is busy, the staff is busy. it's a difficult time for the country. everyone is doing their best. we're lucky to have an amazing nhs. we're appreciative of all the support. >> reporter: we ran into this first year medical student who has come by to drop off

sandwiches. >> had i been four years older, i would be part of the doctors tackling this now. i want to help in any way that i can. >> reporter: for many here, that means supporting the country's front-line medical staff as they brace for a battle to challenge even the most prepared. you see the sense of urgency around the hospitals, around the medical workers and the uk government announcing more testing for medical staff. that's to make sure they aren't carrying the virus themselves, passing it onto patients. really a big focus here on making sure that the health care staff around this who are going to be battling this virus don't contract this illness and don't face the same fate we've seen in other countries across europe where thousands of medical workers have gotten sick. a few dozens have lost their

lives. the key here is to keep those people who are going to be battling the pandemic safe and healthy. >> that's right. the people on the front line need everybody's support. great to have you with us. spain's government is imposing new restrictions on movement as the number of covid-19 fatalities soars. officials reported 832 new coronavirus deaths on saturday. all nonessential workers must stay home for two weeks. the restrictions began march 30th and run through april 9th. workers will be paid but can make up the missed hours later. we're joined from madrid with the latest. that strike in the number of deaths, staggering. >> reporter: it is. and although officials are cautiously optimistic that the percentage increases in deaths in people entering the intensive care wards and the new

infections, while they're rising, they're not rising as fast as they have been. it's giving them hope that they may be reaching the peak and being able to flatten the curve. the numbers that you just mentioned for the deaths reported on saturday, we're expecting new figures in a few minutes, in just the past few days, about 30% of all the deaths in this whole crisis have come in the last couple of days. that's why the prime minister is imposing these new restrictions. we're halfway through the lockdown order that takes a month. we're halfway through that, and people could go to work under the initial order. now they're saying nonessential workers cannot. construction workers and other categories who are about to hear that when the cabinet meeting finishes will have to stay home, get paid as you mentioned. the government saying that employers cannot use coronavirus as an excuse to fire workers which union support not all businesses clearly support that. the numbers are still troubling,

especially the 9,400 medical workers, at least that number, more than in italy, here in spain, are infected with the coronavirus. they've been complaining that they didn't have enough equipment, protective equipment for themselves and for the patients at the outset. the government trying to play make up and get those supplies into the country. anna? >> many thanks for your reporting. some say warmer weather could make the virus disappear, something president trump has brought up. >> looks like by april, when it gets a little warmer, it goes away, we hope that's true. >> we'll dig deeper to see if there's any truth to that claim. reports out of ecuador could be a sign of things to come. why latin america may not be ready for covid-19.

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom." i'm anna coren. the headlines this hour. italy is reporting a grim milestone, the country's civil protection agency announced that the death toll from the coronavirus had crossed the 10,000 mark on saturday. the country has surpassed china in the number of cases and deaths. in the u.s., confirmed covid-19 infections have shot up 20% in the past 24 hours. the latest testing data shows more than 121,000 americans have contracted the disease and more than 2,000 of them have died. double the number of fatalities

two days ago. u.s. health officials have issued a two-week travel advisory for the states of new york, new jersey and connecticut, a region hit hard by the pandemic. residents are urged not to travel anywhere unless necessary. the advisory is a step back from the quarantine that president trump had suggested earlier. whether it's climate change or sheer luck, it's feeling like summer in the southeast of the u.s. the question is, will this help or hurt the fight against the coronavirus? dozens of high-temperature records have been broken these past few days from texas to florida. some think this might slow the spread of the virus. but dr. anthony fauci says not so fast. the. >> we are hoping, though it may not happen, that we will see that impact of warmer weather on bringing the infection rate down. but you can't guarantee it.

>> many of us are wondering whether the weather will have an impact on slowing the spread of the virus. let's turn to our metrologist for some insight. derrick, what can you tell us? >> yeah, anna, that is on the minds of so many people. in fact, some of the greatest intellectual minds in the medical industry are researching that very subject right now. as you heard from dr. fauci just a moment ago, and some remarkable new evidence has just been published and reputable evidence that suggests that covid-19 could indeed be seasonal feeling the impacts similar to what we would experience to the flu virus. the information that they have found caused -- showed that actually covid-19 saw the greatest spread of infection within 30 degrees north latitude. the northern hemisphere is finishing up its coldest winter

months and that puts the epicenter of the hotspots right between russia -- or excuse me, within china, europe and into the united states as well. that's exactly what we have seen take place and we knew that that was the epicenter for many of these outbreaks. but let's talk about the things that we know have occurred. that is how the seasonal viruses are driven by two main factors and that is changes in human behavior. for instance, people during the winter months tend to congregate indoors. a higher density of people mean the potential spread of viruses like the flu or covid-19, for instance, and also in the summer months, when the temperatures are warmer, people tend to be outdoors and spend less time around each other. so the viruses don't spread as well. also, cold versus warm temperatures, remember that

viruses thrive when temperatures are cold and viruses tend to die off when temperatures are warm. so, you know, it's incredible to see this remarkable new evidence that's being indicated in some of these newest reports that indeed covid-19 will have and feel the impacts of changing seasons and changing temperatures. anna? >> thank you for putting that all into con ttext for us. this news just into cnn, australia taking new measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. the prime minister announced that gatherings will be limited to just two people starting monday. that's down from 10. he expressed anger over images like these, crowds, thousands of people, gathering at australia's famed beach. all public outdoor areas including playgrounds and skate parks will be closed.

residents must stay home except for necessities like going to a doctor or shopping for groceries. he announced a six-month moratorium on evictions. so far, latin america hasn't seen the kind of infection numbers that europe, the u.s. and asia have. but there are fears that could soon change. cnn's matt rivers has more from mexico city. >> reporter: in latin america, coronavirus cases are spiking, well over 13,000 and counting. that's about 10 times higher than it was 12 days ago as more and more people keep dying. government workers were seen fumigating streets. in one coastal city, government officials removed 100 corpses from different homes in three days, some who died experiencing symptoms of the virus. curfews in place made it difficult for families to get their deceased to funeral homes. similar measures have sprung up

elsewhere. in panama, a ban on foreigners entering the country has stranded a cruise ship off the coast. four people have died from unknown causes. two people aboard have tested positive for the virus and as of friday, 138 more are experiencing flu-like symptoms. >> confirmed along with the news that, yes, we were in a dire situation. we're hoping that that's the end of death, but there's no gaur guarantee of that. >> reporter: one of the most desire situations is in brazil. even as individual cities have enforced stay-at-home measures, social media accounts that support the president have pushed a video campaign titled brazil can't stop as the

president argues prevent measures that could hurt the economy, shouldn't be use used. >> in mexico, the president had similarly played down the threat for weeks, regularly seen mingling with crowds until a few days ago. though his government has taken more action recently, closing businesses and schools and encouraging people to stay home, it's clear that some aren't listening. restaurants are allowed to be open and the streets are much emptier than usual, but finding people out and about isn't hard to do. the number of cases inmexico has about tripled in the last week. >> we've seen this virus devastate china, then europe, and now the united states. in latin america, there are growing fears that this region could be next. matt rivers, cnn, mexico city.

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the coronavirus pandemic has struck more than 200 countries and territories around the world. ireland is one of them. it's trying to keep the contagion from spiraling out of control with a stay-at-home order until april 12th. johns hopkins university says the country has 36 deaths, including 14 fatalities on saturday. this person is recovering from covid-19. he says there were many moments

when he didn't think he would make it. >> the first ten days, i didn't -- i didn't sleep at all. same day over and over again. high temperatures, a cough. i kept thinking i was going to die. i came close to icu. i had a blood transfusion. the last few days i have pulled through. >> he joins us now from dublin to tell us more about what it's like to live through this horrific illness. steven, great to have you with us and thank you for joining us. tell us why didn't you think you were going to make it. >> it was the same day over and over again. i had about ten days of 102,

104-degree temperatures, just day after day. and at some stage, your brain is saying, you can't keep doing this and you're waiting for a heart attack or something. you feel you can't keep doing this over and over again. it was so, so difficult. >> what was the worst moment for you? >> don't want to be too graphic, the worst moment was about 12 days in. i got a project isle vomiting and diarrhea and 104 degree temperature. at that stage, i thought i was dying. >> tell me if we can go back, about you contracting the virus, tell us about that when the alarm bells went off. >> i was the fittest guy i knew.

i was training for a half marathon. i was training for it eight times a week. and i developed a little -- just a little cough. just a tiny little cough. and after about four days, that turned into fevers and chills and a more severe hacking cough. and then i started getting really bad night sweats. i put myself into self-isolation. i rang the health service and they didn't deem me fit to be tested. >> why is that? >> they -- at the time they had said because i hadn't evidence of being in contact with somebody who was contaminated, they didn't deem i needed to be tested, even though i had

104-degree temperature. i rang my gp. my gp got me to ane. and within an hour, i was in isolation. within three hours, they had x-rayed me and told me i had viral pneumonia and within 24 hours they told me i had covid-19 and viral pneumonia and i was in isolation for 16 days. >> 16 days. >> yeah, pretty tough. pretty tough. mentally, it was very, very difficult. i do have to -- i made that little video purely because i wanted to call out the nursing staff in the hospital. i've never been in the hospital before. i've never been ill. and when you're -- when you're a

middle-aged man crying on the bed thinking you're going to die and you have these nurses around you holding your shoulders, telling you everything is going to be okay, doing everything they can for you, i had to put a video together just to say thank you for that. they were truly, truly incredible. >> these people are extraordinary. they're sacrificing their lives, putting themselves at risk to save people like you. steven, what would be your advice to somebody who is currently dealing with covid-19? what's your advice to them? >> i suppose -- in talking to the nurses in the hospital as well as -- is that it will pass. as long as you don't have an underlying condition that's going to cause the complications, but it will pass. and it seems that what happened

to me, 10 to 12 days of the repetitive high temperatures and lack of sleep seems to be quite common. not to lose hope or not to lose faith. you will get through it. again, once you broke the -- once you broke the 12-day barrier, since then i've been getting better. i'm feeling very weak, tired, i'm starting to breathe a lot still. but once you get through the 12-day barrier, it seems to be okay after that. >> it is fantastic to have you with us. we wish you the very best and a full recovery. thanks so much. >> thank you. life across the u.s. is changing in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. when we return, we'll find out how americans are reworking their daily routines to cope with the new reality. with the fastest non-drowsy allergy relief and turning a half hearted yes,

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the coronavirus crisis is changing the lives of people all across the united states. take a look at the normally packed streets of las vegas. it's practically a ghost town. it's a scene playing out all across the country and forcing americans to come to grips with an isolated new reality. cnn's martin savage takes a

closer look at how americans are coping. >> reporter: across america, coronavirus is changing lives. instead of studying, this 22-year-old college student is getting a hard lesson in life. her mom sent us videos of her cleaning out of her dorm. her entire senior year in question. with her high school closed, this senior stands to lose lifelong memories, dreams of softball, prom, maybe graduation. >> i heard about it and i started crying. this year was my -- it's the senior's year. >> reporter: coronavirus changed everything in ohio. until recently, one of the last denim producers in the country. the news of the shortages haunted the owner. >> it started to build up to the

point where i realized we needed to help out. >> reporter: with his son and three employees, he makes hospital masks. >> this isn't a for profit effort. what we like to have is just enough to cover our material and our labor. >> he's hoping the masks help others while helping him stay in business. john henderson checked in from texas saying he's crazy busy. >> i'm driving down the highway with a load sticking out of my sunroof. i have 60,000 surgical masks in boxes in my car. >> reporter: and and his team are going nonstop delivering personal protective equipment to 157 rural health care facilities all over the lone star state. >> two boxes are going to go to the hospital for a total of 3,000 masks. >> reporter: he says his family is healthy, the kids have started learning online and they

all appreciate life more. >> hi, i'm adrian. >> reporter: adrian checked in with us while on the job at an amazon fullfulment center in connecticut. >> the kids are at home doing their lesson plans with help from mom and their teachers. >> reporter: unlike services like amazon, it's become more vital to people as they isolate. adrian knows it and is proud to play a part. >> when mr. rogers said there was scary things on the news, always look for the helpers. >> we have had to close the club, cancel our tour. >> reporter: he's a drummer in a band, they own a bar in new orleans. but coronavirus has devastated the music scene. >> it's an eerie feeling to be in this iconic venue and have it

be empty. >> reporter: there's no money to pay musicians, bartenders or roadies. to dry to get some income, he teaches drugs online. >> i've been so i think skype lessons right here. >> reporter: you can also go online and buy a virtual drink as a donation. >> this has been daunting for us and we don't know when all of this is going to end and we don't know what the future holds. >> reporter: that is just as true in new orleans as it is everywhere else. martin savage, cnn, atlanta. thanks so much for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm anna coren. new day is up just after this break. you're watching cnn. washed up? never. sometimes. l'oreal age perfect rosy tone moisturizer.

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cnn now confirms more than 2,000 deaths here in the united states from coronavirus. more than 200 million americans in 25 states are ordered to stay at home. governors are pleading for help. out of desperation, doctors in new york city and italy are now using ventilators meant for one person to keep two patients alive. >> i'm optimistic we'll be able to save some lives. we have nothing to lose. >> we are perhaps just at the outer bands of a category 5 hurricane. this may get worse before it gets better.