♪ a global fight as coronavirus cases near 1.7 million around the world. 500,000 of those are in the united states. this, agency the u.s. president says the decision of how and when he will reopen the u.s. economy will be his toughest decision yet. and let's raise the glass. how one beermaker turned its

sights on one different type of alcohol. hand sanitizer. hello, everyone, we're live from cnn headquarters in atlanta. we welcome our viewers in the u.s. and around the world, i'm natalie allen. this is "cnn newsroom." >> it's 5:00 a.m. here on the eastern coast in the u.s. we appreciate you joining us, and we want to begin with multiple grim coronavirus milestones reached on the same day. in the u.s., confirmed cases crossed the 500,000 mark on friday. that's according to johns hopkins university. and daily reported deaths topped 2,000 for the first time. that brings america's total death toll to well over 18,000. globally, confirmed deaths have surged past 100,000. johns hopkins reporting about

1.7 million total cases. with the u.s. recording more deaths, it may not seem like the time to pivot to the economy, but getting the country back to work is clearly a priority for president trump. he says it is the biggest decision he's ever had to make. our jim acosta tells us what mr. trump is considering. >> reporter: at his daily press briefing on the coronavirus, president trump insist head will listen to his administration's top doctors when it comes to reopening the country, while not committing to following their recommendations. >> i will certainly listen. i will certainly listen. there's two sides, remember. remember, i understand the other side of the argument very well. because i look at both sides of an argument. i will listen to them very carefully, though. >> reporter: a sign he's intending to move forward with ending social distancing guidelines perhaps as soon as as may, the president put forward

he's opening our council. >> a council to be announced tuesday, names with great names you have respect for. different businesses, different people. >> bipartisan. >> bipartisan. >> reporter: but with dr. anthony fauci raising concerns that there will be new coronavirus infections after the country opens. >> lent get anyone get any false ideas, when we decide at a proper time when we're going to be relaxing some of the restrictions. there's no doubt you'll see cases. i would be so priced wed didn't see cases. the question is how do you respond to them. >> reporter: and dr. deborah birx saying the peak is yet to come. >> so it's really about the encouraging signs that we see and as encouraging as they are, we have not reached the peak. every day, we continue to do what we did yesterday and the week before and the week before that. >> reporter: the president describing the deliberations as

one of the biggest calls of this presidency. >> i'm going to have to make a decision and i only hope to god that it's the right decision. but i would say without question, it's the biggest decision i've ever had to make. >> reporter: mr. trump was also asked in what metrix he would use. >> this is not happy talk. maybe it's happy talk for you, not happy talk for me. we're talking about death. these are the saddest news conferences that i've ever had. i don't like doing them. >> reporter: on the issue of equipment, a source close to the coronavirus task force tells the press that it's not close to where it has to be. and the president telling reporters earlier in the day he is willing to shut down once

again if it's necessary. jim acosta, cnn, the white house. before the country can reopen its economy, there is a rough road ahead, especially in hard-hit new york. but as erica hill reports there's also reason for hope. >> reporter: there are now more positive cases in new york state than in any country around the world. and yet, there are signs of hope. hospitalizations and the number of patients in the icu both down, across the state. >> for a long time, there were over 50% of our cases. and 50% of our new cases that has dramatically changed because of impact of what the citizens of new york and new jersey and across connecticut and now rhode island are doing to really change the course of this pandemic. >> reporter: governor andrew cuomo stressing any move forward will require massive testing. and the power of the federal government. >> we have 9 million people we want do get back to work.

you need more than several thousand tests per week, if this is going to happen anytime soon. if i had a defense production act in the state, i would use it. i would use it. i don't have that tool. the federal government does. >> reporter: new york city now burying as many as 25 unclaimed bodies each day in a cemetery on rhode island to free up space in the city's morgues. in houston, a potential hot spot according to the white house task force, the parking lot at energy stadium transformed into an overflow hospital. experts watching the progression, as a former fda official says the warmer months may offer a reprieve. >> hopefully, the fact that we're heading into the summer and the summer should be somewhat of a back stop for the transmission as we head into july and august, that's going to help us.

remember, the seasonal aspect to coronavirus is generally this one is so unlawful, it's likely to transfer into the summer. but droplet transmission becomes less efficient in the hot and humid months. >> reporter: florida's governor said he may soon reopen schools county by county. >> we're going to look at the evidence and see. for whatever reason it doesn't is seem to threaten kids. >> reporter: the governor deantis citing a lack of deaths under the age of 25, though that is not the case nationally. 16 states have already closed schools for the reminder of the academ actio year. the virus doesn't pause for the holiday. >> we've seen people going to church, ignoring the admonitions, ignoring orders getting sick. ministers dying. this is deadly serious. and you can express your faith in lots of different ways but it

can't be by congregating. >> reporter: for some, simply being home is reason enough to celebrate. in miami, cheers as two covid patients are discharged. a similar scene in louisville. and from a hospital at the epicenter, a message of strength. mt. sinai's chief medical officer praising her staff, as they mark the end of the beginning, assuring them that, quote, we will prevail. the governor of kentucky on friday announcing in his state anyone attending a mass gathering over the weekend, their license plate information would be taken down and handed over to the health department. and those individuals will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days. the governor saying it is not an act of faith to attend a service in person. it is an act of faith to about nice, so you can protect your fellow americans. back to you. the big question remains, when will the united states

reach its peak? despite the alarming number of deaths already and the prospect for tens of thousands more there are indications the u.s. may now be seeing the highest point of daily coronavirus deaths nationwide. according to the man behind one of the most widely used models, the one used by the white house, the decline of deaths in the u.s. will be slow. here's what he told our anderson cooper. >> we rerun the model basically almost every night. and the new recurrence from different states are suggesting different peaks in different states, but overall, at the national level, we seem to be pretty much close to the peak. remember, also, that in our model, we assume that the social distancing is going to stay in place until the end of may. and we've now started to run some scenarios about what happens if you take them off on may 1st. and the early returns on that analysis don't look good.

>> let's talk about that with shawn griffiths, she coaches the ep d sars epidemic. good morning, miss griffiths, thanks so much for coming on. first, i want to ask you, the united states and other countries are grappling with when you loosen restrictions, social distancing is having a positive effect. but what, if is eased too early? some u.s. states haven't peaked yet? >> if it's eased too early, then you risk the epidemic taking off again. you'll get more cases. the whole idea is to reduce the demand on the health system, so that the health system can cope. so, if you take your foot off the brake too early, the cases start to rise again. it really was stressed the

health care system, stressed the care system. and as we need to get as good care as we need to, which will ultimately affect the outcome of the disease. so it's really important that we take the social distancing measures seriously. >> we heard president trump say this is the hardest decision he has to make. but also the governors making decisions for their states in the u.s. the uk almost 1,000 deaths a day. the u.s., 2,000. that's the most in a day. but we're also now projecting 61,000 tests in august in the u.s. how do you consider opening up economies, a very important thing to do, of course. but under this kind of cloud? >> well, you look at the daily modeling, as you say, the daily modeling, your guest was talking about looking at the figuring every day. seeing that the curve is starting to change. starting to flattening off. and as we've seen in countries

such as china where wuhan has now been opened up, okay, it's not back to normal. we'll not be back to the old normal. we'll go back to a new normal. things will be different. it will be a gradual change. perhaps schools will reopen in some places. perhaps there will be some generational reopening. but at times, more testing, testing, testing, testing. more testing follow-up with possible cases with quarantine and isolation. because we need to keep abreast of the disease. we have no vaccine. we have some hopeful drug trials, but we have no drugs that are going to be 100% effective or produced at the level that we need them. so it is actually going to be a matter of looking at the cases. looking at the trend. for example, germany has seen much lower cases than other countries in europe, and they're

talking about how do they start to open up the economy, how did they start to decrease the rigid measures at the moment. and it will be much of staging, much of continued sur rail lens surveillance. >> we mentioned that you coach the hong kong committee into the sars epidemic, as well as the monitoring committee. what was learned from that process back in 2003 that can also be utilized or considered in this pandemic? >> the stress on public health, on nonpharmaceutical interventions remains really important and that message continues through the population. the sars was a wake-up call at the time. and it demonstrated the need for information at all levels. information between governments, information between communities, information between governance in that community, so that everybody could continue to do what they needed to do.

in addition to all of the scientific developments that were necessary. and there was a big investment drugs for sars and the vaccine, but that investment has fell off when the epidemic disappeared. what we will know is the coronavirus will come and then there will be another in the future. we need to keep our investment in public health science to make sure we're ready and prepared. in addition to making sure we have the capacity to produce the protective equipment, the ppe. >> right. >> and to access the ventilators. >> absolutely. >> so, we need to stay awake at this time, not go to sleep. not assume it's all going to be okay. >> absolutely. very good advice. thank you so much. of course, all people have to do right now is to continue to stay home. sian griffiths, we really

appreciate it. >> thank you. well, italy says it may have a way to tell that some people are immune to the virus. we'll take you to rome for the latest on a promising new test. also, france has seen its death toll since the virus surged. more than 13,000 lives lost since the outbreak began. the struggles in europe. that's coming next. once it comes out of the oven. and we're taking extra steps, like no contact delivery, to ensure it. there will be parties and family gatherings. there will be parades and sporting events and concerts. to help our communities when they come back together, respond to the 2020 census now. spend a few minutes online today to impact the next 10 years of healthcare, infrastructure and education. go to 2020census.gov and respond today

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it's the job we've always done... it is the job we will always do. u.s. officials say they expect add antibody test for the coronavirus to be available in the near future. these tests can tell if a person has been infected and that their body has built up immunity. on friday, infectious disease expert anthony fauci hinted at how soon these could be ready. >> yes. actually, the last task was meeting the individuals responsible for both developing, validating and getting the test out. or saying -- i'm not certain that's going to happen. but within a period of a week or so, we're going to have a rather large number of tests that are available. well, italy says it is close to having its own approved coronavirus antibody test.

for more, let's turn to cnn contributor barbie nadeau live for you in rome. barbie, tell us more about the tests and antibody tests in italy. >> it is exciting used in romana sand they're testing mostly front-runner doctors and nurses now to understand if they are immune to go back to work. then they're planning to have a full rollout across the country. it's going to help to understand really the full outbreak and really to reopen this country and kick-starting the economy, natalie. >> that's very encouraging, of course. and it comes at a time when people in italy who have been in lockdown for weeks now are getting restless. is that still an issue, people coming out of isolation? >> well, it is. especially this weekend.

this is a time that families get together. people go to the beach on easter monday. they've extended the lockdown to may 3rd. there's a lot here, especially in the south where they haven't had as many cases as there is in the north that there is increasing tension. people just want to get back out of lockdown, they want to get back to work. people have to miss paychecks. they're in full force with police with drones and making sure no one tries to sneak to the beach or in any way get out of isolation, natalie. >> what a difference from traditional easter weekend. a drone monitoring people's actions. that's just how it has to be for now. barbie, thanks, so much, we appreciate it. after weeks back and forth, eu finance ministers have agreed on a half trillion euro stimulus package to impact the pandemic. but the group says the debate

over financing has just begun. meantime in spain, police have stopped more than 6,500 cars on the road within 24 hours to discourage people from traveling over the easter holiday. and france has reached a grim milestone, johns hopkins reports france's covid-19 death toll has now surpassed 13,000, with one-third of those deaths in facilities that care for theet determinthe e theet elderly. let's talk about the issues with our journalist al goodman in madrid. and cyril garnier live in france. cyril, good to see you. let's go to france first. such say sad story for the infirmed elderly there in france. >> yeah, absolutely. natalie. look, we started to get a sense weeks ago that the situation was bad. in nursing homes and it stands to reason because these are people both elderly and sick,

right. they need the attention that they typically get in these homes so we know they're among the most vulnerable segment of the population. but we didn't get a very accurate picture of what was happening until the government earlier this month started tallying the number of deaths in nursing homes separately from those in the overall population. and when you look at those numbers, it is just terrifying. i mean, you've just ted that a third of the french death toll comes from nursing homes. yesterday, the number we were getting, 433 people died in nursing homes. 900 the day before. look, when the virus gets into these establishments, it just spreads very quickly and it kills even faster. and bear in mind, it's not like the nursing homes have done nothing. they have been in a strike lockdown for a month. people are confined within their rooms. is not allowing residents to go to the common areas, the cafeteria, living room, et cetera. and still, the virus has spread

very fast. with up to half of the nursing homes in the paris region being reported at least one case. that coming out yesterday. so, natalie, it just has been terrifying. and add to that loss the fact that their families cannot come and see them. so people are going through this alone. >> i know. that is a -- that's the sad part of this very sad story around the world. thank you, cyril. for now, back to madrid and al goodman. al, yes, the authorities there making sure people stay put this holiday weekend. >> reporter: and the authorities say that people mainly are, although this is such a huge difference, like in italy and across europe, traditionally, roman catholic paspain, there he been 126,000 fined since the start of the lockdown and more than 2,200 arrests. and some reports of people going

out to villages or the beaches but the security officials say that's not widespread. what is still happening is that the lockdown continues through the end of -- almost the end of april. that will be a total of six weeks, despite improvements in the drop in the rate of deaths which are now nearly 16,000 and in new cases which are under 1% in their increase. the government doesn't want to lift this up too soon. although there are economic pressures so that on monday, the day an easter, construction workers and some others will be able to go back to work. so we play see activity at a construction site like this which is just on one end of one of the largest hospital complexes in the spanish capital. on the other end there are covid-19 cases there. the authorities saying that the construction workers come back here, anybody moving around, will need to maintain at least a meter, maybe two meters, or six feet of distance. and most importantly, that if you have any symptoms at all, you stay home. and if anybody is in that house

with you, they also self-isolate. so, they're slowly trying to see how things will go. and like any other country we've just been talking about, they're trying to ramp up the testing to see where the virus is in the population but it's not showing yet. natalie. >> right. so important you that do go slow when you start to reopen certain areas of the country. back to you, cyril, in france there, because you've got a story about some folks who tried to take a vacation, a holiday. but it didn't work out. tell us about that. >> reporter: yeah, yeah, so this is an interesting one, natalie. apparently, some people in london didn't understand that we're in a pandemic and you can't do just anything you want however you want. so, a number of men aged 40 to 45, decided to charter a private jet. they're london-based. and go with some younger women to the french riviera. except, it doesn't work that way in this era of coronavirus.

if you are not french, you can't just enter the country unless you have a good reason. if you're bringing in medical reinforcements or supplies, fine. but they weren't. they were coming in to have a good time. the gentlemen clearly heard there is an authorization based in france if you do not have a valid reason to come in, you pay a fine. he said i have a lot of money. he's somebody who reportedly works in finance. he was expecting to pay the fine and spend his weekend in cannes. well, the french authorities turned him and his parties back only allowing the french nationals on to french soil. natalie, i know this is slightly musing, and i don't want to sound glib. on a normal day, france would be more than happy to get those tourist euros. and the french economy does depend on no small part on tourism. it's a big driver for us here. but that just shows you, they are not taking any chances, and those borders are not locked

down but tightly controlled unless you have a good reason to enter the country and just partying on the riviera didn't cut it. >> yeah, that's quite the story. i guess they turned around and went back home. all right. i'm glad they caught that. you got to think about that, even those folks in cannes don't need impostures. right now, cyril vannier there and al goodman in madrid. some ministers in the u.s. are planning to defy stay-at-home orders and gather for easter this sunday, but president trump is urging to me change their minds. more about that ahead here. also, president trump isn't the only world leader accusing the world health organization of dropping the ball in the early days of the pandemic. we'll show you who else is angry about the w.h.o.'s response.

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♪ welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm natalie allen and this is "cnn newsroom." president trump advising faith leaders in the u.s. to wait for the country to get healed in the coronavirus before holding services in person. some ministers have been refusing to follow federal social distancing guidelines with their congregations. but mr. trump had this message. >> though, we will not be able to gather together with one another as we normally would on easter, we can use this sacred time to focus on prayer, reflection and growing in our personal relationship with god so important.

>> but, as natasha chen reports some people plan to defy stay-at-home orders and gather anyway this easter. >> reporter: it's hard to keep church and state fully separate this passover and easter, as debating rage over whether religious institutions should be allowed to stay open during a pandemic. in kansas, the department of the health said three coronavirus clusters are tied to church gatherings. the state's democratic governor filed a lawsuit after a majority legislative council threw out her order to limit religious gathering to ten people. in philadelphia, a baptist church protested from the pulpit. >> my friends, the moment our churches start taking instructions or orders from the government about what to do with they are doors of her sanctuaries, we may enter the slippery slope that we'll never get back. >> reporter: in new orleans,

religious leaders are taking social distancing to new heights, literally. the archbishop who just recovered from the coronavirus flew over the city in a world war ii plane to send blessings below. in a show of interfaith unity, a rabbi did the same. on the grounds st. rita catholic church held drive-throughs. and only permitting the priest to hold mass via live strieeam. >> we are not separate. we are united in the one body of christ, but we have to maintain the social distance for the public -- for the public good. for the common good. >> reporter: for those who pardon meed in the virtual seders over zoom, one of the traditional questions asked every passover is why is tonight different from all other nights? that question says the ceo and founder of city winery means so

much more this year as he organized his annual entertainment seder done this time via live sometime. with more than 40,000 views across facebook and youtube -- >> i think this can be a nice extension to expand the reach. it gives a message of broader breadth. and i do think that's positive. >> reporter: everywhere, people are embracing different ways to keep their traditions and connect, both spiritually and technically. natasha chen, cnn, atlanta. president trump is, once again, taking aim at the world health organization. and in recent days he's criticized the way the group has handled this pandemic. friday, he explained why he's reconsidering u.s. funding for the organization. >> we're going to talk about the w.h.o. next week. in great detail. i didn't want to do it today, good friday. i didn't want to do it before

easter. i also didn't want to do it before we have all the facts. but over the years, many years, we've been from 300 to 500, even more than million dollars a year. china has been paying them less than 40 over the years. we're paying them more than ten times more than china. and they are very, very china centric. >> what's behind the questions about the world health organization? cnn's isa soares joins me live from london because you've been looking into the story, isa. >> reporter: i have been, indeed. good morning to you, natalie. you heard the president there saying he's going to look into the funding, the u.s. contribution, to the world health organization. meanwhile, the head of the w.h.o. has been defending the body's actions, his actions, it's actually called for an end of the politicization of covid-19. now, he hasn't mentioned president trump by name but he

said this is not time to be scoring political points with covid-19. what i did find out, natalie, is that the president is not the possible one raising questions about w.h.o.'s actions and what relates to the outbreak. take a look. >> covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. >> reporter: on march 11th, the world health organization declared covid-19 a pandemic. at this pace, china had been monitoring the pandemic for about a month. the w.h.o. says it has been ahead of the crisis. >> they called it wrong. they called wrong. they really -- they missed the call. they could have called it months earlier. >> reporter: to put it in perspective, according to the w.h.o., by march 11th, 114 countries had already reported cases of covid-19. with well over 4,000 killed worldwide. in the u.s. alone, cnn's tally

puts the cases at over 1,000. >> in the early stages of this crisis, china was keeping experts from the w.h.o. and the cdc out. and that was a major messup by china. and we are all suffering the result of that. and then the world health organization went in, could they have founded the alarm earlier? absolutely, yes. >> reporter: not just the w.h.o.'s handling of the virus that is under attack, but also the body's decision not to support the president's early travel restrictions with china. >> he wanteded me to keep the borders open. >> reporter: on its website, w.h.o. makes the case that it opposes those travel restrictions because they are usually ineffective and they have a scientific and sociological impact. >> there seems to be impact that the w.h.o. prioritized the role

of the government over its basic role of the world. >> reporter: president trump is not alone in the criticism of the w.h.o. the renaming the china health organization for what he argues is a stance towards communist china. >> translator: early on if the w.h.o. had not insisted to the word that china has no pneumonia epidemic then everyone would have taken precautions. >> reporter: the w.h.o. argues it's color blind and has no favorites. taiwan who is blocked from the w.h.o. because of its complex relationship with china was ignored. in a statement to sn, the w.h.o. said tell replied to that from taiwan but had no mention of the human transmission. as it battling the coronavirus, the bho is alw.h.o. is fighting

criticism of the body and defending its response to the crisis. >> we will do everything that will help us to have no regrets at all. but in that process, we may make mistakes. we're not -- we're human beings. >> reporter: while president trump criticizes the w.h.o. and threatens to suspend its fund to the budget, leaders behind this are behind it. call are for global unity, solidarity and cooperation. and natalie, the united nations secretary-general has also added this voice really in the defense of the w.h.o. is, may i add, a u.n. body. he said the crisis, the outbreak has been unprecedented. he said an assessment of how the u.n. body handles it should be done at a later date. now is a time for unity.

natalie. >> all right, good reporting there, thank you so much, isa soares for us in london. the city lockdowns around the world have certainly made one thing quite clear. our skies. less pollution means, for example, look here, lovely new landscape for people in northern india, the himalayas. we'll have a report, next. plus, beale tawe'll talk wi founder of a beer company that decided to pay it nord forward big way. what he is now brewing to fight coronavirus. salonpas lidocaine. patch, roll-on or cream. hisamitsu.

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people in northern india are getting a fresh, fif distant lok at what shas been shrouded in pollution for decades. back there the himalayan mountains. one expert can see the peaks for more than 100 miles away. the country has been on lockdown for more than two weeks and has dramatically improved air

quality and disability. there has been a trend worldwide reporting cleaner air since the lockdowns are put into place. our meteorologist derek van dam has been looking into this. derek, this is often a topic we talk about here at cnn. finally, this is a bright spot in this era of pandemic. like bring on the electric cars and solving climate change isn't that hard. >> preaching to the choir right there, natalie. i like to consider myself an optimist. and i think you could probably relate to this. just on my daily run today across midtown atlanta, where we live, the skies have never been this blue, in my opinion. and i've got a theory. of course, there's virtually no car traffic, no airline traffic taking place out of atlanta's

harts airport. i've got date to back this up. according to nasa, we have actually experienced a 30% reduction in some fine air pollutants across the eastern seaboard of the united states. in fact, you can see that clearly on this graph. we're comparing march of 2020 when the lockdowns have been in place across the eastern u.s., to the past five marches. you can see that dramatic decrease in nitrogen dioxide which is a great particulate that actually is an indicator of pollutants across the atmosphere. we've seen this across the world as well, including northeast china where their lockdowns were firmly in place. one thing we do know, air pollution is one of the leading killers, in terms of -- leading causes of fatalities across the planet. and we're starting to draw this connection between this long-term exposure to air pollution. and some of the most -- or excuse me, the worst covid-19 symptoms that are out there. put it this way, more pollution

means more respiratory illnesses. and it also equates to more people in that high-risk category that we're so concerned about. look at the numbers, combustion particles, fuel particles, extremely small, 2.5 microns. that is literally 30 times smaller than the average width of a human hair. now, take a covid-19 virus particle, for instance, and that, too, is also extremely small. both of those particles have the ability to go deep into our muscles and decreasing our blood flow to some of the our vital organs, of course, that's what doctors and physicians are so concerned about. just like climate change, just like air pollution and just like the symptoms of covid-19, these are proportionate impacted in the most vulnerable communities

as we speak. of course, the pandemic that is spreading is taking place across the back job of a climate crisis that is ongoing. i'll leave this to you, natalie and our viewers at home, can you imagine in our response to the climate crisis equaled the robust response to the covid-19, natalie? where would we be, natalie? >> i don't know, that's a question we should all ponder. i'm with you, marveling at the blue sky in atlanta. it's been magnificent. derek, appreciate your reporting there from your basement. great job. see you later, friend. >> well, right after this break, in these uncertain times, we have seen people and companies step up to help others. i'll talk to the founder of a beer brewing company which switches gears for the greater good. at leaf blowers.

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guidelines for anyone willing to make it themselves. all right. well now a beer brewing company in the uk decided to do just that. and it's supplying its new wares to the national healths is and to charities for free. let's talk about it with james watt, the captain and co-founder of the brew dog brewing company. good morning to you, james. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> sure thing. i hear that in the last 14 days, you went from not knowing anything about producing sanitizer and now have shipped over 100,000 units for free. talk about how you figured out how to do this and made your decision to do this. >> well, it's a very challenging time for all businesses and their focuses are trying to survive and protect as many jobs as we can, but also trying to do some good to help our country get through this. so we vetted and quickly pivoted and used our distillation

business to make hand sanitizer. we've learned about it from scratch. so far, we've supplied 150,000 bottles for free to local hospitals and to key front line workers. >> is it hard to make? >> well, as you mentioned, the world health organization has got their recipe on their website. but we had to get certified. we had to get the insurance but we also had to meet the high authentic standards of care from the nhs. so our team did a phenomenal job to be able to turn this around so quickly. and we just wanted to do everything we could to help our community and help our country get through this massive challenge that we're facing. >> that's extremely noble of you. and now, you're fully approved supplier to the national health service there in the uk. you definitely figured out. that's dwight a feat in a short amount of time. you must be proud of that? >> yes, indeed. we values a business in columbus, ohio. we started making sanitizer there.

and distributing it to key front line workers in ohio. we also want to do other things to help. we use our vehicles to deliver school meals to families in isolation. and our business is also taking people together to do good beer, but in this time of lockdown of online virtual bars where we do every night where we have thousands of people we get that sense of community coming together drinking that fantastic beer. >> you're still brewing beer. we want to make that clear, correct? >> yes, 24/7, our team is doing a great job. and helping in packaging lines this morning still making beer as well. >> that's good to know. we need sanitizer and we need our beer as well. how long are you going to be able to keep going with this, do you think? >> we're good to go as long as we have to. we now have two dedicated hand sanitizer lines going nonstop. we stopped the production of begin, whiskey and vodka and our

distillation business is now a hand sanitizer business. it's something that our local community has been so passionate about and it's good for our team to do all we can to help. it's a project we're so passionate about and something that we're truly excited to have it in 14 days. the first batch, we made a lot of mistakes with, but we quickly got up to speed with specifications and we were delighted with the nhs. >> i even think your labels look good there too, james. nice packaging. yes, very nice. hey, thanks to what you're doing. we want to try to find the bright spots people doing things to help out. your company is certainly doing that, shotout to brew dog, james watt, the co-founder. thank you, james, for what you're doing. >> thank you, take care. >> all right, you, too. that is "cnn newsroom." we really appreciate you watching. i'm natalie allen. stay with us. "new day" is up next. see you tomorrow.

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