breaking news in america this morning, the dire new prediction about the coronavirus emergency, the nation's top expert now saying up to 200,000 americans could die. >> president trump extending the guidelines for social distancing. the streets of new york empty like we've never seen. >> this crisis now extending to more areas of the country with a surge in new cases in michigan and a new warning about the lack of medical facilities in in los angeles, the convention center being turned into a field hospital. >> but this morning, new hope when it comes to the medical mask shortage. the new technology now on the fast track. plus the five-minute test for the coronavirus now in development. all the overnight developments right now on "america this morning."

good monday morning, everyone. we are starting off the week seeing a dramatic increase in the number of coronavirus cases overnight. >> more than 2,500 people have now died in the u.s. and president trump says the peak is still weeks away. the president has now extended the guidelines for social distancing until april 30th. dr. anthony fauci says up to 200,000 americans could die. >> the fda has approved a new test for the virus that promises results in just five minutes. president trump says avid labs will ship 50,000 tests per day. >> worldwide more than 34,000 people have now died. moscow is the latest major city to impose a virtual lockdown. >> we begin our coverage this morning here at home with abc's. more than 2,0 at.

st aounced out o a ste reprerf cases d talities with more than 30,000 cases and nearly 1,000 people dead across the state. the city's javits center transformed into a medical facility ready monday with 3,000 beds to receive patients not suffering from the virus, relieving hospitals. governor andrew cuomo said the rate of hospitalization in the state is slowing, but warns the virus may not peak for another two weeks, telling all nonessential workers to stay home for at least 14 more days. and president trump, who had aspirations to loosen restrictions by easter, has now also extended white house guidelines. >> nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is won. therefore, we will be extending our guidelines to april 30th to slow the spread.

>> reporter: dr. anthony fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, saying the u.s. could see at least a million cases and potentially as many as 200,000 deaths. >> the number i gave out is, you know, based on modeling, and i think it's entirely conceivable that if we do not mitigate to the extent that we're trying to do, that you could reach that number. >> reporter: the president after considering a quarantine of new york, new jersey and connecticut tweeted it won't be necessary. instead, the cdc issuing a travel advisory to residents of the tristate area. and other states now implementing strict measures to stop the spread. texas announced a mandatory two-week self-quarantine for tr locations, and in florida long lines of traffic as check points are used to enforce quarantines for anyone traveling from virus hot zones. dr. deborah birx from the white house coronavirus task force, says they're studying new york closely.

>> what i wanted to be very clear on is every metro area should assume that they could have an outbreak equivalent to new york and do everything right now to prevent it. if they mitigate now, before they start seeing cases in the emergency room and in the hospital, once you see those, the virus has been spreading for days to weeks. >> reporter: good news for testing. the fda has authorized a new coronavirus test that can deliver results in as little as 15 minutes, and makers say they expect to deliver 50,000 tests per day starting next week. kenneth and mona, back to you. >> andrea, thank you. the virus is taking a toll on first responders. nearly 900 members of the new york city police department have tested positive for the coronavirus, and now a member of the city's fire department has died. 235 members of that department have tested positive. we turn now to president trump's new accusation about the lack of medical supplies. he's claiming some hospitals are hoarding and he's asking

reporters to investigate. >> reporter: with medical equipment becoming scarce at many hospitals, president trump is now accusing hospitals of hoarding ventilators. >> many of the states are stocked up. some of them don't admit it but they have -- we have sent just so much -- so many things to them and including ventilators. you know, there's a question as to hoarding of ventilators. some hospitals and independent hospitals and some hospital chains as we call them, they are holding ventilators. they don't want to let them up. we need them for certain areas where there's big problems. >> reporter: the president made the claim without providing evidence or naming facilities after meeting with several companies to discuss how they're ramping up production of medical supplies. later trump doubled down questioning the true reason behind the surge and demand for masks, especially in new york. >> it's a new york hospital. it's packed all the time. how do you go from 10 to 20 to 300,000? 10 to 20,000 masks to 300,000,

even though this is different. something's going on, and you ought to look into it as arths going? are they going out the back door? how do you go from 10,000 to 300,000 and we have that happening in numerous places, not to that extent. that was the highest number i've heard. that's the highest number you've seen i would imagine, right? but this man makes them and delivers them to a lot of hospitals. anybody and i think you were more surprised than i was when you saw that number, so thank you very much. i hope i didn't get any of your clients in trouble, but it could be that they are in trouble. so they have to look at that in new york. >> reporter: overnight new york mayor bill de blasio's office called the claim ludicrous, adding there's no hoarding or conspiracy going on here. just a simple fact, our doctors and nurses need masks. that's the sad, unchanging truth unless the federal government steps up and protects our front line workers. doctors and nurses across the

country say they're now seeing the critical shortages which they feared for weeks. for some the risk has grown to be too much including this former nurse who says she didn't feel properly protected by her hospital so she quit. >> my current hospital that i rp elinest was scaring . working conditions so that's why i left. >> reporter: for others, they see the pandemic as their call of duty, like nate, a combat medic in afghanistan and iraq who's now a nursing student. nate won't graduate until next year, so for now he's working the front lines in hospitals, cleaning up rooms after coronavirus patients have been transferred. he says what he's seeing is reminiscent of being at war. >> i'm seeing things now that i saw overseas, like shortages of supplies. kind of a really common thing that was a huge stressor in afghanistan for instance when i was last there in 2011 was just

the pace of casualties. they never stop. as soon as you get the room wiped out, there's another one. >> meanwhile, detroit is now reporting new cases at a faster rate than new york. one study predicts michigan could run out of hospital space by april 8th. and there's new hope for medical workers facing a shortage of n95 respirators. an ohio company just got fda approval to sterilize up to e approval wasra in californ angeles convention center is being converted into a field hospital. the mayor reports a 16% increase in coronavirus cases in just the last 24 hours. and three workers at three different grocery stores in southern california have now tested positive. >> when everybody was saying, oh, my gosh, is l.a. the new new york just like new york was the new italy and italy was the new iran and iran is the new china, everywhere is the next everywhere. that's my point.

with this virus, no place will be immune. >> meanwhile, a u.s. navy hospital ship in los angeles has now treated its first patients. looking at the financial impact of this crisis, millions of people have already lost their jobs and now the government is making a new promise. abc's ines de la cuetara reports. relief for americans and their wallet is less than a month away. >> within three weeks we'll have direct deposit into people's convene federal government, that ca. >>eph need cash is expected to show up in your bank account just after the now postponed tax day. checks could be as much as $1200 per person plus $500 per child depending on your income. this comes as the white house weighs a new loan program focused on rehiring workers laid off during the crisis. the administration saying it hopes to begin handing out those small business loans this

friday. >> go back and hire your workers because the government is paying you to do that. >> reporter: meanwhile, the president is cutting down on medical costs, announcing that two major insurance companies, humana and cigna, will now waive co-pays for coronavirus victims. as for the stock market, dow futures are pointing to a lower open on wall street this morning. global stocks were also down overnight as investigators voice concern that this pandemic and the uncertainty from it are far from over. kenneth and mona? >> thank you for that report. we have much more coverage ahead but right now let's check your weather for this monday g. new video shows a powerful tornado tearing through jonesburg, arkansas over the weekend. the tornado also tore apart this mall. it would have been packed with shoppers but it will take shape in the south this morning bringing heavy rain

and thunderstorms. rain and thunderstorms will also develop in the plains later this afternoon. coming up, how dogs could be used to fight the coronavirus. but first we hear from people stranded on a cruise ship where at least four people have now died from the virus. and the employees at three major companies protesting, saying it's no longe

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it's being built by a relief group. they plan to open tomorrow. and we turn now to another cruise ship nightmare. at least four people have died on a cruise ship heading towards florida and many more passengers are sick. >> reporter: this morning, nearly 2,000 cruise line passengers are trapped in limbo. >> unfortunately, there's been a delay in commencing our transfer of guests. >> reporter: the holland america's "zaandam" stranded at sea for more than two weeks as coronavirus spreads through the ship. >> so we're stuck on the ship. we can't go anywhere because we're not healthy, i guess, or something. >> reporter: more than 170 people on board are already sick with flu-like symptoms and at least four have died as the captain fights to get proper tests delivered to the marooned vessel. >> it was like a covert operation. the captain only told us about it that morning because he didn't want to jeopardize that operation to get test kits on the ship. >> reporter: the ship embarking on a south american voyage back on march 7th, only six days before the u.s. asked all major

cruise lines to suspend their trips. since then every port along the ship's path has shut down, refusing to let the "zaandam" dock, the ship forced to reroute but was blocked at the panama canal because of sanitation concerns. now after days of back and forth, the ship is finally making its way through the canal en route to ft. lauderdale where passengers will at long last be able to set foot on land. overnight, new doubts were raised about the ship's final destination. ft. lauderdale's mayor says he's working to come up with another option. the home delivery grocery service instacart is making changes hoping to prevent a strike by workers today. the company says it's making more hand sanitizer available and allowing customers to set their own tipping percentages. last night workers said the strike is still on. meanwhile, employees at an amazon warehouse in new york are planning a walkout today to protest what they call a lack of protection, and workers at a ge

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in other news, many churches across the country are having virtual sunday services but some worshippers are defying orders to stay at home. a church in tampa triggered outrage after a live stream showed people packed inside standing shoulder-to-shoulder ignoring social distancing guidelines, and the pastor encouraged them to shake hands. a similar scene played out at a church near baton rouge. the pastor gave out hugs and said they're not going to be intimidated. a top doctor in china is urging all americans to wear face masks in public. he says they go a long way to protecting people, but other doctors have said only sick people should wear them, especially given the shortage. earlier i spoke with dr. mikhail varshavski to get his thoughts. i also asked when he thinks the social distancing guidelines will be lifted. >> it's a very difficult question. wh anthony fauci from the cdc coronavirus task force, and he basically discussed two stages

that they go through with the coronavirus pandemic like this. first is containment, which is where you find individual cases who test positive for coronavirus and you try to take them out of the general population to prevent that spread. however, we are way past containment in our current country, in our current state, and we're moving toward the phase of mitigation, which is figuring out how to lessen the blow of this virus both on our health care system as well as economically. >> dr. mike, it seemed early on that we thought young people weren't as effected as the elderly by the coronavirus. it seems here in the united states at least that young people are more affected. so i want to know, is that true that there is a significant amount of young people that are affected? and if so, why here more than china? >> we have to understand what group we're studying. when we get information off a cruise ship or from italy or china, that doesn't mean the exact same thing is going to happen here. we have a typically different population here. we have a population that is more obese, that has more underlying health conditions.

the advice remains the same. from others not only to protect yourself from getting sick but also to protect others. >> so just to touch on the point that you just did earlier, masking the masses isn't the solution? >> i don't think it's the solution. i think right now in the united states we have a shortage of these masks and we're not able to provide them for our health care providers. second, the general public doesn't know how to correctly use these masks. they take them off improperly. they potentially spread more viruses. there was some article saying, you know, people will be less likely to touch their face if they have a mask. i've seen the complete opposite in clinical practice, that patients are constantly adjusting them, touching the front of the mask which has all the virus on it and then making contact with their eyes. i think it's truly a recipe for disaster to say everyone should have them at this given time. in the future when we do more research, that's subject to change, but right now i don't think it's the smart play. >> dr. mike also says there is a very low possibility of someone being reinfected with the virus.

>> thank you, mona and dr. mike. coming up, the supermarket shopper living in a bubble. plus, how pet lovers can win a lot of free beer. we'll explain, we promise, when we come back. free beer. we'll explain, we promise, when we come back. these are real people, not actors, who've g those . and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. many people taking dupixent saw clear or almost clear skin, and, had significantly less itch. that's a difference can occur,eous allergics including anaphylaxis, which is severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, or a parasitic infection.

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here keeping his dista this doctor in arkansas seen here keeping his distance from his son. this photo of dr. jared burks was shared by thousands of people online. sadly, his home was destroyed by a tornado over the weekend. but thankfully everyone is okay. and now a fund-raising website has raised more than $60,000 for them. strong family there. many animal shelters are struggling during this crisis, but there is a new effort to get people to adopt dogs. >> yeah, busch beer is now offering free beer for three months to anyone who adopts a dog. what they're really offering is a $100 gift card. so apparently they think $100 in beer will last three months. >> okay. >> all right. and dogs may join the fight against coronavirus. british researchers are reportedly trying to train dogs to detect the virus. they may be used at airports. it's a dog eat dog world. a dog in colorado is really delivering during this crisis. sonny has been trained to deliver groceries to her neighbor who has medical conditions, making it vulnerable for her to catch the coronavirus.

sonny fetches the grocery list and the groceries. >> good dog. from the dog to the chicks. people are apparently panic buying baby chicks, mona. >> oh, gosh. >> it's not just because of easter. many hatcheries are selling out of them as people look for a reliable egg supply. now, i'm from down south, but that just sounds pretty wild. >> that's country. >> that's real country. >> not for my apartment. well, speaking of panicking at the store, a british deejay claims the woman in this plastic bubble was asked to leave a supermarket. maybe it was a stunt. either way it went too far. i don't know. with so many tv reporters working from home, it was only a matter until something like this happened. check out jessica lang. >> technology kills viruses -- what did you do, mom? dad, holy crap. >> yep. that's dad. that's dad. are you going to get him down? no. michael, your a singer.

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>> making news right now at 4:27. get ready to live with shelter in place orders up till at least may 1st. bay area counties are starting to make announcements as soon as today. if you ride your new normal is a bus. muni spped all light rail seic and ist instacart are demanding more protections. you may not get your grocery deliveries starting today as a result. i'm jobina fortson and we'll check in with meteorologist mike nicco who is at home doing the forecast for us. good morning, mike. >> i have the bedroom broadcast center this morning. >> looking good, mike. >> thank you. you did, too, friday. i got to watch the show. pretty amazing feed. hat's off to our engineers, directors and producers. great job. goodern moing, , we made it to

monday. chance of showers in the north bay as we head into the afternoon hours and that is the only place. temperatures the same as we step outside and mid to upper 40s in the north bay and also down in the south bay and the east bay and around the bay itself and out to the coast, we have low to mid-50s. our destination this afternoon just a little bit milder than yesterday. you can see the upper 50s up the coast and into the north bay and low to mid-60s else where. we do have a chance of slight weather across the north bay. strong indications the stay at home order for the bay area could be extending to the beginning of may. "the chronicle" announces announcements as soon as today from north bay counties, as well. comes after president trump announced he was extending the social distancing guidelines for april.tion until the e >> we w be

guidelines to april 30th to slow the spread. >> reporter: the bombshell that many business owners knew was coming. >> i thought it was ridiculous to say it would be ending by easter. i think any reasonable person could look at that and tell that that was not a realistic assessment of the situation. >> reporter: with 600 vans parked throughout, in the last two weeks he had to lay off 40 of his employees and now he's gearing to slim down his business even more to survive. >> one day we had over $1 million in cancellations. >> reporter: so two weeks just millions and millions of dollars. >> basically our entire business and all our life savings and all my employees' jobs. >> reporter: that's what hurts the most? >> yeah. >> reporter: even though california does have an indefinite stay at home order,

no jurisdictions have changed. san francisco chamber of commerce has shifted their conversations with small business owners preparing them for the worst. >> we are talking about two to three weeks. how do you get your business in two to three weeks. now a period of two to three months? how do you bring workers back and customers back to the door? >> reporter: 175,000 small businesses in this city closing. >> we are expecting some of those businesses may not be able to come back, again. >> reporter: we contacted governor newsom's office and have not received a response yet. in the newsroom,