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epicenter. u.s. outbreak, a field hospital for covid-19 patients hack set up centr park. ul ship comfort pulled into court there to ease the burden of already stressed hospitals, plans are to treat coronavirus-free apparents. >> to me we're beyond staggering already. >> it was warned that the death tolls in the coming weeks could soar to 100,000 to 200,000. and for the first time since hurricane katrina, the convention center has been set up for spiking cases. >> we didn't sign up for this. >> health care workers continue to struggle to help their parables. >> i just came from a patient's room. he's actively dying. it was just horrible. >> internationally the u.k. testing a new breathing aid developed in part by the mercedes 1 team. >> i think it may save many

lives by preventing patients from needing to to a ventilator. >> italy still struggling. roughly one out of every seven cases in the world is there. and good news from wuhan. the original emcenter reopening its store fronts today. although customers were scarce after governor restrictions kept tens of millions of people home for two months. abc news, los angeles. a solid start to the week for stocks. all three indices closed higher. the dow closed higher. the nasdaq picked up 272 points while the s&p 500 gained 3.3%. >> new at 11:00, some rules are being relax in the california amid the pandemic. the governor signed an executive order giving small businesses an additional 90 days to file taxes and make tax payments.

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especially difficult for all the friends and family on decide who will be mom's plus one. >> having couples make decision is not something that we even were considering a few weeks ago. it is breaking our hearts across the doula community and all the midwives right now. >> she said it might be her husband after all. >> maybe alex will come to the hospital with me and jen will be like on what's app or a video on zoom or something. >> it will be a virtual birth in some way. >> in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> a tough choice. many of the insta-cart workers wentey say it is too da amid the pandemic. one of them showed the conditions insta-cart workers say they face in the stores. he is pleading with management to do more for the 200,000 independent contractors who fill

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this is "nightline." >> tonight, front line casualties. doctors and nurses in peril. >> three of my co-workers tested positive for covid-19. >> inundated with covid-19 cases. overworked, overwhelmed. >> i have nurses that call me to tell me that they're scared. they tell me they don't know what to do. >> now as some are overtaken by the very disease they're trying to defeat, one nurse lays bare the mental toll they're facing as well. >> everybody cries at work. >> what triggers the tears? >> people die alone now. and that's unusual. plushe deb mask. mixed signals with short supplies and g