an social distance please go to coronavirus.gov rapid tests would be delivered this week but for much of the nation those high-speed tests are still hard to come by. dan? >> indeed, rachel, thank you very much. staying in d.c., let's bring good morning, america. in abc contributor tom bossert, a former white house homeland this morning, the new recommendation from the cdc, cover your face. security adviser. tom, good morning. the guidance we're now getting is the president right when he says that the states should have been more prepared here and that the federal government is not a, quote, ordering clerk? how exactly is this stockpile in public as the number of supposed to work? deaths surge in the u.s. governor cuomo's new executive order. >> well, it seems to be awfully confusing right now and i think >> i'm not going to let people die because we didn't the tensions are tantamount redistribute ventilators. to the scarcity of all these >> the urgent call for help this weekend while cases sky rocket in florida and other parts of resources. the country. the new initiatives being taken this morning.ors. but every time -- let's look at it this way, a president fends his government thnational declares an emergency or a disaster, which he's now done in all 50 states, he's essentially saying that the state and affected local communities have exceeded their capacity to respond to the situation stockp themselves and that they need federal assistance. >> we're not an ordering clerk. they have to have for so we've long ago crossed that threshold where the states and

>> govnostrated but the local communities have said, taking mteages. hey, we don't have enough ourselves together and in this instance the states normally [ crowd chanting ] that would help one another can't because they're all nursing sounding the alarm. >> we as nurses cannot do this looking to help themselves and so it's compounded this problem. and, of course, that's why the on our own. national stockpile exists. it's a national stockpile, not a >> doctors and health care workers desperate for equipment federal one. to save lives, including their own. >> so when he says we have the makeshift measures they're our -- we need these ventilators for the federal government, they have their state stockpiles, forced to take in the battle against covid-19. does that make sense to you? short supply. the unproven medication that what would he be using it for at could be a possible treatment a federal level? doesn't this country -- doesn't it consist of states who are for coronavirus promoted by the president now facing shortages. going to need these? >> yeah. the concern for pa you know, we are the united it for non-covid-19 illnesses. states in a time like this and this is a national issue with a national stockpile. >> my pericarditis has acted up, i think what he's essentially voicing is frustration in his ability or the difficult which is inflammation of the heart. task anyway of deciding which >> and what some of them are states and which cities get being forced to do. scarce resources, because the pink's battle. implication there is that some the singer revealing she tested states and other cities don't get resources. positive for coronavirus. so that's where we are.

what she's now doing to help it's a really e noti ofederaan others and her advice to her naonal has been a gaffe. fans. we can correct that pretty quickly. it's a national stockpile. hey, good morning, happy saturday. as you can see, there are only all the states are under a two of us on set this morning declared federal emergency at this point so we need to get given that health officials are calling for social distancing. busy distributing everything we have, whether in the stockpile or whether it's procured right now in the most efficient way whit is co-hosting from his home based not on money and not on this morning, but we do want to stress he is perfectly fine. politics, but on medical need. good morning, bud. >> very quickly, we just have a >> dan, eva, good morning to you few seconds here. both. some states are not declaring stay-at-home orders. this is the new world we're should the president step in living in here. here and say, everybody stay at home, this is nationwide? getting more intimate now you >> yeah, i believe so. you know, the idea of trying to could say here on weekend "gma". as you mentioned, we're following the cdc guidelines enforce it with guns and soldiers is really a difficult trying to limit the number of thing to contemplate. people in times square studio trying to keep people safe that's not where i am right now either. working remotely like so many other americans across the country. but, for goodness sakes, we need we're going to be doing this rotation. so, dan and eva, you're not off the hook yet. to all step up and play our part at this point. ople.no longer about mobilizing we do have a very busy morning ho. t bossertthk you very much. to get to here, of course a,ver to you. e it. starting with the latest well, as new york city ven the coravuset

s to it. >>ere'what we knt,hedc h cedrem issues an alert seeking tens of thousands of additional medical personnel to battle coronavirus, outside. doctors and nurses across the nine states have issued formal country are urging people to stay home and saying they need more protection on the stay-at-home orders despite the frontlines. abc's trevor ault is at new nation's top infectious disease york's javits center which has been transformed into a hospital to accept the overwhelming expert dr. anthony fauci saying he's concerned not all states number of covid-19 patients. are doing so. and president trump is using the trevor, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, eva, good morning. defense production act to you know those critical prohibit the export of scarce shortages of essential equipment we've been reporting on are only medical supplies. >> this as coronavirus cases here in new york city jumped by being amplified as the number of more than 6,000 in a single day. we have team coverage this morning from new york to cases continue to climb. washington and we begin with abc's stephanie ramos right here and one doctor in new york says in times square. stephanie, good morning to you. >> reporter: dan, good morning. as the peak approaches in the another 500 people in new york city have died in the last 48 coming weeks, it will be a hours due to coronavirus, while doomsday scenario if they don't replenish their supplies. hospitals are at their max. the cdc's advice to everyone with hospital workers in the fight of their lives, doctors across the country now, wear a and nurses across the country face covering if you're going reporting they're in desperate need of personal protective foia irvine protesting at out in public. their hospital desperate for outside help to get the equipment they need.

the cdc and president trump >> we as nurses cannot do this on our own. advising americans to wear face we can't fight for the safety of coverings if t our patients on our own. we can't fight for the safety of >> why are you opposed to our community on our own. we need the community. wearing one yourself? >> i just don't want to wear one myself. >> reporter: dr. jamie hope is an attending physician in it is a recommendation. they recommend it. i'm feeling good. michigan now forced to get creative with personal >> reporter: the number of deaths surging in the u.s. new york experiencing its protective measures. >> today when i worked my shift, i had my head covered with a deadliest day yet in the shoe cover. covid-19 outbreak. when we're improvising with the death toll, up by 562. other type of equipment, it's not designed for that or it's now standing at nearly 3,000 not approved in the same way. with more than 100,000 people now testing positive for the so there's a possibility that virus. the state announcing it's we're going to have exposures even while we're doing our best to take care of patients. >> reporter: and throughout deploying the national guard to redistribute medical equipment michigan a new concerning including ventilators from institutions that aren't example of a rising racial currently using them. disparity. 40% of the people who have died >> we could have people dying from covid-19 in the state are because there are no black, even though black americans only make up roughly ventilators, but there are 14% of michigan's total hospitals in other parts of the population according to the michigan department of health state that have ventilators that they're not using. and human services. emergency medicine physician dr. >> reporter: in new york city the epicenter of the outbreak in the u.s., emergency alerts blackstock says this is a

calling for licensed health care workers to help treat an expected surge in new patients nationwide problem because black this weekend. americans already have a higher mortality rate and lower access >> this sunday, april 5th is an to quality health care. essential day as we prepare for ead., lt wee >> it really isn't as surprising that putting a pandemic on top of those disparities just sort of magnifies them and brings and i've called to arms all new them into the light because our yorkers who can help in this fight. health care system is so >> reporter: in nearby new jersey, cases still soaring. fractionated. the governor ordering all flags at half-staff to honor those who have died from covid-19. the surge also being felt in florida where confirmed cases have gone up by 20% in one day. and in louisiana, where the governor says they'll run out of hospital beds by next week. in california, governor gavin >> reporter: and the javits center behind me has been in use as a hospital since monday. newsom announcing a new it was originally intended only initiative to house the homeless to be used by patients who don't population in vacant hotel rooms have covid-19 to try to ease the burden on other hospitals in the area, but the number of cases have spiked so dramatically that across the state. late this week they decided to reverse course and now using this location and its nearly 3,000 beds to treat patients who >> if you've been identified as do have the virus because right now in new york, they need all the space and all the help they can get. positive in a homeless shelter, whit? >> absolutely, that javits we need to get you out center could turn out to be a critical resource. trevor ault for us in new york. immediately, get you into an thank you. isolation unit, a hotel unit. the fda says a drug the president has touted as a

possible treatment for >> reporter: in sacramento more than 70 members of a church coronavirus is now in short congregation including three pastors sickened with the virus supply and that's causing despite holding services remotely. concern for those who use the in detroit, drive-through medication for non-covid-19 illnesses. testing is already under way, but first responders and some workers are now being tested abc's david wright has more. with new rapid testing kits that >> reporter: mara capio, a can deliver results in as little hospital social rker in alorow as 15 minutes. but the motor city announcing the death of a city bus driver, just a two-week supply of the jason hargrove who succumbed to medicine she's relied on for 16 years to treat her autoimmune the virus. disorder. hargrove posted a message on >> it's very frustrating. it's just going to severely facebook last month voicing his frustration at people who didn't impact me being able to go to work. follow stay-at-home orders and used public transportation while >> reporter: hydroxychloroquine is in high demand as a possible they were exhibiting symptoms. >> we out here as public workers treatment for covid-19. >> you know, i'm a smart guy. doing our job trying to make an i feel good about it. and we're going to see. honest living. there's folks dying from this.o >> reporter: aside from a small unverified study in china, the drug's efficacy on coronavirus draw >>eporte has yet to be proven but president trump pushed the fda back in new york city, the rival to allow compassionate use for severe covid-19 patients. new england patriots, a welcome sight 95 masks to the javits center field

>> we ought to give it a try. hospital, all thanks to pats let's see what happens. we have nothing to lose. owner robert kraft. >> reporter: but others including the nation's top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, are more and in virginia, one family sharing their blessings with others. cautious. >> the president feels optimistic about something. [ applause ] buying groceries at the store that's his feeling about it. for at least 30 people in line. >> we were just really glad to what i'm saying is it might be do it. effective. when everybody was cheering and >> reporter: the excitement surrounding the drug is hurting clapping, it was -- i can't tell those who rely on it for you just how exciting it was to watch people really get some help and be happy. non-covid-19 ailments. prominent physicians have sent a joint letter to the white house >> reporter: standing here in coronavirus task force voicing concerns. patients like barbie manchester times square where the streets are pretty much deserted, that's odd knowing that hundreds of who uses the drug to treat lupus people are at home waiting for this storm to blow over. it is all eerie. it is hard. are struggling to find enough medication. >> now i'm in a lupus flare and but one thing we can do is remember the faces of the pandemic, loved ones, first my pericarditis has acted up, responders and the doctors on the frontlines. which is the inflammation of the whit? >> no question about it, so many people hurting. stephanie ramos for us in times heart. the past two days i've had to square. thank you. sleep with a heating pad on my chest to help soothe some of those pains. president trump is facing >> reporter: meanwhile mara has questions about the role of the had to cut her pills in half nation's stockpile after he hoping to make them last longer. accused some states of being unprepared to handle the crisis. abc's rachel scott joins us from

washington with that part of the story. david wright, abc news, new rachel, good morning. york. now to rob marciano for the >> reporter: whit, good morning. weather. as governors plead for medical supplies, president trump says rob's also joining us from home the national stockpile is a this morning. good morning to you, rob. >> reporter: good morning to backup. and some states should have been prepared long before the crisis you, eva. hit. welcome to my basement. >> it's very frustrating. good to be with all of you this >> reporter: this morning rising morning. we have a lot of active weather tension between president trump to discuss. and state leaders who are scrambling for critical a nor'easter, believe it or not, has been peppering much of the supplies. >> we got nothing at first and northeast including new york, connecticut and much of new england, but really eastern new then last week we got the first england got it the worst. distributions of anything to there you see the waves pounding anywhere, but it's still a small percentage and i continue to push. >> reporter: the president the scituate shoreline. those houses get nailed insists the national emergency stockpile is growing. >> we have almost 10,000 ventilators and we are ready to rock with those ventilators. perennially. coastal flooding there. unbelievable amount of action we're going to bring them to and the winds gusting over 60 miles an hour. various areas of the country that need them. there's massachusetts with >> reporter: when pressed about utility poles on the lean. the use of that national our low pulling off out to sea stockpile of ventilators and other equipment, he says states but still have coastal flooding should have been more prepared. for parts of the jersey shore and delmarva. >> we have the federal in the pacific we got yet another west coast storm coming in. stockpile. a very january-like storm. isn't that designed to be able to distribute to the states? >> sure, but it's also needed for the federal government.

we have a federal stockpile and winter storm warnings posted for the sierras, a couple of feet of snow above 6,000 feet from san they have state stockpiles. francisco, san jose all the way and frankly, they were, many of the states were totally it push io e unprepared for this. so we had to go into the federal intermountain west with stockpile. but we're not an ordering clerk. significant rain and snow. they have to have for we will take the snowpack even themselves. though the ski season is closed we can use the water in the >> reporter: new york governor andrew cuomo warning the country's hardest hit state could run out of ventilators in just a few days. >> we still have the challenge of ventilators. good saturday morning. looking at sun here in the east we don't have enough, period. >> reporter: but the president telling our jon karl, new york bay. we are looking at showers arriving as well. more rain for sunday, and a few is well served. lingering showers on monday. >> can you assure new york that going into next week that it's a level one system both they're going to have the ventilators they'll need? days. could have some downpours tomorrow, and then a chance of a thunderstorm with lowering snow >> no. they should have had more levels. the accuweather seven-day ventilators at the time. forecast, we've got a level one they should have had more ventilators. they were totally underserviced. today, tomorrow, monday, mainly we are trying to do -- we're in the south bay. doing our best for new york. we've worked very well with the then we're looking at just a chance on tuesday, increasing governor. we happen to think that he is p sunshine and warmth throughout the week. not going to lie, guys, a little nervous coming to you from home on my own here. you know, whit has done this before.

he only lives about ten minutes away. i would think he would come in this more morning ooand see how was doing and make sure everything is okay, but he's just not a good neighbor. >> social distancing. >> he didn't have a hazmat suit. so unable to make the house call. come back to as is the show progresses. thank you, robert. we do this morning have news of another celebrity case of coronavirus. the pop star pink who is now trying to use her diagnosis to help others and abc's janai norman who is usually right here at the desk with us is at home in new jersey with that story. janai, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, guys, good morning. glad to see you both this way. we need to get some "brady bunch" boxes going. pink took to instagram to reveal she and her 3-year-old son started showing symptoms of covid-19 about two weeks ago. she says after going to the doctor, she found out that she did test positive for the virus. the family had been sheltering

in place at home and continue to do so and now pink says she's been retested and has recovered so really good news there. now she's trying to help others by donating $500,000 to the temple university hospital emergency fund in philadelphia where her mother judy worked for almost two decades and another $500,000 to the city of los angeles mayor's emergency covid-19 crisis fund. pink asked for fans to please stay safe, stay home. , many leeiterating w anit is o toou evernet there, guys. >> no question about that and i'm glad she's doing well, janai. we're glad you're doing well and will come back to you later for "pop news." thank you. wearable technology could provide a key early warning of a coronavirus infection. the science doctors say you should pay attention to. plus, despite the fact we're supposed to t now many of us ca avoid making trips to the store

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welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. sky writer planes in los angeles taking advantage of a beautiful, clear day to leave a message for our heros on the frontlines writing, thank you, health care workers above hollywood. and, of course, dan and eva, we've seen the cheers, the applause at 7:00 p.m. in new york city. similar tributes around the globe. we just simply cannot say enough to thank those health care workers doing everything they can to save lives right now. >> my 5-year-old son has been running to the windows and clanging pots and pans together at 7:00. he really likes it. although -- and i've said this before. i think the health care workers appreciate the appreciation, but they would appreciate even more some ppe.

>> and for everyone to stay home. >> absolutely. >> yes, yes. let's take a look at some of the other stories we're following. eran cer their faces when going outside. this as new york city sees a jump in coronavirus cases by more than 6,000 in a single day as the city braces for another tough week. >> perhaps more tough weeks after that. also right now in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, president trump has abruptly fired the inspector general of the intelligence community. this happened on friday. michael atkinson handled that whistle-blower complaint that triggered president trump's impeachment hearings. the president said in a letter it's vital that he has confidence in his appointees and that that was no longer the case with atkinson. a rousing send-off for navy captain brett kuroda as he

departed the "uss roosevelt" for the last time. the captain relieved of duty on the aircraft carrier after sounding the alarm about the safety of his sailors as coronavirus rapidly spread through his ship. at least 137 sailors have tested positive on board. none have been hospitalized at this point. >> all right, eva and dan, thank you. we start this half hour with researchers tackling one of the toughest parts of fighting this pandemic, finding those people who don't show any symptoms of covid-19 before they unknowingly infect others. abc's zachary kiesch joins us with more on that part of the story. zachary, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning to you as well. it's all about the usefulness of the data to help inform outcomes. these are apps many of us have used for fun or to make life easier now being deployed on the frontlines in the fight against covid-19. this morning, teams of scientists and engineers are developing new technology in hopes of detecting and tracking possible covid-19 cases. wearable tech companies like ora, a ring you wear on your finger, are leading the charge

partnering with the university of california to study whether physiological data collected by that ora ring combined with responses to daily symptom surveys can predict illness symptoms. some researchers says the potential appears promising. "gma" spoke overnight to one user who went to the doctor and tested positive for the virus after his app notified him to changes in his body. >> it said, take it easy, you're not doing fine. and it said that i had a fever during the night, which was a bit of a surprise. i didn't feel that. i am pretty sure that it kept a lot of people from getting the virus from our family. >> reporter: another device, whoop, a wearable band that tracks physiological changes like sleep and heart rate, appears to have helped another covid-19 patient. brian eisenberg began developing symptoms. so he checked his whoop app that showed his physiological markers had dropped. he then sought medical attention and tested positive for the virus. >> woke up that morning and just

had the score drop to 7%. my fever was 103. i was obviously quite concerned. >> reporter: the apps although promising still have not been reviewed by independent researchers. experts like dr. john brownstein are optimistic about the potential. >> transmission can happen with people who are asymptomatic. but imagine a world where you could identify people that are ill even if they're not experiencing symptoms. those people then could essentially undergo some level of isolation ultimately reducing the impact on our health care system. >> reporter: an example of some of the new technologies being rolled out in new york city at mt. sinai hospital they rolled out an app called stop covid-19 and in many ways its success will be predicated on how many people in the community use it. but the goal is to be able to track those clusters and those outbreaks so that medica >> all right, zachary kiesch for us, thank you. ellerin, abc news medical contributor and infectious

disease physician. thank you, doctor, for being with us this morning. how helpful do you think the technology we just heard about can be in fighting coronavirus? >> well, these wearables are basically tracking changes in vital signs so your respiratory rate, your heart rate, your temperature and it may be a device that can detect changes of infection early before a person has symptoms. so for covid-19 we're hearing that people can transmit the virus before they have symptoms. so if these devices can detect changes, that may be helpful to prevent them from spreading the virus to someone else. >> the cdc now recommends that people wear nonmedical cloth face coverings when they're out in public. what are your thoughts on that? >> okay. medical masks would be better, okay, but we know there's a national shortage. so these cloth face coverings may be the next best thing.

but, remember, they may prevent you from spreading virus to another person, but they may not prevent you from acquiring the virus. so still the social distancing, the stay-at-home guidance is most important and don't forget to wash your hands. i want to make sure when people are covering their face with a mask, that they don't think they don't have to wash their hands. >> not an excuse to not take all the other precautions as well. >> right. >> for those people on the front lines of this, ppes can really be life savers. what are some of the latest strategies that we are seeing for optimizing their use? >> okay, so remember in the united states we've never had to do any extended use of respirators or masks. but right now we have to because there's such a short supply of ppe. what many centers are using are ultraviolet radiation or hydrogen peroxide. at our center we've begun using hydrogen peroxide. that's basically you put these respirators in a chamber. it heats up the hydrogen

peroxide which is a liquid and it becomes something between a liquid and a gas. it stays in there for 15 to 45 minutes and hopefully will sterilize it effectively. >> dr. todd ellerin, thank you so much for joining us and those tips. >> let's hope that ultraviolet technique works. dr. ellerin, thank you. time now for the weather and sometimes we send rob marciano outside. today we've sent him into the basement of his own home. rob, good morning. >> i know you find this hard to believe, but this is not the first time i've been sent to the basement by dan. good morning, everybody. it's a very comfortable spot for me. we have some uncomfortable weather in some parts of the country including winter returning to the plains. here's some video out of north dakota, grand forks. look at the snow piled up there. yes, it is april. this is no april fools' joke. pretty strong cold front sliding

through the ffer .e temperature chilly sfora plnsrming up qui nely, i should sid, a nie rt of e we. minute yap saturday morning, fading sun in our east bay. temperatures just in the 50s with clouds. light to moderate rain. accuweather seven-day forecast, this segment sponsored by , chick-fil-a. on a programming note, a&e presents "live pd" special edition at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific times. it provides firsthand accounts of first responders, officials and citizen heroes from the frontlines of the covid-19 crisis. and, of course, that show deftly hosted by the other dan at abc, dan abrams. we all know him.

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welcome back to "gma." one of those essential trips that most of us have to make is that trip to the supermarket. when we possibly see more people in a short moment than we have in the entire week. abc's diane macedo looks at ways to protect ourselves as well as those around us. >> reporter: as americans across the country heed advice to stay home there's one trip many can't avoid, the grocery store. so how do you stay safe while getting the food your family needs? dr. taz says start by bringing your own bag and something to cover your face. >> a tote bag you're bringing in, one less thing that you have you can use a cloth mask. you can use a scarf you might have at home or something you used around the wintertime and tie that around your nose and mouth. >> reporter: her next tip, leave the family at home and your

phone in your pocket. >> keep it down to maybe just you going to the grocery store or designate one family member to do so. our phones, we are on them all the time but they are a vector for viral transmission, just stick that phone in your purse so you're not constantly touching it. >> reporter: once at the store wipe down your cart, touch only what you need and look for prepackaged options. when home, wash your hands, make sure with your produce, rinse ie you can peel it before you eat it. but it's not just the shoppers at risk. amid concerns about grocery workers, several companies are raising pay and implementing new safety measures. whole foods is offering two weeks paid leave for employees who test positive for covid-19 but some say grocery companies need to do more. lawmakers in los angeles are proposing stores be required to provide employees with care among other things.child >> they're considered essential america,diane maced to make sur

>> our thanks to diane for those tips. dan and eva, one thing that's interesting going back to what diane was saying in that piece, the surgeon general said yesterday part of the reason they are recommending those face coverings in public is specifically for places like the grocery store or the pharmacy where social distancing can really be difficult. so those tips definitely helpful when you head out and get those groceries. >> agree. i was trying to say that we really do have to protect those people manning the cashiers and stocking the shelves. >> only so much space in those stores. >> exactly. whit, thank you very much. coming up on "gma," so many of us struggling with financial fears right now. this is really a hard time for many of us. so how to buy yourself some more time as the bills come due. time as the bills come due. a "new normal." businesses are closing. living rooms are now offices and schools.

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welcome back to "gma." welcome back to "gma." the coronavirus has been taking its toll on our financial health. when the bills come in, it's hard to know what to do if you just don't have the cash. joining us with some advice is personal finance expert and best-selling author rachel cruze. thank you so much for joining us this morning, rachel. let's start with one of the biggest worries people have. the roof over our heads. five of the largest mortgage lenders have offered some sort of relief option. what does that help actually look like? >> absolutely. well, thanks, eva, for having me. a lot are offering forbearance which means there is a grace period but at the end of that grace period, usually after 180 days, you will owe all of your payments plus the interest. so if you know you're behind on your mortgage, go ahead and be proactive.

call them, talk to them, put any amount of money you can down because, again, that grace period is not going to last forever. and if you have lost your job, you are super tight on money, remember to cover your necessities -- food, shelter, utilities and transportation first and foremost. >> a lot of us have come to rely on the internet as a necessity. phone and internet companies like verizon, xfinity and at&t offering 60 days of nontermination. what about gas and electric bills? >> yeah, absolutely, utility companies are doing this as well. so, again, if you are behind, go ahead, call, contact them and get that grace period if you need it. but, again, any amount of money you can put down will be really helpful. the silver lining maybe you realized we have a lot of big cell phone plans we never use or the cable we can cut completely. find ways to cut things out of your budget you don't need. >> so many looking to see what they can cut out of their budgets. rachel, thank you so much for joining us. rachel will be back to talk about how to budget when you've

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friends how early are you starting to drink wine? >> what's the rule? >> after lunchtime. >> after lunchtime? all right. whoa. now we know how it's going at the pilgrim household. "gma" is two hours on saturday. coming up all the headlines on the coronavirus fight and the new hot spots. is it allergies or covid-19? how you can tell the difference. how you can tell the difference. >> more big changes to your -- limited the number of shoppers allowed inity stores. customers will be allowed in one at a time and counted on one person out, one person in basis.

walmart will also be only using one entrance now. target is also limiting customers starting today with additional store entrance waiting areas. costco made similar cuts that took to allowing customers inside. store adjustments once you get inside now, costco is asking for customers to wait with one-way signs. can you roughly measure six feet by the length of two shopping carts. target started something similar two weeks ago. safeway put in those plexiglass sneeze and cough guards at the checkout stands by cashier and shopper. let's check out the forecast with lisa argen. here in the city, cloud cover, breezy in our east bay. 43 in redwood city. 48 on the coast. golden gate bridge, cloud cover and fog out there. 47 with the southwest wind by the delta and looking at our

accuweather seven-day forecast, it's cool, heavier rain for your sunday. a slight chance of a thunderstorm but then by monday, the system slides down the central coast so only a lingering shower, afternoon sun and then by tuesday and wednesday, we're increasing the sunshine. temperatures warm. we're getting into april sun and that brings more warmth with us, upper 60s inland, mid 60s around the bay. still staying cool at the coast. it looks like this could be our last decent shot of significant rain for the season. liz? >> lisa, thank you. "gma" continues right now.

good morning, america. it's our second hour, and happening right now, the latest developments this morning on the coronavirus crisis. the cdc recommending americans wear cloth masks. new york grappling with its deadliest day of the pandemic and governor cuomo deploying the national guard to get more ventilators. everything you need to know. allergy season and a pandemic hitting at the same time. whether you're sneezing or running a fever, how to know which symptoms to look for. we're breaking it all down. ♪ ain't no mountain high enough ♪ grocery game plan. how to shop for the seniors in your life. aisle by aisle, the best foods to keep your parents and grandparents happy and healthy.

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