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>> reporter: while americans are the coming days. gotcha!ere dust buns hide. being told to socially distance, to the front lines where no more heebie jeebies. fact that we were very for many animalsnection is phew. concerned, we shipped them back. paramedics are being pushed to glad i stopped cleaning and started swiffering. critical back in missouri the zoo animals the limit. >> reporter: hospital equipment distributors telling nbc news are you ready to read this now have pen pals, kids writing >> beware of scammers from the search for quality masks special book well, here i go. counterfeit masks to ...perfectly seasoning our ohillshire farm smoked sausage. boarding on the impossible. testing sites. >> out of the 300 we have vetted >> all right a virtual story time by one of letters the staff can read to so by simply adding the right ingredients... the animals. with the report of one tiger so far we haven't found one the love not lost because of a the world's most beloved country at a new york zoo testing ...you can end each day crafting a perfectly delicious dinner. that's legitimate. >> reporter: federal officials stars. positive for coronavirus, we'll telling people to prepare for a dolly parton reading bedtime little social distance. take you to the other front line wave of scams as soon as this >> i wanted to write to a few stories to of who's caring for these zoo week as those already victimized good night with dolly is a different animals to see how speak out. >> i feel like i've been animals in days of isolation ten-week series happening every violated these people are truly demonic. they're doing. thursday night >> i definitely think he likes "early today" starts right now we're back with a new >> reporter: one of the reasons that. >> he did. warning as scammers are trying why there's so many warnings we're beginning yet another >> so cool to do from birth to 5 to profit off of the outbreak. week of the coronavirus authorities are now cracking about fraud right now is the $2 we learn eed in the last 48 hou pandemic down on everything from price years old i believe she does it. officials are warning this could be the most painful one yet in trillion stimulus package meant >> sending out books or so that a tiger has gouging to fraudulensastm brock america. the death toll continues to rise to inject life into the economy contracted coronavirus at the in america but at the same time attracting essential worker during these more than a thousand deaths were >> again. reported nationwide in just 24 some bad actors. bronx zoo. with gyms closed, a man hours. built a bench press, dumbbells cities are expected to reach and more out of logs their peak number of cases soon. more and more, states are issuing stay-at-home orders to now he's got a pretty good s to theu ever have any help stop the spread but eight makeshift gym. governors are still holding out

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mega church finally closed last we'll go down. tomorrow is going to be a really week meanwhile in baton rouge dramatic day to sew far. >> how many positive cases before you consider closing your church doors in the midst of no gym, no problem the worls all the good that we can do. this pandemic? >> i know you're probing me but we're never going to close doors. >> no matter what? >> no matter what. you have my word. >> reporter: a test of more than just faith as a virus rage issan to get the outbreak under control europe may be starting to see their coronavirus measures paying off. the closures, social distancing and travel bans have reportedly led to a decline in case numbers and deaths in key countries. u.k.'s prime minister has been admitted to the hospital cal perry live in london. >> good morning. yeah, we had that news about the prime minister coming late yesterday according to his

advisors, admitted to the hospital for what they call precautionary measures they wanted to assure the people here that boris johnson is still running the government we're standing by for further information on that coming out of the morning cobra meeting we also had a historic address from the queen yesterday rallying the country together, a very short but poignant four minutes, this only time in history outside of that annual christmas address that she has addressed the nation in italy there's going to be a discussion about masks possibly becoming a requirement for people across the country. some 100 health workers there have now perished because of the virus. in spain, possibly some good news as the level of i dropping. that country of course has been hit incredibly hard. i'll leave you with a bit of good news. the city of wuhan in china in lockdown since mid january we

now understand will have some measures lifted in three days. perhaps a chance for people there for the first time in months to move around just a little bit >> many people in that area looking forward to april elton john is doing his part to help those most vulnerable during the coronavirus the singer announced that his nonprofit is launching a $1 million covid-19 emergency fund to protect those affected by hiv. john tweeted, quote, now and always i'm committed to not leave anyone affecte let's get a jump on your monday weather with janessa webb. >> good morning, everyone. we continue to deal with a pretty dry weather pattern across the nation. temperatures are very warm this morning. continue to be in the low 50s for new york city, 64 out

towards pensacola this morning we are watching this very light storm system that will make its way across the midwest it does start to rev up tomorrow afternoon across the ohio valley into areas of the northeast. plenty of sunshine today from washington to new york city to boston as well this will be storm number one and then another series of storms as we step into the next few days we're going to continue to see that mild surge. a ton of sunshine today acrosshe temperatures so enjoy the sunshine for the northeast. we do have rain on the way

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