captioning sponeored by hour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonighll the death to in the u.s. from covid-19 nearly doubles in a week, as president trump concedes that the power to end social distancing lies with the governors. then, when to reopen. as the white house pushes anes agve restart of the economy, what will it take to get americans back to work safely? and, on the front lines with nursesn the intensive care unit, amid mounting stress from treating the sick, and fears over the potential for contagion. plus, answering your questions about covid-19-- the risks of transmission, and how to stay healthy while caring for loved ones. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour.

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at the white house and in stathouses tonight, over when to cast off the curbs imposed by covid-19. it comes as the pandemic's death toll is at 28,000 and still rising, and as the economic damage deepens. john yang ports on the day's delopments. >> the plans to reopencohe try are close to being finalized. >> yang: despite pres dent trumgerness to lift restrictions, even as covid-19 continues to claim lives, local officials are saying: not so fast. in the american epicenter, new said today, the re needsblasio to be "purposeful." >> if you want to re-start the economy, get it right. actually make sure that we've contained this thing. >> yang: new york governor andrew cuomoaid the state'se health carsystem has not been overwhelmed, as initially feared. but, he said more testing is needed before restrictions are relaxe and that the federal

government needs to be involved. >> the states cannot develop ational testing. there is no simpwer to it. it's basically controlled by private sector companies. >> yang: cuomo also said he was taking the aggressive step of requiring all people to wear masks in public when they could not keep six feet away from others. senate democratic leader chuck schumer today called for testing program.tionwide mr. trump has already formed a working group to rebuild the naon's economy. the "great american economic revival industry groups" includes nearly 200 people spanning 16 industries, like former secretary of state condoleezza rice, apple c.e.o. tim cook, n.b.a. commissioneram ilver, and, the afl-cio's richard trumka. the president also announced tuesday that the u.s. wi suspend funding the world health ornization, saying it pushed

chinese misinformation. today, the w.h.o.'s top official rejected that claim and called for cooperation. >> this is a time for all of us to be united in our common struggle against a common threat. y g: the dispute comes amid fresh reportthat the chinese government withheld ination in januaryas coronavirus today, a government spokesman pushed back: >> ( translated ): china has always timely notified the w.h.o. and relevant countries of the epidemic information with an open, transparent andti responsible de. >> yang: meanwhile, cases of covid-19 continue to increase across the united states, now representing a third of the more than two million cases worldwide. outsidthe michigan state capital in lansing today, a conservative group rallied against democratic governor gretchen whitmer moves to close places like golf courses

and landscaping companies, unless they adhere to social distancing guidelines. nationwide, the widespread economic damage is becoming clearer. retail sales dropped 8.7% in march-- the steepest decline in nearly three decades of record- keeping.ri while some acans have begun seeing their $1,200 in stimulus money in their bank accounts, the treasury departmt now says 70 million paper checks will go out with president trump's name on them, but officials say it will not delay the mailing. elsewhere, the start of a new noal. >> we have set the tables two meters apart, we have soap, disinfectant all over the place. >> yang: in denmark, schools have reopened for children 12 yars old and younger if t meet government requirements, like keeng a 6.5-foot distance between children, and parents can choose to keep their kids at

home. denmark was the first europeanhu country todown in early march. and, donning face masks and gloves, soutkorean poll workers began counting ballots in this year's parliamentary elections. officials said turnoutas higher than expected. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruf and, underscoring how far the u.s. may be from - the mayoro norma of los angeles said late today allow sporting events, concerts and other lae events until next year. in the day's other news, wall street swung lower again, as oil prices fell and banks warned of billions in loan defaults caused by the pandemic. the dow jones industrial average dropped 445 points to close at 23,504. the nasdaq lost 122 points, and the s&p 500 gave up 62. california will make pandemi

relief payments of $500 apiece to 150,000 migrants living in the state without documentation. democratic governor gavin newsom said today they do essential work and pay millions of dollars in taxes. almost 40% of the money will come from private contributions. the migrants are not eligible for federal payments. the world's 20 rhest economies are freezing debt payments for etoday.nedurthin dem. the moratorium covers payments totaling $20 billion. nations spend morealthfrican care and vulnerable populations. today marked one year since fire l gutted notre dame cathed paris. but now, covid-19 has halted reconstruction work. plans to remove 250 f scaffolding have been delayed. but, french present emmanuel cron pledged again today that

the huge project will be done,ch onule. >> ( translated ): i promised we would rebuild notre dameye within fivs. we will do everything we can to respect that delay. the building work is of course at a halt at the moment because of the health isis but it will resume as soon as possible. >> woodruff: tonight, the giant bell ithe church's south tower rang out, joining a nightly applause for health workers treating pandemic victims. back in this country, about 50 vehicles piled into each other on a chica expressway, after a winter storm left the road iced over. at least 14 people were taken to hospitals from the scene. illinois state police closed the expressway's southbound lanes for three hours to clean up. and, in the democratic presidential campaign, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren endorsed former vicepr ident joe biden. she was the last of his major rivals to do so.

warren said that biden would restore america's faith in good, effective government. still to come on the newshour: president trump threatens to ll funding from the world health organization. what it would mean, at a time of crisis. when to reopen, and how to do it safely.a conversation on restare american economy. on the front linesn the intensive care unit-- how nurses are handling the stress. to south korea, where the government's response to covid-19 may turn the tide of today's election. and, much more. >> woodruff: president trumpe said yesterdayuld cut u.s. funding for the world health organization. he accused the body being

too trusting of china's assertions that it had the virus under control. our nick schifrin joins me to diuss the dispute and the underlying facts. so, hello, nick. what the president said is that he wll freeze all funding to the world health organization. what exact would that look like? >> yeah, i talked to senior administration officials about this, and theay that freeze is a 60- to 90-day freeze, and the way it works, judy, is the u.s. who is the largest contributor to the w.h.o. doesn't cut a single check, so there e different w.h.o. programs that get funded at different times, so anything ear next two tthree months simply would not get paid. the question is oficials are considering whether to take that money and send it to another organization or directly to countries instead of the w.h.o., y're going to freeze it and hold it, trying to use it as

leveyge, and that's what th say they're actually trying to get leverage to reform the world health organization. >> woodruff: and, so,ehat kind ofrms are they looking for? >> judy, the short-term goal is lry cear, they want taiwan to be an observer at the w.h.o. it was in the past. china resisted giving it back.th status and u.s. officials tell me they believe thedi ctor general of the w.h.o. can do that and decide that the second goal is to somehow force countries to share information about outbreaks. right now they are required to share e formation to thh.o. the u.s. officials say there's simply no enforcement mechanism in order to do that. the third goal is to kind of reorient the priorities of the world health organization.lo w.h.o. does of things -- it worries about polio, roa safety, worries about local u.s. wants it to focus almost

exclusively on infectious disease. >> woodruff: what is the world health organization saying? t world health organizati is saying it has to work with china and within the confines of those regulations that require lre self-reporting. let's take isten to michael ryan, the executive director of the world health organization's emergency program. >> the international health regulations a framework negotiated by 194 countries. we simply implement that framework on behalf of our member states. >> what we need in w.h.o. lik so many workers around the world is the space, the support and toth solidarito our jobs. >> and, of course, judy,he straes toay has been criticized for reducing that support and sol dares in a time of pandemic and, because in ordeto reenact those reforms, it's going to need the support of the other members of the world health organization, the other countries around the world. >> woodruff: what sort of criticism directed at the u.s. >> the criticism. is everywhere. you say bill gates whoseda foon is a major funder of

the w.h.o. said that cutting the w.h.o. would be a bad coice, end quote. the w.h.o. is slowing the spread of th covid 19 and ifthat work is stopped and no organization can replace them, the world needs world healno organization more than ever, and speaker of the house nancy pelosi says the president is ignoring global eralth experts, discounting science and uning the heroes fighting on the front line. but in contrast to thee administration criticizing the w.h.o. for this m months. >> yeah, it's not only be the administration but a lot of critics around the world have said simply the w.h.o. is too swayed by china. let me take you back to about new year's. this is the time when local doctors in wuh, china, were telling hospital administrators that, hey, this is somhi new and there is human-to-human transmission and we are getting sick but the hospitals and locao rnment covered it up or

silenced the local doctors. on december 31, the wuhan government released the found no obviousion person-to-person transmission and no medical personnel have i beected and the w.h.o. basically parroted thatge lang january 5, based on the preliminary information from the chinese investigation team, no evidenceof significant human-to-human transmission and no healthcare woker infections reported. have known better and not sho accepted chinese language. >> woodruff: nick, weren't the trump administrationnd the w.h.o. praising china's response back in january? >> yeah, that's a great pois and thiseally key. let's take a listen to the director general of the w.h.o. talking in january the day after the w.h.o. declared this a global emergency, but also president trump praising china. >> w.h.o. continues to have confidence in chtra to con the outbreak.

>> i spoke with president xi. we had a great talk. he's working very hard. i have to say, he'working very, very hard. and if you can count on the reports coming out of china, that spread has gone down quite a bit. >> woodruff: and, judy, obviously, the president's language about china has changed and the u.s. really does want to reform w.h.o., but they need international support to do so and it's not clthear tha have that. >> woodruff: nick schifrin, thank you so much. all this background is incredibly important, thank yo, nick. >> thank you. >> woodruff: we return tonight to the question of how and when we might reopen the country, or s of it, and return to something closer to normal. former f.d.a. commissioner,

dr. mark mcclellan, has beenon workin major roadmap to gradually reignite the economy. but that re-opening would happen only aer several important milestones are reached. lawmakers and the white househe are looking atramework he proposed with former f.d.a.mm sioner scott gottlieb. dr. mcclellan served in the george w. bush administration. he is now director of the duke- margolis center for health policy at duke university. mark mcclellan, welcome back to the "newshour". it's so good to have yowith us. i think, understandably,er ans right now want to believe we are about to go back to normal within a matter a few weeks. but it's not going to be quick and it's not gointo be simple, is it? >> it's not. we are doing a great job. our healthce system, dealing with the surge in cases and americans across the countryrt taking imt steps that have definitely slowed the spread of theirus. so we're getting past this initial surge, but this is really just the end of th

beginning. the virus is going to be with us for a while. we can take sts to reopen our economy and get back toward normal, but it's going to be a new normal and we need to put some real protections iplace to harden our communities against the virus ever spreading like it has again. >> woodruff: and as an taexample, social dising is something people will be living with for a while.v >> and maybe more. the steps that new york hasar recommendend wearing face coverings when you're in close quarters with other people and steps in oubusinesses and our schools to make it harder for e e virus to be transmitted, we're going to sore of that in the months ahead. >> woodruff: your port sas that in order for this economy that there has to be serious and comprehensive raid testing. ample testing around the country. give us sense of what need to have this and how fast the results would have to come

before we can talk about anything close to normal. >> well, judy, the goal here is to go from recting to a spread of the virus that we really don't understand and haven't controlled well, except for these really extreme measures, to being able to identify any neoutbreak very quickly and then take local right around it spreads further, aat means it testing and tracing every case, if possiblhe that'soal. so that meaans dignostic tests available quickly to everyone who might have sptoms that reflect covid 19, respiratory symptoms, fever, things like that, as well as people working in environments where there's a gh chance of transmission, like a nursing home, for example. so we think that's on the recorder of million tests or more per week across the united states, and it's not just havaig thatny tests nationally, it's being able to get them quick to every community in the

country so that each community can keep the virus under control. >> woodruff: and how long is it going to take? i mean, is it even possisae to at this point? >> absolutely, and this is what we should building for right now. it doesn't need to be that far off. the test capacity in the united public health lab, hospital labs labs that have expanded, and other point of care testing with new testing mechanisms coming observeonto th market that can s aet test results quickly into the community, tcan meet this capacity. but what we also need is the ability to have the state a local level to make sure everyone has access and to also make sure we have th test materials we need to go along with the test themselves, like swabs for tests that need to be done through the nose, we're working on new tests that can be done by spitting, that will be easier to use. >> woodruff: we know things like that are not available now

and it's going to take tim before they are everywhere they need to be. what about therapy for, in addition to testing. at what point and where are we in terms of coming upith a therapy that could be administered to peple if thesty t to come down with ronavirus? >> there are some very promisi ti-viral treatments in for example, the res veer from iliad that could be available in a couple ofo mhs. there are others on the market that have been used forer o purposes. there are efforts from the f.d.a. to speed the development of the drugs. oneep additional s is going ahead with increasing their production so they can bela ave in large quantities to help really support these steps to reopening sooner tha that ran later. a vaccine is still aways off,

but unprecedented efforts are taking place in not only the united states but in collaboration with otherto countrieo large-scale clinical testing done fast, manufacturing done fast and hopefully to make vaccines available in the next year or less as well. >> woodruff: and that's the timeline that we hear that at least a year or even a little beyond before there's a vaccine that can be widely available, i not juthis country but around the world. but there's also wht's caled contact tracing surveillance, being able to identy whe people have been in touch with someone, who they have been in contact with, rather, who might have been infected. we're hearing from the tech companies like google and apple. they're trying to come up with an app. but we know that's complicated, too, isn't it, mark mcclellan? >> it is. but once aga, we can take steps now to be ready for the surge in testing capacity that we're going to need in a matter

of a few weeks, so steps to make the test supplies more widely available, that's something theb government cworking on with the private sector now and, in terms of doing contact tracing, that is going to take more people,ut this is great area for further federal support to put those pele in place, working with mayors, working with govnors to ramp up the ability to track dowwhn peoplo may have been in contact, in close contact with people who test psitive. >> woodruff: so, mark mcclellan, when you look at all the things tat are needed, we're taing about several months. we're not just talking about next month, may orn ju are we? >> well, i think it depends on how fast are can put together these capabilities and how hard hit they are now. many areas of the country have been lucky, they haven't had very many cases, so, for thm, it will be relatively easy to tracking.ace testing an 's not going to take as many people, not going to take as much resources. still very important, people are

still very vulnerable to the quickly.ut it could happen throughout the country, i think this is going to happen in a stewide fashion maybe wih limited reopening first. schools should be a priority. sinesses that can make the steps to harden their ability to resist infection transmission. so i think you will see progress thin the next mnth. but it will happen at different paces across the country, and it key capabilities in place to get people confident so they can goe out andt back towards normal without risk of contracting theu >> woodruff: mark mcclellan, we certainly do hope to stay in touch with you as progress is made in tis directionhat everybody so badly wants. thank you so much. >> thank you very much.

>> woodruff: while some states do appear to be hitting a plateau, others, like florida, are seeing their cases grow. this week, the ste's surgeon general said residents may need to wear masks in public for up to a year, until a vcine is rolled out. william brangham spoke with joseph falise, a nurse at th university of miami health system, about what healthcare workers are facing. they started by focusing on the practical diiculties of treating patients while wearingc soprotective gear. >> brangham: for people who are not familiar with the process of just putting on all of that protective gear in order to bent safe goicare for patients, could you walk us through what that is like physically? difference betweennd prior to covid is that it's palpable, the sense of urgency with whicho we need toct ourselves. and if we don't, what will be the outcome? we've heard of, you knalth

care workers who have gotten sick, we've heard of health care workers that are dying, and some even in our own lol community, and we know that we are not immune to this and tt if we're not careful and if we don't hold each other accountable, that we will get sick. so we have a very heightened sense of awareness and a very heightened sense of-- of, you know, compliance with our current protocols. >> brangham: i understand that when someone is going through the process of putting on all of th gear, you assign someon else to watch them, to sort of guide th through that process. can you explain why you do that? >> we kind of took a page out of the aviation industry. we know that when you work off of checklists, things t done much more consistently. so, we developed a checklist of how to put on the gear, so that no stuff gets missed. and similarly, we made a checklist of how to take off the gear. it's well known that the mostln able, most risky part of

putting-- of this whole process is what we call "doffing the equipment," taking the equipment off. we've been in rooms with patients who have covid and weth know thaouter p.p.e. is contaminated. so we want to protect ourselves from having any contact with that virus. so, we'vdeveloped a process where we have an observer who both watches us put on our gear, and then also, we don't allow ourselves to take off the gear unless we have a observer watching us. and there's also, agabn, that lute awareness that, ifno we'rextremely careful, you will get s ik. >> branghaean, that's got to be on some level, mentally-- and i mean, i understand the job is physically hausting, but to through that, both trying to deliver wonderful care to people who are themselves very, very sick, at t same time beingo worried about your own health-- that it's going to be a lot to bear, day in and day out. >> yeah, i think that's the hardest part. the hardest part is the mental exhaustion. we're fortunate right now that we're not understaffed. how do i take care of these patients with all of this gear

on, knowing that putting personal protective equipment on iwill restrict the way th take care of patients? but also, how do i work within this gear and protect mylf from all the viruses that are out there? so, it is mentally exhausting, absolutely, no doubt about it. and we have nurses that are at a time. these rooms for hours >> brangham: hours at a time? >> yeah, sometimes they stand there for hours at a time. we have to be therto monit those machines, address any alarms that may go off, change i.v. fluid bags. you know, most of these patients are ten and have been on six or seven or eight infusions. it takes a lot of motoring to make sure that none of these tubes come out, that all of the infusions are running anonthat the bags run out. the bunny suit and the outernow, gown, it's very hot inside. extremely ant inside. if the nurse stays in there for a couple of hours, yceh, the evids when they come out,

they look like they arenc completely dd in sweat. and not one single person is immune to it. >> brangham: i don't think people appreciate ju the physical taxation of what you're doing, on top of the mental taxation. >> yeah, yeah. you know, when i go back into in patient rooms, it's a i'm different-- it's... for a long time. i.c.u. nurse if i was to imagine what a war ikne would be like, that's... i feelthat's what it would be like, because it doesn't matter what room you walk in. t you fe same sense of-- i don't know. you just feel the same sense of: this is a really sick patien and what can i do to help this patient get back to their family? >> brangham: you're obviously seeing this pandemic in a way that very few americans get to see. and out here, outside of this front line work that you all are doing, there's this constant a debaut "are these restrictions too much? should people stay at home more? e reopen the economy?" do you have anything to say to

peisle who don't get to see pandemic the way you do, about that debate? >> i think probably my most important messnoe would be, body is immune to this. and the only way that has been oven to stop the spread of this is through distancing, is through staying home. these things have been proven to work, and we've known this for many, many, many years. but it's hard to do. and i understand that. i think my most important message would be, it could happen to you. and until it does, perhaps it's as somebody who's seeing it day in and day out a dealing with families who really are heartbroken and who really are st--heir lives are shattered because they're losing their family members, and their family members are hang to die without them. and we do our best to try to ease some of that sufferinby

face-timing and by promising to be there as a surrogate. but the reality is, you have an option. that's my main poi. >> brangham: all right. joseph falise, clinical nursma ger at the universitof miami health system. thank you very much. and good lucin all your work. >> thank you very much. thank you for bringing this up. >> woodruff: south korea has turned froa covid-19 hot zone to a leader in the global figh against the new coronavirus. companies there are now maki millions of virus test kits for expod the public is voting in a parliamentary electionep despite themic. correspondent bruce harrison reports from seoul on how the

koreans have worked togeer to get this far, and aim vent a resurgence of the virus. >>eporter: to visit this factory, you can't risk contaminatg the product. the work going on behind this door may just save your life. manufacturer bak jin-wook says they're putting chemical agents into vials and sealing the lids. the assembly line at south korean firm gencurix is small. but the chemicals they're paedaging just today can be in up to 150,000 covid-19 tests. this is the final product. >> ( translated ): each of these kits can be used to test up to0 ople. a sample is collected from the patient's nose or uth. a method called p.c.r. is used to confirm the diagnosis, which takes three to four hours. >> reporter: the company jumped into action, researching test kits in this lab in january, when it heard about tht coronavirus death in wuhan.

south korea learned thepo ance of early diagnosis during the 2015 outbreak of syndrome, or mers, a viral respiratory illness similar to covid-19. tein theory, the faster yo, the faster you're able to isolate infected people and stem the read of the virus. the government worked with gencurix and other companies this year to produce test kits so they could quickly receive regulatory approval t koreans. >> although we are not doctors or nurses, we also feel we are fighting coronavirus we feel it's very important in the world. although it's a very good business opportunity f it's a very sad situation. >> reporter: south koreaan a textbookestoid-1 has teed nearly 530,000 people. more than 10,500 have tested positive, and 222 have died, for a death rate of just over 2%,he half that ofnited states. with no shortage of kits here,

gencurix is expoing tens of thousands all over the world. it plans to boost that number and send many to the u.s. once it receives f.d.a. approval. south korea's success at home against covid-19, and its international reputation as a leader in battling the pandemic, have given a boost to president moon jae-in. and it may have come at just the right time, with today's parliamentary election. moon has shouldered much of the' blame for koslowing economy. but, the government's covid-19sp se may help extend his party's majority in parliant. moon has made election safety a top priority. people had to have their temperature taken and wear rue.er gloves and masks to v lines were marked to keep voters ateast three feet apart, a quarantined citizens could only leave home for a short time to vote after the polls hirst closed for the rest of the public. but, it'll take more than a safe election toenrevent a resu of covid-19.

in this low-income neighborhood, professionals from the korean pest control association always announce their arral, and the goal is to be as swift and non- disruptive as possible. they pay for the supplies and disinfectant out of pocket. this volunteer says the residents have very little money, so groups like his disinfect the building to keep it safe. dozens of residents here share a single kitchen or bathroom, but it's still outbreak free. >> ( translated ): these people lack medical care and most of them are marginalized and lonely. personally, i'm thankful that some people are still concerned about us. >> reporter: residents can also get free facemasks at a nearby community center. center director bae il hwan explains to a resident, she'll need to throw out her disposable mask if she wears it several times.al but she cays come back for a new one. seouhas extended a social distancing campaign through the end of the week.th

government wants the public to stay home, aside from going to work, visiting a doctor or buying necessities.ar in the weeks of the outbreak here, most people tried to stay, but that's now proving challenging. there hasn't been a lockdown or even a shelter-in-ace order, but the government does have its concerns. for one, these beautiful cherry blossoms. it's the spring flowers and the warm wther in general that are drawing people outdoors in large numbers, which cld possibly threaten the success here of social distancing. seoul nightlife is also making a comeback. some bars in this neighborhood shut down, but only temporily. others are operating at a loss, even with improved traffic. >> ( translated ): we havereat preventive measures and a healthcare system to back us up. of course, everyone's health is the most important issue, but we have to go on with our lives. >> reporter: and that may be easier, as im suests, in a country with single payer healthcare that she seems to

trust, as perhapher patrons do as well. and nothing quite marks spring in seoul like a picnic by the han river. e like tction, there are precautions here, from signs urging people to keep their distance, and bottles of free hand sanitizer. ection, therehe doesn't appear to be any enforcement. >> the convenience serre, like, wejust in there. the line is huge. and that's probably not thgood g if you want to practice social distancing.he >> reporter:rowing trash heap near the store says a lot. namely: seoul is ready to get back to normal. but it's also a sign the people are confident their efforts, and those of the govnment, have made it possible this soon.th for e pbs newshour, i'm bruce harrison, in seoul.

>> woodruff: during these difficult times, we all have questions, and tonight, we begin a new weekly segment, "ask us." we wt you to submit your questions via our website and our various social media platforms: twitter, instagram and facebook. for the record, facebook is a funder of the newshour. amna nawaz brings us some answers. >> nawaz: thanks, judy, and thanks to all of you for sendinu usquestions. we want to answer as many as we today by dr. ranit mishori.ed she is a professor of family medicine at georgetown university school of medicine and senior medical advisor for physicns for human rights. welcomand thanks for being here, dr. mishori. >> thank you so much for having nt. >> nawaz: so, i o get to as many questions as we can. let's jump right in. the first one comes to us fromrn ingrid in cali. she submitted a question via instagram. here's what e has to say. hi, my name is ingrid echeverria, from pasadena, california, and my question is, do you have to go th complete decontamination routine every time you go out? i understand washing your hands, keys, etc. doorknob, your

but, do you have to wash your clothes, take a shower each tim we come back fe store? >> nawaz: doctor, what do you say to ingrid? how careful you have to be? >> well, you'd have to try to be as careful as possible, but i think you don't have to do all of that every time you step outside of the house. the key is that this virus is transmitted by being around other people. so if you have to go to work, ie yon essential worker and you work with a lot of people, you work at a store or you're a health care professional? yes, when you come home, take your clothes off, put them in the wash, jump in the shower. but, if you for a walk around the block or if you're going for a little walk or going to get groceries, you don't need to come home and take a shower. you obviously have to wash your you have to make sure that when you do go out, wear a mask to protect others. but showering and putting your clothes in the washer, every time you step outside of the house, that's not necessary. >> nawaz: here's another question about what's safe or not safe to do. this one comes to us from clairi sullivwisconsin. she submitted her question on facebook, and she writes, "i'm 67 years old. t i still my son's house five mornings a week to help

care for his baby. both parents are workim home. is this safe?" what do you say, dr. mishori? >> if you castay home, stay me. if you don't have to te public transportation, do not take public transportation. try to be as safe as possible. >> nawaz: so even if you'rey going to a fammber's house, that's the only place you're going, caring for a grandchild, still wear a mask. take all those precautions, if you ca >> absolutely take as many precautions as possible and understand that if yr 're around otople, you may get the virus and you may transmit it to people you come in contact with. and as i said, the ideal situation would be for you to stay home and not go out at allo unlesst's tely necessary. >> nawaz: let's hear now fro jason fuller. he submitted video question via instagram to us. here's what he has to say. >> my queson is for the who are experiencing mild symptoms. is there any particular self- care you recommendhat they should be doing? >> nawaz: mild symptoms,e know a lot of people have them. what do you say to jason? >> yes, a lot of people have them, and we tell them to stay home, which is exactly what he's

doing. the question is, what do you do at home? the coronavirus, some of the symptoms, whether milder, are like any other viral symptom, viral infection. so, you would get some rest. you would drink a lot of water.o you can tar-the-counter medications to help with pain, to help with a fever. but the key is, if you have the to isolate yourself at home.ant so you want to, ideally, if it's possle, to havyour own roo to have your own bathroom, not to eat with other family members, to try and keep yourself in isolation. >> if a person is officiallyov declared red from covid- 19, can that person be an asymptomatic carrier of the virus later, if exposed again? >> nawaz: it's a great question. dr. mishori, if you think you've recovered, can you still pass

the virus on to other people? w>> so, at this point, wh know is that there is some very prelimary studies from china and from korea showing that eyme people potentially can get re-infected after e recovered. reinfected, they co infect others potentially again there's a very big question mark about this. we also know that there are infections from asymptomatic people. so i think, at this point, we don't have an answer for that. >> nawaz: still so much we don't know. i do want to move on to a question from mary liz town. she wrote inn our pbs newshour website with a question specific to her family.wi she asks, "whe it be safe for my 83-year-old mom with underlying heah issues ande cognitive decl leave her apartment?" >> i think one of the issues is the vaccine is probably notg go be available for another year, year and a half. so for now, stay home. later on, hopefully may, june, july-- the models differ in terms of when the peak is going

to take place in different the united states.nt states in so we have to be patient and wait. hopefully not a year or year and a half, but sooner. >> naz: hopefully not. one last question before we let you go, dr. mishori. this one comes to us from janetq here's janetstion now. >> what is the permanent damage done to the lungs and by the virus? >> nawaz: dr. mishori, do weteo what the lrm effectsill be? >> we're just beginning to find people who are jusveringups of from very severe disease. k what we w is that the virus itself, or the inflammatory reaction at is caused by the virus, can cause damage and irritation to the lining of the lungs.h similarly, wart disease related to covid-19, we are now discovering that the virus or the inflammatory reaction is causing damage to the muscle itself. what's important to know is for people who have been in the

i.c.u. or have been ventilated for days or weeks, their recovery, regardless of long- term damage to the lungs or long-term damage to the heart, is going to be very long. >> nawaz: we are learning so much more every day. dr. ranit mishori, thank you so much for taking some of these questions and providing answers today.u thank much. appreciate it. >> nawaz: and thanks to all of you for your questkens. via newshour's twitter, facebook and instagraaccounts or on our website, at pbs.org/newshour. w >> woodrufcheck in again on the latest from the white house on the govsenment's respo this pandemic. our yamiche alcindor is with me now. yamiche, you have been at the briefing, tell us what you have been hearing. >> well, the big thing

that he is planning on g is announcing nidelines for how to reopen some parts of the country tomorrow.bi thnews is comming tomorrow. he said what the white house has have passed the peak of this, and there's been a lot ofci progresses iies like houston, new york, new orleans, and he said that those numbs and that evidence is allowing him to say that some states might even be able to open before may 1, but the preside is basically saying that he is ready to reopen parts of thives ment by may 1, and that tomorrow we'll hear about the t ocedures to at. there's a lot of back and forth about whether or not's going to be a good idea. critics of the president think he may be jumping thgun but the president is confident he wants to make the decision. s >> woodrufclarify, yamiche, the president is saying the country has reached the peak and is now on the downslope? that's right, he's ying the country as a whole has reached a parts to have the country stille

struggling, he says, overall, the country is doing much betanr that we've passed the apex of this coronavirus crisis. >> woodruff: and we kw, also, yamiche, the president has announced a big, essentially pretty large council, a group of people who are work to reopen the country, get businesses going again. what were they saying abut that today? >> well, the president announced a very long list of peoplthat e going to be part of this white house task force to looking t reopening the government, and he says those leaders are going to be helping him think about which parts to have the economy can be reopened and how to do that. thewed we heard on a call with business leaders, the leaders were telling the presidenmuch more testing needs to be done in order to open large parts to have the government. we are also hearing there are executive who didn't know their names would be on the list to be part of the tasks lsuntil the white house announces them. some say this is chaotic and

rolled out too swiftly, but the understands this is the way it should and could work and tomorrow will be a big day. the president was also railing against the idea that he's trying to push forrd some confirmation through the is that this and they're not being confirmed because congresthand thsenate in particular are out on recess. so the president is also saying might push to adjourn congress in order to get the from what we can tell at the "newshour", he can't actually do that. this was a supreme court ruling during the obama administration that said that was not possible. he said he confirmed 448 judicial nominees. that's not accurate. the esident has confirmed about 193 judges, about 200 less than what he was talking about today. so apart from what we were talking about this council, there was also the other pieces. of ne >> woodruff: quickly, finally, yamiche, reporting that the president wanted his name on the checks that are going to peopl as part of the relief from this

pandemic. whatas said about that? >> well, there are reports that the president pushed to get his me added to the stimulus checks that americans are going to get about $1,200. we have en reporting about i. and his signature is going to end up in the memo section because he'sot legally authorized to sign the checks. but this is a big break in the president was asked about that on the white house lawn. he's still speing, he's in the rose garden and he said he had no part in that and didn't ask for his signature to be put on those checks, but there arely people, especiritics of the president, who say he's doing this to brand himself ad do it to make americans think he's the one who's giving them the checks personally. >> woodruff: yamiche alcindor, reporting on today's white house briefing. >> thank you. >> woodruff: and now, somen"

"home-grreativity. jeffrey brown looks at a social media challenge that is drawing responses from arod the world, with everyday shelter-in-pngce life imitart. its part of our ongoing arts and culture series, "canvas." >> brown: there are no selfies being tan with the "mona lisa" right now. we captured this scene at th louvre last yearduring the blockbuster leonardo da vii exhibition.ew instead, aind of "selfie" with art is making its way through social media... as people of all ages are an updated version of grant wood's "american gothic." a dad and his home-from-school children, in a loose version of a 17th century italian painting titled "lot and his daughters." appropriate-to-the-moment "screams." the current call for re-creating a work of art at home seems to have begun with a dutch stagram account called, in translation, "between art and quarantine." it was picked up by others, including the world-renownedsm useum in amsterdam,

celebrated for its rembrandt collection. the result: playful recreationss of oldrs paintings. in los angeles, the getty started #getty-museum-challenge, inviting people to use digitized and downloadable artworks. annelisa stephan is the getty's lsistant director of digi content: i've seen total strangers connecting through this experience and cheering ch other and liking and favoriting each other's creations. i think art has a role to play in helping us make sense of this strange time. i thought maybe we'd be lucky ia we got 3 that should be a great success. but we got closer to 30,000, so, totally a surprise. >> brown: andy warhol's soup cans get an update to toilet paper. a man stuck at home dreams of napoleonic conquest. an>> a favorite is a renai manuscript page, and an artist

added a thermometer into the piece and she was struggling with pneumonia at the time. joy of being creative in a verye lovely way. >> brown: among the clear favorites for social-distancing art lovers: pets in all kinds of poses and costumes. and, the work of 17th century dutch painter johannes vermeer. sometimes, as in "pug with a pearl earring," pet and painter come together. another favorite: mexican artist frida kahlo.he one mother madown version of kahlo's "self-portrait withey mo" alana archer turned to household cleaning products. t >>nk everyone's beenin i was lospecifically for just kind of a strong portrait of a woman, and her paintingg as just strike. and it just-- there was a sense of empowerment in it that i really enjoyed.al >> brown: the nge is just one among numerous efforts museums everywhere are making to

ect with absent visitors. many are offering virtual tours of their collections. and, while it's not the same as being in the museum and standing in front of a great work of art, this challenge is clearly connecting people to art in new and creative ways, offering the rest of us a smile in the process. i'm jeffrey brown, for the pbs newshour. >> woodruff: by now, schools have beeshuttered for weeks across the country. it can be hard on parents to help orchestrate remote arning. and, shelter-in-place presents its own challenges for young people. newshour'student reporting labs, our journalism training program for high school students, shares some ways teenagers are coping in the age >> me and many othricans

have been living on ckdown, and during this time, we've been committing ourselves to a pretty strict routine of waking up at a .,asonable time, running so i get some vitaminating, doing homework, eating again, doing more homework. >> i have learned to engage wi my parents a little bit more,ra playing le and binge- watching television shows. >> during this whole time, my teachers havbeen really flexible, especially with the amount of work they give. honestly, i miss the classroom atmosphere. it's sometimes hard to stay motivated when you're at home with all of these other distractions around you. >> this is kind of my setup. we're required to document i for our video log for today. so, pretty mh what i'm doing is, i have this little desk set up here in front of my tv. it has my homework, my folders, and i kind of do thae watching the tv to kind of keep myself updated with the news for the day. >> honestly, i'm very upset. the coronavirus really affected me because it took away my a senior yea i've just been trying to push through. >> due to this outbreak, i won't be able run track to compete. so, i started working out myself. i like to look on the bright side of things by trying to go out for a nice jog once in a while and keep myself fit, not

losing my endurance.ee >> i can my friends, but that's okay because technology is great and we have xbox live and facetime. >> although social distancing is hard, and it can be very frustrating staying inside every day, all day, these are necessary precautions.ul so hopefly soon everything will get figured out and everything will go back to normal. >> overall, i'm taking this really seriously and i hope that others are too, so we can getin back into the of things. >> that's all it for me. thank you guys for tuning in and stay safe. >> thanks for hanging out with me today. >> just keep in mind everyone else is as worried and confused as you are. what i mean is that you're not alone. stay inside and stay safe. >> woo and that is the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online, and again right here tomorrow evening, when i will have an interview w vice president mike pence. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you,

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