devin dwyer has more details on the update from the coronavirus task force. >> reporter: as the coronavirus death toll continues to climb, president trump and his task force briefing the nation this afternoon. >> this will be probably the toughest week, this week and next week, will be a lot of death, unfortunately. >> reporter: new cdc guidelines recommend all americans wear nonmedical face coverings to leave their homes. >> medical masks would be better but there's national shortage, these may be next best thing. >> reporter: continuing to recommend regular hand washing and social distancing to help stop the spread of covid-19. comes as health care workers are demanding more protective gear. >> we as nurses cannot do this on our own. we can't fight for the safety of our patients on our own, we can't fight for the safety of our community on our own. we need the community. >> reporter: state leaders complain about bidding wars over medical equipment, president trump facing questions about the national stockpile. >> we got nothing at first. then last week the first distributions of anything

abc7 news reporter devin dwyer with more details by the white house coronavirus task force. >> reporter: as the coronavirus death toll continues to climb, president trump and the white house task force briefing the nation on saturday afternoon. >> this will be probably the toughest week between this week and next week, and there will be a lot of death unfortunately. >> reporter: new cdc guidelines now recommend all americans wear non-medical face coverings if they need to leave their homes. >> 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. >> reporter: the cdc also continuing to recommend regular hand washing and social distancing to help stop the spread of covid-19. the call for face coverings comes as health care workers are demanding more protective gear. saying they're unprotected as they fight on the front lines. >> we as nurses cannot do this on our own. we can't fight for the safety of our patients on our own. we can't fight for the safety of our community on our own. we need the community. >

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here's abc's devin dwyer. >> reporter: it's the sound of american ingenuity in a time of crisis.turningduction lines for that personal protective equipment now in short supply. >> this is our lab. our 3d printing lab that we put in our garage. >> reporter: this colorado seventh grader and her father givi bands for face shields, one per hour around the clock. the printer takes thin beads of plastic and builds up from the bottom to the top. >> reporter: many makers using donated raw materials to create their prints free of charge. others selling at cost, $1 apiece. in maryland, todd blatt's art studio churning out more than 1,200 shields so far. >> we're shipping out 500 face shields today to arizona. >> reporter: the american spirit of generosity unflinching in the >> can sur ltle c. whoa. yesterday, we collected about 250 visors. >> reporter: minnesota science teacher mark westlake has collected more than 700 face shields so far from dozens of volunteer 3d printers across the twin cities. chris, who are these going to? >> to the dakota county sheriff's department. >> reporter: the fda s

abc7's devin dwyer has more. >> reporter: this morning the use of drones getting a closer look at theonavirus pandemic. >> one of the biggest benefit of drones is its standoff distance. >> reporter: the faa, which regulates drones in its air space, said it's been flooded with requests for expanded operation to deliver for coronavirus. >> to deliver blood and needed medical supplies hundreds of miles away is now something that people are saying they need more than ever. >> reporter: companies like u.p.s. saying their drones are ready to assist, as start-ups like california dronemaker zip line push to build a network of zones that deliver critical precipitation drugs. >> there's really intense need right now to basically be figuring out ways of treating more people at home so we can keep the beds in the hospitals open for covid-19 patients. that's a big way that instant, autonomous delivery can help. 346 they' >> reporter: they're already doing it in africa, zip line drones delivering blood and protective gear. >> they have the emergency power to greenlight operation and bring this to t

abc's devin dwyer has more. >> reporter: some scientists are calling it a covid testing breakthrough, a supervised but self-administered test for coronavirus from a sample of your saliva. experts say if done properly it could be as effective and much easier to perform than those intrusive nasal swabs by medical workers covered in ppe. different set of supplies that are needed. >> reporter: abc news got a look inside at one new oral fluid coronavirus testing lab in the nation's capital, a facility funded by the u.s. airforce to test thousands of military personnel. biotech start-up curative flying in the equipment from california, setting up the lab to test saliva samples in 24 hours or less. >> that lab will be scaling to 50,000 tests per day of capacity over the next few weeks. >> reporter: the defense department calling the $13 million project a risk reduction alternative to nasal swab testing and potentially game changing. >> we have the ability to expand our testing capabilities to wider military populations, prioritizing the highest risk to forces. >> reporter: if it's successful

here's abc's devin dwyer. >> which way do we go?for 10-year-old mariah winchell, who has autism and down's syndrome, life under quarantine is anything but routine. >> do you want to -- let's go show your schedule. >> reporter: like many parents these days mariah's are trying to keep learning on track. >> word of the day yesterday was bacteria. >> reporter: mom melissa behind the camera points out the science experiments growing yeast by the board games. the living room now home to mariah's cardboard rocket ship and sentence diagrams. >> how concerned are you that her development, her socialization is going to be set back in a big way? >> i'm really concerned. >> reporter: for parents with special needs children life in a pandemic comes without many of the usual supports. those home health aides, therapists, coaches, teachers, and most of all routine. >> a lot of our routines have changed. you guys are clearly stressed. a lot of anxiety. >> reporter: single dad rob gorseky of canton, ohio says he's been overwhelmed. >> i'm a dad to t

here's abc's devin dwyer. >> reporter: it's the sound of american ingenuity in a time of crisis.ottage industry of 3d printing teachers and teenagers gaining steam to fight covid-19. from louisiana -- >> i heard people are doing their part. it's time to do mine. >> reporter: -- to montana. >> over here we have the bank of 3d printers. >> reporter: entire families turning their basements and garages into production lines for that personal protective equipment now in short supply. >> this is our lab, 3d printing lab that we put in our garage for the time being. >> reporter: colorado seventh grader amelia brown and father matt giving us an inside look at their operation. 3d printers making plastic headbands for face shields, one per hour, around the clock. >> this is one that's being printed. the printer takes thin beads of plastic -- >> reporter: the printers melting filament to create a preprogrammed design on a heated surface. many makers using donated raw materials to create their prints free of charge. others selling at cost, about $1 apiece. >> and these down here are finished

abc's devin dwyer joins us from washington where he's been looking into this concept. in, good morning. >> reporter: hey. good morning, whit. yeah, drone deliver hay has always been an intriguing idea, but now there's a movement under way to harness that technology in the fight against covid-19. this morning, the use of drones getting a closer look in the coronavirus pandemic. >> one of the biggest benefits of drones is its standoff distance. >> reporter: the faa, which regulates drones in u.s. airspace, said it's been flooded with requests for expanded drone operations to respond to covid-19. >> to be able to deliver blood and needed medical supplies hundreds of miles away is now something that people are saying they need more than ever. >> reporter: companies like ups saying their drones are ready to assist as startups like california drone maker zipline pushed to build a network of drones that deliver critical prescription drugs. >> there's a really intense need right now to basically look at ways of treating more people at home so that we can keep the beds in the ho