wuhan central hospital is the epicentre of the outbreak. it is under unprecedented strain.i ting is a nurse in the emergency department. she has been treating patients for several weeks and shared her concerns with her husband, cai kaihai. but the hospital needs workers like li ting. despite herfears, she believes it is her duty to carry on. the government has shut all public transport — it has paralysed the city. lin wenhua has been contacted by a doctorfriend with a request for help. even those on the frontline fighting the virus are unable to get to work. lin arranges to pick up his first passenger, a nurse. after driving several doctors and nurses to work, lin drops in on his friend, lil lil. it is chinese new year. families often travel across the country to be together at chinese new year. the lockdown was implemented to avoid this epic movement of people and stop the spread of the virus beyond wuhan. the people's liberation army now arrives in wuhan. construction starts on two new mega hospitals to be run by the military. 40,000 medical workers from around china are

two weeks ago the head of emergency at wuhan central hospital dr.so went public saying authorities had stopped her and her colleagues from warning the world. she has now disappeared, whereabouts unknown. >> martha: i mean, these individuals who tried to warn the rest of the world are true heroes and disappeared they may have sacrificed their lives. did die of covid-19 before he could get the word out. >> i mean, look, the truth of it is, this is a communist totalitarian state, one that sets up prison camps for religions that it doesn't want. one that executes vast numbers of its own people and one that is hell bent and intent on becoming the leading most powerful country in the world and it will use any means at its disposal to do it. you know, deception is something that we in american culture, british culture, we kind of loathe the concept of deception and chinese culture, it seems to be actually quite a worthy thing if it achieves your goal. >> martha: it's a regular tool. let me ask you one question before i go. it's kind of a big one but i want

three days later on social media, top director at the wuhan central hospital tried to warn the public about this dangerous new disease and how it was spreading from person to person. she was subsequently reprimanded and censored. then on january 1st, 8 other doctors who posted information about the disease online were called in for questioning, also censored. january 7th, the president of china became directly involved in the response. january 11th, the wuhan health commission insisted there were no new cases, which we now know is a blatant lie. january 14th, world health organization at this late date to eating chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human to human transmission of the virus. really? three days later china hosted its annual lunar new year banquet. guess where? in the city of wuhan, where tens of thousands of people got together for a potluck supper. it wasn't until january 20 that china admitted the disease can . the first person we know had corona in america arrived on january 21st, 10 days later, the president's travel ban, the single best decision made

on december 30th, 2019, doctor lee, 34 -year-old ophthalmologist and wuhan central hospital, ten to a group chat he was in with some friends from medical school to discuss a sars like illness, and recently been making people sick around the city and he posted it alive analysis that had found sars coronavirus and extensive bacteria colonies innovations airways. is that this new wellness webelos hospital 214 some patients in the emergency department. so frightening, member of the group chap replied. it sars coming again. and this chinese communist government, which like all authority ten james, is often more concerned about protecting its image in the life and safety of its citizens. it was not please. and even a dedicated health experts scribbled. to collect more information on what was happening, china security services were busy trying to stop them. >> probably scarred fist for example, january 1st, the wuhan public security bureau summoned eight doctors including him. they're posting and spreading quotes more homework rumors about wuhan hospitals receiving sars like cases. while the

lee wang young, a 34-year-old ophthalmologist at wuhan central hospital, took to a group chat he was in with some friends from medical school to discuss a sars-like illness that had recently been sickening people around the city. he posted a snip pet of a lab analysis that had found sars coronavirus, an extensive bacteria colonies in a patient's airways and says this new illness had even led his hospital to quarantine some patients in the emergency department. so frightening, a member of the group chat replied, is sars coming again? fice it to say the chinese communist government, which like all authoritarian regimes, is often more concerned about protecting its image than the life and safety of its citizens, was not pleased. and even as dedicated public health experts scrambled to warn each other, and collect more information on what was happening, china's security services were busy trying to stop it. and probably the starkest example, on january 1st, the wuhan public security bureau summoned eight doctors, including dr. wengyoung, for posting and spreading, quote, rumors about wuh

hospitals weren't going to get overwhelmed. that's when mortality rates go up. in the difference between wuhan and central china and other parts of china it is because the hospitals got overwhelmed. can't take care of the patients and the doctors are getting sick and versus in korea. and it's all about making certain a hospital can handle the surge. we haven't shown that new york can do that. let's hold on. >> ed: we appreciate your time. dr. peter hotez has been a voice of calm. fox news will host a virtual town hall with president trump and the task force. they'll answer text and video questions from you. facebook, instagram and twitter and email at live-blog @ foxnews.com. our colleagues will monitor the event joined by dr. oz and dr. saphier and siegel. stream the town hall online foxnews.com at 12:00 p.m. eastern time. >> sandra: we're looking forward to all that. meanwhile, a fox news alert. the summer olympics in tokyo will not happen this year. the games have officially been postponed. we'll have the brand-new details just ahead and sparks flying on the senate floor over the massive economic stimu

wuhan. officials built two hospitals with more than 2,000 beds in the span of a few weeks to stop the spread, a massive lockdown radiated out to nearly 60 million people across central china. while strong-arm tactics were used against people who refuse to wear masks with some beaten while others were locked into their homes forcefully quarantined. >>> back home the 2020 presidential campaign is also feeling the effects of the coronavirus. joe biden widened his lead over bernie sanders in yesterday's democratic presidential primaries in three states. the former vice president now has 1,093 delegates to sanders' 802. 1,991 are needed for the nomination. laura podesta reports on the primary results and how the virus impacted voting. >> reporter: joe biden swept the night picking up all three states that held primaries yesterday. according to cbs projections, florida, illinois, and arizona. at the end of the night, biden and senator bernie sanders both live streamed messages to voters stressing the importance of leadership during this current health and economic crisis. >> tackling this pandemic is a national emergency akin to fighting a war. >> in this moment of crisis

wuhan. city officials built two hospitals with more than 2,000 beds in the span of a few weeks. to stop the spread, a massive lockdown radiated out to nearly 60 million people across central china while strong-arm tactics were used against people who refused to wear masks, with some beaten while others were locked into their homes, forcefully quarantined. and a new, incredible stat out of china just today. the country reported just one-- only one-- new domestic coronavirus case. there were 20 more, but those were imported from people traveling in from overseas. and anyone doing that gets to face a mandatory 14-day quarantine, and that's on their own dime. norah. >> o'donnell: interesting details from there. thank you, ramy. and there's still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." community health crisis: we visit a clinic forced to close its doors to patients because of a shortage of supplies. and later, john legend and keith urban are among the music superstars comforting their fans and performing free concerts online. >> ♪ oh, no your financing. at carvana, get personalized terms, browse for cars that fit your budget, then customize your down payment and

wuhan, tenÍan temperaturas similares, eso lo sabremos mucho despuÉs. marÍa: es una buena acotaciÓn, seguimos en nueva york. mientras el nÚmero de caso de coronavirus aumenta dramÁticamente, se levanta el pleno central park un hospitale tengan 14 para atender a 68 pacientes. demostramos un poco aquÍ dentro esta carpa, estÁn armando las mÁquinas ventiladores, en esta unidad van a tener 10 mÁquinas ventiladores para los pacientes que mÁs necesiten el aire, que estÉn afectados por el coronavirus. en las otras van a atender a los que todavÍa no lo necesiten tanto.k estÁn abarrotados de pacientes, los que no pueden atender allÍ, los van a tener aquÍ mismo, en central park, donde nos encontramos. se espera que para maÑana la maÑana ya estÉ esto en funcionamiento, y tratando a estos pacientes que se espera que muchos pacientes mejoren, y que los otros lamentablemente no estÉn con nosotros mÁs. continuamos desde acÁ, les mando un abrazo. marÍa: muchas gracias, jorge. jorge: no puedo imaginarme cÓmo ha cambiado nuestra vida tan rÁpidamente, que en central park haya un hospital provisional, es realmente impresionante. marÍa: si nos hubieran dicho que eso era parte de una pelÍcula, ni la vemos, quizÁs. jorge: hay dos o tres pe