 . 
 >> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING.
 I'M ADRIENNE ARSENAULT.
 WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT SOCIAL 
 DISTANCING, SO I'M COMING TO 
 YOU FROM MY BACK DECK, WITH 
 ANDREW BACK IN THE STUDIO.
 >> Adrienne: HOW SICK 
 PASSENGERS ARE BOARDING PLANES 
 BACK TO CANADA. 
 >> Andrew: AND WE MAY BE APART,
 BUT WE'RE NOT ALONE.
 HOW ISOLATION IS SHOWING WE'RE 
 ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
 THIS IS "THE NATIONAL".
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 >> ADRIENNE: EVERY DAY, WE ALL 
 LEAN IN TO SEE HOW MANY NEW 
 CASES OF COVID-19 CANADA ADDS, 
 BUT TONIGHT, IT'S NOT JUST THE 
 NUMBERS THAT WORRY, IT'S HOW WE
 GOT HERE. 
 >> Andrew:YEAH.
 HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY ABOUT HALF
 OF CANADA'S NEARLY 2800 CASES 
 ARE THE RESULT OF COMMUNITY 
 TRANSMISSION.
 AT THE START OF THIS OUTBREAK, 
 IT WAS MAINLY TRAVEL THAT WAS 
 TO 
 BLAME.
 TODAY, WE LEARNED THREE MORE 
 CANADIANS HAVE DIED OF THIS 
 VIRUS.
 QUEBEC AND BRITISH COLUMBIA 
 BOTH 
 SAW A SPIKE IN CASES, AND THOSE
 ARE JUST THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
 BEEN TESTED AND CONFIRMED.
 THE REAL COUNT IS LIKELY MUCH 
 HIGHER.
 >>> NOW, PARLIAMENT WAS 
 EXPECTED 
 TO PASS THE COVID-19 AID BILL 
 TODAY, WORTH TENS OF BILLIONS 
 OF 
 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO 
 STRUGGLING CANADIAN INDIVIDUALS
 AND BUSINESSES, BUT AS DAVID 
 COCHRANE EXPLAINS, THINGS DID 
 NOT GO AS PLANNED.
 >> REPORTER: IT WAS ALL 
 SUPPOSED 
 TO BE SO EASY, BUT NOTHING 
 TODAY 
 GOES AS PLANNED.
 THE PLAN WAS SIMPLE.
 ALL PARTIES WOULD COME TOGETHER
 TO UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE THE AID 
 PACKAGE.
 $82 BILLION IN FINANCIAL 
 SUPPORT 
 FOR CANADIANS AND COMPANIES 
 HURT 
 BY COVID-19.
 BUT THE LIBERALS SLIPPED EXTRA 
 POWERS INTO THE PACKAGE TO 
 ALLOW 
 FOR SIGNIFICANT SPENDING 
 DECISIONS WITHOUT PARLIAMENTARY
 OVERSIGHT. 
 >> PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN 
 TRUDEAU: IT WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL 
 SITUATION THAT REQUIRES EXTREME
 FLEXIBILITY TO HELP CANADIANS. 
 >> REPORTER: SO POLITICS FLARED
 UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
 THE CONSERVATIVES REFUSED TO 
 SUPPORT THE PACKAGE UNLESS THEY
 GOT THOSE POWERS OUT. 
 >> REPORTER: THE BLOCK OFFERED 
 A 
 MIDDLE GROUND.
 LET THE LIBERALS HAVE THE 
 POWER, 
 BUT ONLY UNTIL SEPTEMBER. 
 >> LIKE MANY OTHER GOVERNMENTS 
 THROUGHOUT WESTERN COUNTRIES, 
 THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE SUCH
 POWER BUT FOR A SHORTER PERIOD 
 OF TIME. 
 >> REPORTER: SO WHAT WAS 
 SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN QUICKLY LED 
 TO MARATHON NEGOTIATIONS BEHIND
 CLOSED DOORS.
 $82 BILLION IN AID HANGING IN 
 THE BALANCE.
 SO ANDREW, WE'VE BEEN GETTING 
 SOME UPDATES.
 THE RECENT DRAFT LEGISLATION 
 HAS NOW BEEN SHARED WITH THE 
 OPPOSITION PARTIES, AND IT'S 
 BEING REVIEWED.
 OUR EXPECTATION IS THE LIBERALS
 WILL GET APPROVAL TO DO 
 EMERGENCY HEALTH SPENDING UNTIL
 SEPTEMBER WITHOUT PARLIAMENTARY
 OVERSIGHT.
 IT'S A COMPROMISE NEGOTIATION 
 THAT WILL ALLOW THAT AID TO GET
 OUT THE DOOR.
 SOME LATE MOVEMENT AFTER A DAY 
 OF LONG DELAYS.
 >> ADRIENNE: SO AS WE 
 MENTIONED, 
 THE NUMBER OF CANADIAN CASES 
 ROSE BY 700 TODAY.
 QUEBEC HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER 
 OF 
 CASES BY FAR, AND SAW THE 
 BIGGEST JUMP TODAY WITH 385 NEW
 CASES.
 BRITISH COLUMBIA ADDED 145.
 THAT CRUCIALLY IS FROM OVER THE
 LAST TWO DAYS.
 ONTARIO CONFIRMED ANOTHER 84 
 CASES, BUT ALONG WITH THE 
 RISING 
 NUMBERS, SOMETHING ELSE HAS 
 CHANGED DRAMATICALLY ABOUT 
 THESE 
 NUMBERS: WHERE PEOPLE CAUGHT 
 THE 
 VIRUS.
 HERE'S CHRISTINE BIRAK. 
 >> REPORTER: THE CORONAVIRUS IS
 NOW SPREADING WIDELY ACROSS 
 MOST 
 OF THE COUNTRY.
 YET AGAIN, CANADIANS ARE 
 BLUNTLY 
 BEING TOLD STAY HOME. 
 >> I CAN'T EMPHASIZE HOW 
 IMPORTANT THAT IS.
 IF WE'RE GOING TO GET A HANDLE 
 ON COMMUNITY SPREAD, EVERYBODY 
 HAS TO RESPECT THOSE MEASURES.
 >> REPORTER: NEW NUMBERS REVEAL
 A CHANGING PICTURE OF WHO'S 
 INFECTED.
 TRAVELERS AND THEIR CLOSE 
 CONTACTS USED TO MAKEUP THE 
 MAJORITY OF CASES.
 NOW, NEARLY HALF OF THE 
 CANADIANS WHO TESTED POSITIVE 
 FOR THE VIRUS BECAME INFECTED 
 SOMEWHERE IN THEIR COMMUNITY, 
 USUALLY IN GROUP SETTINGS.
 >> IN BRITISH COLUMBIA IN 
 PARTICULAR, WE KNOW A NUMBER --
 QUITE A LARGE PORTION OF THESE 
 ARE RELATED TO LONG-TERM CARE 
 FACILITY OUTBREAKS. 
 >> REPORTER: THE SAME GOES FOR 
 CARE HOMES IN ONTARIO AND 
 QUEBEC.
 OTHER CLUSTERS HAVE BEEN TRACED
 BACK TO A CURLING CLUB, FUNERAL
 HOMES, AND SEVERAL PEOPLE 
 ATTENDING A DENTAL CONFERENCE 
 WERE ALSO SICKENED. 
 >> I DON'T THINK WE APPRECIATED
 HOW QUICKLY IT CAN SPREAD 
 ACROSS 
 COMMUNITIES. 
 >> REPORTER: A NEW STUDY 
 EXAMINING THE DIAMOND PRINCESS 
 CRUISE SHIP SUGGESTS MORE 
 PEOPLE 
 MIGHT BE SPREADING THE VIRUS 
 THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
 RESEARCHERS FOUND ALMOST ONE IN
 FIVE PASSENGERS WHO HAD THE 
 VIRUS SHOWED NO SYMPTOMS AND 
 MAY 
 HAVE BEEN INFECTING OTHERS. 
 >> IF YOU CAN ENVISION A WORLD 
 WHERE WE ALL STAYED IN THE SAME
 PLACE 6 FEET AWAY FROM SOMEBODY
 ELSE FOR THE NEXT 14 DAYS, 
 THEN, 
 THE VIRUS WOULD DIE ITSELF OUT,
 AND THE OUTBREAK WOULD END. 
 >> REPORTER: THAT'S NOT GOING 
 TO 
 HAPPEN, BUT DOCTORS SAY IT'S 
 TIME FOR EVERYONE TO ACT. 
 >> I DON'T THINK WE CAN HOPE.
 I THINK WE DO NEED TO 
 OVERREACT, 
 BECAUSE IF WE LOOK ANYTHING 
 LIKE 
 WHAT ITALY OR WHAT THE UNITED 
 STATES COULD LOOK LIKE, I DON'T
 EVEN WANT TO IMAGINE THAT. 
 >> REPORTER: HEALTH OFFICIALS 
 SAY THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ARE 
 CRITICAL AND MAY ULTIMATELY 
 DECIDE HOW MANY LIVES END UP 
 BEING TOUCHED BY THIS VIRUS.
 CHRISTINE BIRAK, CBC NEWS, 
 TORONTO. 
 >> ANDREW: OKAY.
 I WANT TO BRING IN ALLISON 
 MCGEER, AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE 
 SPECIALIST IN TORONTO.
 DOCTOR, GIVEN THE CASES THAT WE
 KNOW ABOUT, IS THERE A WAY TO 
 ESTIMATE HOW MANY ACTUAL 
 PROBLEM 
 CASES THERE ARE IN CANADA?
 >> THE PROBLEM IS DEFINING 
 PROBLEM.
 BUT STILL, WE HAVE THIS VERY 
 SIGNIFICANT ISSUE THAT WE DON'T
 KNOW WHAT -- WHAT'S CALLED THE 
 ASYMPTOMATIC FRACTION IS.
 WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE 
 WHO EITHER DON'T HAVE ANY 
 SYMPTOMS FROM THIS OR WHO ARE 
 VERY MILDLY ILL.
 AND BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES WITH 
 TESTING, WHICH IS NOBODY'S 
 FAULT.
 IT'S CALLED THE VIRUS, OKAY?
 WE DON'T YET HAVE THE CAPACITY 
 TO ANSWER THAT, AND WE SIMPLY 
 HAVE TO BE PATIENT ABOUT THAT.
 IT IS CRITICAL.
 IT'S MAKING LIFE VERY DIFFICULT
 FOR PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS NOT
 HAVING THAT NUMBER, BUT THERE'S
 NOTHING WE CAN DO AT THE MOMENT
 EXCEPT WAIT FOR US TO BE ABLE 
 TO 
 EXPAND THE TESTING CAPACITY AND
 TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT NUMBER 
 IS.
 GOING TO TAKE TIME.
 >> ANDREW: OKAY.
 AND DR. MCGEER, I KNOW WE HAVE 
 MANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU 
 LATER IN THE PROGRAMME.
 DON'T GO TOO FAR.
 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
 >> ADRIENNE: AND A DENTIST WHO 
 HAS ATTENDED A RECENT 
 CONFERENCE 
 HAS DIED.
 AS TINA LOVEGREEN TELLS US, 
 THAT 
 HAS HIS PATIENTS AND OTHERS 
 UPSET.
 >> REPORTER: THE DOORS OF DR. 
 DENIS VINCENT'S OFFICE IS 
 CLOSED, A SIGN POSTED.
 FRIENDS SAY THE 64-YEAR-OLD WAS
 IN GREAT HEALTH AND ENJOYED 
 SKIING WITH HIS TWO BOYS. 
 >> HE NEVER MISSED A DAY OF 
 WORK.
 I MISSED MORE THAN HE DID IN 
 THOSE TWO AND A BIT YEARS THAT 
 I 
 WORKED WITH HIM. 
 >> REPORTER: VINCENT, ALONG 
 WITH 
 15,000 PEOPLE, ATTENDED THE 
 PACIFIC DENTAL CONFERENCE IN 
 EARLY MARCH.
 TEN DAYS AFTER THE EVENT, 
 HEALTH 
 OFFICIALS WARNED ATTENDEES TO 
 SELF-ISOLATE AFTER A CLUSTER OF
 COVID-19 CASES WERE TRACED BACK
 TO THE CONFERENCE. 
 >> WE KNOW OF 342 PEOPLE -- 32 
 PEOPLE THAT BECAME ILL AFTER 
 ATTENDING THAT CONFERENCE HERE 
 IN B.C., AND ALL OF THEM WERE 
 INVESTIGATED BY PUBLIC HEALTH.
 I DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE OF DEATH
 OF THIS INDIVIDUAL. 
 >> REPORTER: THE CORONER IS 
 INVESTIGATING WHETHER VINCENT 
 DIED BY COVID-19, BUT FRIENDS 
 WHO SAW HIM IN THE LAST FEW 
 WEEKS SAID HIS SYMPTOMS WERE 
 GETTING WORSE.
 FRIENDS ARE WONDERING WHY NO 
 ONE 
 ALERTED HIM ABOUT POSSIBLE 
 EXPOSURE AS A PATIENT. 
 >> YOU KNOW, I'M FEELING 
 VERY -- 
 I'M FEELING VERY CARELESS 
 MYSELF 
 FOR HAVING GONE.
 LIKE, I'M -- I'M REALLY, REALLY
 CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
 THE GOOD THING IS THAT I'M NOT 
 FEELING SICK AT ALL. 
 >> REPORTER: HEALTH OFFICIALS 
 MAINTAIN THOSE THAT NEEDED TO 
 BE 
 CONTACTED HAVE BEEN. 
 >> HE WAS AN AWESOME, AWESOME 
 MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT'S
 TREATED COUNTLESS FAMILIES THAT
 WE KNOW, AND HE -- HE WILL BE 
 MISSED. 
 >> REPORTER: MEANWHILE, HIS 
 PATIENTS ARE JUST STUNNED BY 
 THE 
 NEWS THAT THEIR FAVOURITE 
 DENTIST IS GONE.
 TINA LOVEGREEN, CBC NEWS, NORTH
 VANCOUVER, B.C. 
 >> ADRIENNE: SO STOPPING THE 
 SPREAD IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL.
 AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, THE 
 STRONGEST MEASURES TO KEEP 
 PEOPLE AT HOME, BUT ELLEN 
 MORROW 
 LOOKS INTO CONCERNS THAT 
 ONTARIO 
 STOPS SHORT. 
 >> THERE ARE QUESTIONS INTO 
 WHAT 
 CAN AND CANNOT REMAIN OPEN. 
 >> REPORTER: ONE QUESTION, 
 WHETHER ONTARIO'S CLOSURES GO 
 FAR ENOUGH. 
 >> THAT LIST CAN BE ADJUSTED, 
 AND WE WILL NOT HESITATE TO 
 AND WE WILL NOT HESITATE TO 
 SHUT 
 DOWN FURTHER WORKPLACES AS 
 NEEDED. 
 >> REPORTER: ALONG WITH GROCERY
 STORES AND PHARMACIES ON THE 
 ESSENTIAL LIST ARE DRY 
 CLEANERS, 
 OFFICE SUPPLY STORES, HARDWARE 
 OUTLETS, AND OTHERS. 
 >> I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE 
 PREVENTING ANYTHING. 
 >> REPORTER: ACROSS CANADA, 
 MORE 
 NEEDS TO BE CLOSED NOW SAYS 
 JENNIFER TOMLIN, AN E.R. DOCTOR
 ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE 
 COVID-19 CRISIS. 
 >> WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO 
 PANIC, BUT THEY SHOULD BE A 
 LITTLE SCARED.
 THERE'S COMMUNITY SPREAD NOW.
 WE KNOW THIS FOR A FACT.
 YOU HAVE TO ASSUME THAT EVERY 
 SINGLE PERSON YOU COME INTO 
 CONTACT WITH IS POSITIVE. 
 >> REPORTER: QUEBEC AND P.E.I. 
 HAVE ALSO ORDERED NONESSENTIAL 
 BUSINESSES CLOSED.
 ONE DIFFERENCE, CONSTRUCTION 
 SITES, MAINLY CLOSED IN QUEBEC,
 MAINLY BUSINESS AS USUAL IN 
 ONTARIO. 
 >> WHEN IT COMES TO NECESSITIES
 OF LIFE, SHELTER IS AT THE TOP 
 OF THE LIST. 
 >> REPORTER: BUT WORKERS ARE 
 ANXIOUS SAYS THIS UNION 
 OFFICIAL. 
 >> WE HEARD CONCERNS, GENERAL 
 HYGIENE, AVAILABILITY TO WASH 
 HANDS, AVAILABILITY OF HAND 
 SANITIZER. 
 SANITIZER. 
 OUR MEMBERS ARE CRAMMED INTO 
 THOSE SITES.
 >> REPORTER: PREMIER DOUG FORD 
 SAYS LABOUR INSPECTORS WILL BE 
 ON-SITE. 
 >> IF THE INDUSTRY DOES NOT 
 TAKE 
 EVERY STEP TO PROTECT THEIR 
 WORKERS, I WILL SHUT THEM DOWN.
 >> REPORTER: SHUTTING DOWN 
 BUSINESSES IS THE ONLY WAY TO 
 STOP THE VIRUS SAYS TOMLIN. 
 >> WE'RE SCARED.
 WE'RE WORRIED.
 WE'RE WORRIED ON NUMEROUS 
 FRONTS.
 IF YOU'RE NOT AFRAID OF WHAT'S 
 GOING ON, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE A
 GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
 >> REPORTER: AND TO EVENTUALLY 
 RETURN TO NORMAL LIFE, SHE SAYS
 STAY HOME NOW.
 ELLEN MORROW, CBC NEWS, 
 TORONTO.
 >> ANDREW: NOW CLEARLY, 
 DIFFERENT PROVINCES, DIFFERENT 
 STRATEGIES TO MANAGE THE VIRUS.
 ANITA BATHE IS TRACKING 
 STRATEGIES FROM ACROSS CANADA 
 FOR US.
 >> ANDREW, LET'S START IN 
 ALBERTA.
 NO NEW DEATHS HAVE BEEN 
 REPORTED, BUT CASES HAVE SPIKED
 IN THE LAST TWO DAYS.
 >> MOST OF THE CASES IN B.C. 
 ARE IN THE COASTAL HEALTH 
 REGION, BUT THE VIRUS IS MOVING
 QUICKLY THROUGHOUT OUR 
 PROVINCE.
 173 PEOPLE HAVE FULLY 
 RECOVERED.
 THAT'S ALMOST 30 PRS -- 30% OF 
 ALL OF OUR CASES.
 NOW EARLIER THIS WEEK, BRITISH 
 COLUMBIANS WERE SLAMMED FOR NOT
 OBSERVING SOCIAL DISTANCING.
 BUT TODAY, THE BEACHES ARE 
 EMPTY, THE PIER CLOSED.
 AND JUST A FINAL NOTE, B.C. 
 PARKS HAVE SUSPENDED ALL 
 SERVICES AND CLOSED FACILITIES 
 TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM 
 HANGING OUT.
 THE TEMPORARY MEASURES AFFECT 
 VISITOR CENTRES, PARKS, WASH 
 ROOMS, AND DAY USE FACILITIES.
 ANDREW?
 >> Andrew: THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
 ANITA.
 >>> CBC NEWS HAS LOOKED INTO 
 THE 
 REGULATIONS TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM
 BANNING FLIGHTS TO CANADA.
 SECURITY IS LIMITING IT TO 
 QUESTIONS.
 >> REPORTER: THE PRESSURE IS 
 ONTO GET HOME.
 CANADIANS ARE ON THE MOVE, 
 INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK. 
 >> MY FIRST SYMPTOMS HAD 
 STARTED 
 ON MY CONVEY -- WAY TO THE 
 AIRPORT, AND, YOU KNOW, AT THAT
 POINT, ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO,
 YOU KNOW, TURNAROUND?
 >> REPORTER: THE STUDENT FELL 
 ILL IN SPAIN.
 SHE ADMITS SHE HID HER SYMPTOMS
 WHEN SHE BOARDED A FLIGHT HOME 
 TO TORONTO 1.5 WEEKS AGO.
 SHE SINCE CONFIRMED IT'S 
 COVID-19. 
 >> YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T ASK, 
 AND IT'S NOT INFORMATION I 
 VOLUNTEERED.
 I JUST STAYED QUIET. 
 >> REPORTER: LAST WEEK, THE 
 GOVERNMENT PLEDGED TOUGHER 
 SCREENING FOR AIR TRAVELERS. 
 >> PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN 
 TRUDEAU: ANYONE WHO HAS 
 SYMPTOMS 
 WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COME TO 
 CANADA. 
 >> REPORTER: BUT IT DOESN'T 
 APPEAR TO BE WORKING.
 JANE AND HER HUSBAND FLEW HOME 
 ON SUNDAY. 
 >> ONE WOMAN COUGHED  FOR NINE 
 HOURS.
 IT WAS A NINE-HOUR FLIGHT, AND 
 SHE COUGHED THE ENTIRE TIME.
 EVERYBODY WAS VERY 
 UNCOMFORTABLE.
 >> REPORTER: CANADA'S CURRENT 
 SCREENING IS JUST THREE 
 QUESTIONED ASKED BY STAFF.
 >> DO YOU HAVE A FEVER OR 
 COUGH?
 IF SO, YOU'LL BE DENIED 
 BOARDING.
 HAVE YOU BEEN BANNED FROM 
 BOARDING IN THE LAST 14 DAYS?
 ALL REQUIRE HONESTY FROM 
 TRAVELERS.
 >> I GUESS PEOPLE HAVE TO BE 
 HONEST AND SAY YES, YOU'RE 
 FEELING WELL OR YOU'RE NOT 
 FEELING WELL.
 I CERTAINLY EMPATHIZE WITH 
 PEOPLE WHO AREN'T FEELING WELL.
 YOU DON'T WANT TO GET STUCK IN 
 THAT AIRPORT.
 LIKE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
 >> REPORTER: IT HAS EMPLOYEES 
 AND WORKERS CALLING ON 
 DIFFERENT 
 TESTING TO KEEP INFECTED PEOPLE
 FROM COMING ON BOARD.
 >> REPORTER: WE FOUND THAT 
 OTHER 
 AIRLINES ARE TAKING PEOPLE'S 
 TEMPERATURES AND USING THERMAL 
 SCANNERS INSIDE AIRPORTS.
 FOR NOW, CANADIAN AIRPORTS ARE 
 JUST ASKING QUESTIONS.
 THEY SAY THEY HAVE KEPT PEOPLE 
 FROM BOARDING, BUT THEY WON'T 
 SAY HOW MANY.
 DAVID SEGUIN, CBC NEWS, 
 TORONTO.
 >> ADRIENNE: THE WORLD HEALTH 
 ORGANIZATION IS CONCERNED THAT 
 THE UNITED STATES COULD BECOME 
 THE NEXT EPICENTRE FOR 
 COVID-19.
 CONFIRMED CASES HAVE PASSED THE
 50,000 MARK ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
 AND AT LEAST 700 PEOPLE HAVE 
 DIED, MORE THAN 100 IN NEW YORK
 CITY ALONE.
 THE CBC'S PAUL HUNTER HAS MORE 
 ON THE DIRE SITUATION THERE, 
 AND 
 THE TENSION BETWEEN NEW YORK 
 AND 
 WASHINGTON.
 >> REPORTER: FOR A SENSE OF THE
 FRUSTRATION IN NEW YORK, 
 CONSIDER THAT ON THE DAY U.S. 
 AUTHORITIES DELIVERED 400 FRESH
 VENTILATORS TO A NEW MAKESHIFT 
 HOSPITAL IN MANHATTAN, THE 
 GOVERNOR UNDERLINED WHAT'S 
 ACTUALLY NEEDED IS THOUSANDS 
 MORE. 
 >> YOU PICKED THE 26,000 PEOPLE
 THAT ARE GOING TO DIE BECAUSE 
 YOU ONLY SENT 400 VENTILATORS. 
 >> REPORTER: MEANWHILE, WITH 
 THE 
 U.S. ECONOMY ALSO UNDER FIRE, 
 MILLIONS NOW AT HOME, DONALD 
 TRUMP TODAY SIGNALLED HE WANTS 
 PEOPLE BACK AT WORK SOON, 
 REMARKABLY BY APRIL 12. 
 >> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I 
 WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE COUNTRY 
 OPENED UP AND JUST RARING TO GO
 BY EASTER. 
 >> REPORTER: THAT THE END OF 
 SOCIAL DISTANCING WOULD COME SO
 SOON IS IN THE FACE OF ALL 
 THOSE 
 WHO INSIST THAT WOULD ONLY 
 DEEPEN THE CRISIS.
 SAID TRUMP, KEEPING THE ECONOMY
 SHUTTERED IS WORSE. 
 >> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: WE 
 LOSE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO THE 
 FLU, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE 
 MORE PEOPLE BY PUTTING A 
 COUNTRY 
 INTO A MASSIVE RECESSION OR 
 DEPRESSION.
 YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE PEOPLE.
 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SUICIDES 
 BY 
 THE THOUSANDS.
 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL SORTS 
 OF THINGS HAPPEN.
 >> REPORTER: TRUMP LATER SEEMED
 TO HEDGE, SUGGESTING REOPENING 
 MAYBE JUST PARTS OF THE U.S. 
 >> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I 
 THINK THAT'S A GOAL THAT 
 PERHAPS 
 CAN HAPPEN OR AT LEAST FOR A 
 LARGE PORTION OF OUR COUNTRY. 
 >> REPORTER: HIS EXPERT ON 
 CORONA THEN SEEMED TO QUALIFY 
 THE TIMING. 
 >> WE JUST HAD A CONVERSATION 
 WITH THE PRESIDENT IN THE OVAL 
 OFFICE, TALKING ABOUT, YOU 
 KNOW, 
 YOU CAN LOOK AT A DATE, BUT 
 YOU'VE GOT TO BE VERY FLEXIBLE.
 >> REPORTER: AND TONIGHT, A 
 SOBERING WARNING FOR ALL WHO 
 HAVE EVEN BEEN TO NEW YORK 
 LATELY BUT WHO HAVE SINCE LEFT.
 THE INFECTION THERE IS SO HIGH,
 SAYS THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT 
 WHEREVER YOU ARE, 
 SELF-QUARANTINE NOW.
 PAUL HUNTER, CBC NEWS, 
 WASHINGTON.
 >> ADRIENNE: WHILE THE WORLD 
 ANXIOUSLY AWAITS A TREATMENT, 
 SOME ARE TESTING MEDICATION 
 THAT 
 COULD PUT THEIR LIVES AT RISK. 
 >> WITHIN 20 MINUTES, DIZZY, 
 HOT.
 I STARTED VOMITING.
 >> ADRIENNE: COMING UP ON "THE 
 NATIONAL," THE WARNINGS FROM 
 HEALTH OFFICIALS.
 >> ANDREW: AND THE DOCTORS 
 ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, 
 INCLUDING, WHICH IS SAFER?
 PUBLIC TRANSIT OR TAKING A TAXI
 OR AN UBER?
 OR AN UBER 
 >> ADRIENNE: AND COMING 
 TOGETHER 
 IN ISOLATION.
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 >> ADRIENNE: A NEW SHARED 
 CANADIAN EXPERIENCE.
 WE'RE BACK IN TWO MINUTES.
 >> Andrew: WELCOME BACK TO OUR 
 SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE 
 PANDEMIC.
 IN SPAIN, THE SITUATION IS 
 GETTING MORE DIRE BY THE DAY. 
 >> WE DON'T HAVE BEDS, ENOUGH 
 STAFF, EQUIPMENT.
 I'M JUST FINISHING A TEN-HOUR 
 SHIFT.
 LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT MY KIDS.
 PLEASE STAY AT HOME.
 >> Andrew: THIS IS A GLIMPSE 
 INSIDE HOSPITALS IN MADRID.
 THERE AREN'T ENOUGH BEDS FOR 
 THESE PATIENTS.
 THE COUNTRY HAS NEARLY 40,000 
 CASES OF COVID-19.
 THAT'S THE FOURTH HIGHEST IN 
 THE WORLD.
 MEANWHILE, NEARLY 5,000 PEOPLE 
 HAVE DIED.
 THIS HOCKEY RINK IS A TEMPORARY
 MORGUE TO EASE STRAIN ON 
 HOSPITALS.
 AND IN INDIA, THESE STREETS, 
 NORMALLY CROWDED, ARE EMPTY.
 THE GOVERNMENT HAS ENACTED A 
 LOCKDOWN ON THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
 RESEARCHE
 >>> SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS ARE 
 NOW IN PLACE IN THE U.K., TOO.
 BRITA
 BRITAIN IS RESTRICTING 
 CITIZENS, SAYING PEOPLE MUST 
 STAY HOME.
 >> Reporter: THIS IS JUST DAY 
 ONE OF A LOCKDOWN THE 
 GOVERNMENT WARNS WILL LAST A 
 MINIMUM OF THREE WEEKS.
 GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN TWO ARE
 NOW FORE BIDDEN, AND BRITS 
 SHOULD BE STAYING HOME EXCEPT 
 FOR FOOD AND MEDICINE, FOR ONE 
 FORM OF EXERCISE A DAY, AND 
 GETTING TO AND FROM WORK IF 
 ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
 IF THEY DON'T, THE COUNTRY'S 
 NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE WILL BE
 OVERRUN.
 TODAY, PLANS WERE ANNOUNCED TO 
 CREATE 4,000 HOSPITAL BEDS AT 
 AN EXHIBITION CENTRE IN LONDON,
 WHERE THE MOST CASES WERE 
 ANNOUNCED SO FAR. 
 >> YESTERDAY, THE GOVERNMENT 
 ANNOUNCED STEPS TO SLOW THE 
 VIRUS, AND THESE STEPS ARE NOT 
 REQUESTS, THEY'RE RULES. 
 >> Reporter: THIS BRINGS THE 
 COUNTRY MORE IN LINE WITH 
 COUNTRIES LIKE FRANCE AND 
 GERMANY, BUT CRITICS SAY 
 JOHNSON SHOULD HAVE IMPLEMENTED
 THEM SOONER.
 BIKE SHOPS ARE ONE OF THE FEW 
 BUSINESSES ALLOWED TO STAY 
 OPEN, NOW CONSIDERED AN 
 ESSENTIAL SERVICE HERE. 
 >> FOR A KEY SERVICE.
 IF THEY WANT A BICYCLE TO GO TO
 WORK.
 WE CAN HELP THEM.
 WE'RE ABLE TO FIX THEM BIKES. 
 >> Reporter: THESE WERE THE 
 SCENES IN THE LONDON 
 UNDERGROUND THIS MORNING.
 PEOPLE CRAMMED ONTO A REDUCED 
 SERVICE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S MEANT
 FOR CRITICAL WORKERS ONLY, MANY
 OF THEM IN HEALTH CARE.
 IT'S LED TO A ROW OVER WHETHER 
 CONSTRUCTION WORK IN THE 
 CAPITAL SHOULD BE SHUTDOWN.
 MORE UNCERTAINTY FEEDING A 
 CREEPING SENSE OF ALIENATION AS
 THE COUNTRY TRIES TO SLOW 
 ITSELF DOWN IN ORDER TO LIVE 
 AGAIN.
 MARGARET EVANS, CBC NEWS, 
 LONDON.
 >> Adrienne: THE TOKYO 
 OLYMPICS, THE WORLD'S BIGGEST 
 SPORTS HOLDOUT, HAS FINALLY 
 SUCCUMBED TO COVID-19.
 TODAY, MARCH 24, THE GAMES, SET
 TO BEGIN JULY 24, WERE 
 OFFICIAL
 OFFICIALLY POSTPONED.
 SASHA PETRUCEK HAS THE DETAILS 
 FROM JAPAN.
 >> Reporter: ON HOLD, POSSIBLY 
 UNTIL NEXT SUMMER, SAYS JAPAN'S
 PRIME MINISTER, SHINZO ABE, 
 SAYS THE COUNTRY'S NATIONAL 
 OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.
 >> AND WE DECIDED THAT IN ORDER
 TO SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH OF THE 
 ATHLETES AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED
 IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES, THAT WE 
 HAVE TO POSTPONE.
 >> Reporter: THE FLAME, HE 
 SAYS, WILL STAY IN JAPAN AS THE
 LIGHT AT THE END OF A DARK 
 TUNNEL.
 THAT'S WE
 THAT'S WELCOME NEWS FOR THIS 
 CANADIAN CANOEIST WHO'S JUST 
 CLEARED HER NAME AFTER BEING 
 SUSPENDED FOR TAKING A BANNED 
 SUBSTANCE.
 SHE DREAMS OF TAKING A GOLD. 
 >> AND NOW THAT I HAVE MORE 
 TIME, I FEEL IT GIVES ME TIME 
 TO JUST BREATHE AND DO IT 
 PROPERLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE, GET 
 MYSELF READY PHYSICALLY, 
 EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY. 
 >> Reporter: IN MANY WAYS, IT 
 WAS ATHLETES TRAINING IN THE 
 FACE OF AN EPIDEMIC. 
 >> THE FACT THAT THEY WERE 
 SAYING WE WILL NOT GO.
 IT WILL RESULT IN A WAY FOR 
 ATHLETES TO INVOLVE THEMSELVES 
 MORE IN THE WAY OF THE DECISION
 MAKING OF THE I.O.C. 
 
 >> Reporter: IN JAPAN, IT WAS 
 THE CITIZENS WHO PRESSURED ABE.
 SUPPLIERS AND SPONSORS WAIT.
 AND FOR THE ATHLETES, WILL THEY
 HAVE TO REQUALIFY FOR THE FIRST
 OLYMPIC GAMES EVER TO BE 
 POSTPONED.
 SASHA PETRUCEK, CBC NEWS, 
 TOKYO.
 >> Andrew: WELL, WE'VE BEEN 
 GETTING MANY QUESTIONS INTO THE
 NEWSROOM, INCLUDING IS IT SAFE 
 TO HANDLE CASH.
 WE'LL HAVE THE ANSWER AFTER THE
 BREAK.
 >>> PLUS, THE PRIME MINISTER IS
 SPREADING HIS MESSAGE WITH A 
 LITTLE HELP.
 HERE'S ACTOR RYAN REYNOLDS. 
 >>> IN ITALY, LEADERS HAVE NO 
 TIME FOR JOKES.
 THEY'RE TOO ANGRY.
 PING PONG IS NOT ALLOWED, 
 SHOUTS ONE FRUSTRATED MAYOR.
 GO HOME TO YOUR PLAYSTATIONS.
 >>> YOU ARE IRRESPONSIBLE 
 IDIOTS, CHASTISING PEOPLE 
 THERE.
 AND ANOTHER MAYOR HAS A STARK 
 WARNING.
 >> Andrew: WELL, AGAIN TONIGHT,
 WE ARE TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS, 
 BUT WE WANT TO START TONIGHT 
 WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT 
 DIFFERENT.
 IT'S A PASSIONATE AND SOBERING 
 WAKE UP CALL FROM AN EMERGENCY 
 ROOM PHYSICIAN IN TORONTO.
 EARLIER TONIGHT, WE HEARD FROM 
 JENNIFER TOMLIN, CALLING ON 
 MORE BUSINESSES TO SHUTDOWN.
 AND NOW, SHE EXPLAINS WHY 
 CANADIANS MUST HEED THE CALL TO
 STAY HOME. 
 >> BECAUSE THERE'S COMMUNITY 
 SPREAD NOW.
 WE KNOW THIS FOR A FACT.
 YOU HAVE TO ASSUME THAT EVERY 
 SINGLE PERSON YOU COME INTO 
 CONTACT WITH IS POSITIVE.
 YOU JUST HAVE TO.
 WE ARE NOT TESTING PEOPLE.
 WE CAN'T TEST PEOPLE, SO THE 
 NUMBERS THAT ARE BEING REPORTED
 EVERY MORNING, EVERY NIGHT, 
 THAT IS FALSELY REASSURING TO 
 EVERYBODY.
 THOSE AREN'T THE NUMBER OF 
 CASES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR 
 PROVINCE OR IN OUR COUNTRY.
 THERE IS TONNES MORE, WE JUST 
 DON'T KNOW IT.
 WE ARE ABOUT THREE WEEKS BEHIND
 ITALY.
 LIFE IS NOT GOING ON THERE.
 IN FACT, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 
 ARE DIEING, SO LIFE IS GOING TO
 GO ON, HOPEFULLY, BUT NOT IN 
 THE WAY THAT WE'RE USED TO, AND
 WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET OUR 
 HEADS AROUND THAT AND SUBSCRIBE
 TO IT.
 IT IS OUR DUTY, IT IS OUR JOB 
 TO PROTECT OUR POPULATION.
 WE DON'T HAVE THE TESTS.
 I THINK THE PUBLIC IS NOW 
 REALIZING THAT.
 OUR NUMBERS HAVE DROPPED OFF A 
 BIT, BUT KNOW, IT'S THE CALM 
 BEFORE THE STORM, AND THE STORM
 IS COMING.
 ALL THE SICK PEOPLE THAT HAVE 
 COVID-19 ARE GOING TO START TO 
 COME IN, AND THEY ARE GOING TO 
 TAX OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM 
 TREMENDOUSLY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE
 THAT JUST HAVE REGULAR HEART 
 ATTACKS AND STROKES, AND APPEND
 APPENDICITIS ARE GOING TO COME 
 IN, TOO.
 WE HAVE TO CONSERVE RESOURCES.
 WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYBODY GETTING
 COVID-19 AT THE SAME TIME. 
 >> Andrew: SO WITH ME TONIGHT, 
 AND LISTENING TO WHAT I JUST 
 HEARD, DR. ALLISON McGEER, AN 
 INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST 
 AT MOUNT SINAI, AND DR. 
 JENNIFER SACHSEER.
 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
 >> WE NEED PEOPLE TO BE 
 PHYSICALLY DISTANCING 
 THEMSELVES FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
 WE NEED EVERYBODY TO BE DOING 
 EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SLOW THE
 CURVE OF THIS VIRUS.
 IF, A WEEK FROM NOW, MY -- MY 
 HOPES ARE RIGHT, AND WE'RE 
 DOING A LITTLE BETTER.
 THEN WE CAN TALK AGAIN.
 BUT AT THE MOMENT, EVERY SINGLE
 ONE OF US HAS TO BE DOUBLING 
 DOWN ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO, NOT
 COMING INTO CONTACT WITH PEOPLE
 WE DON'T WANT TO COME INTO 
 CONTACT WITH. 
 >> AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT 
 VERY MUCH.
 I WOULD THINK THAT ANY 
 UNNECESSARY CONTACT WITH WOULD 
 RESULT IN, BASED ON THE 
 LITERATURE, THOUSANDS TO TENS 
 OF THOUSANDS OF CASES LATER IF 
 SOMEONE IS ABLE TO SPREAD 
 VIRUS.
 SO THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE 
 IS YOU WANT TO DO ALL THE CASES
 UP FRONT.
 SO WHAT I HEARD FROM THE EMERG 
 DOC IS PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE IT 
 SERIOUSLY, AND PEOPLE ARE 
 TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.
 >> Andrew: HERE'S THE NEXT ONE.
 HOW DO WE DEAL WITH PACKAGES 
 AND FOOD?
 DR. McGEER?
 >> AGAIN, THE ISSUE IS PEOPLE, 
 NOT THINGS.
 YOU'RE IN MORE DANGER OF 
 GETTING CLOSE TO THE DELIVERY 
 PERSON THAN YOU ARE FROM 
 ACCEPTING THE PACKAGE FROM THE 
 DELIVERY PERSON BECAUSE IT'S 
 FRESH DROPLETS FROM PEOPLE THAT
 ARE THE PROBLEM.
 AND MAINTAINING PHYSICAL 
 DISTANCE FROM PEOPLE IS MORE 
 IMPORTANT THAN WORRYING ABOUT 
 SOMITES.
 HAVING SAID THAT, GET THE 
 DELIVERY, TAKE IT OUT OF ITS 
 CONTAINER, CLEAN YOUR HANDS, 
 AND YOU'RE FINE.
 >> Andrew: OKAY.
 DR. SACHSINGER, THE NEXT 
 QUESTION IS FOR YOU.
 SHOULD I JUST ASSUME THAT 
 SCHOOL IS CANCELLED FOR THE 
 REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR?
 >> HONESTLY, I THINK THAT 
 PEOPLE SHOULD ASSUME THAT.
 IF WE GO BACK, THAT'S GREAT, 
 BUT NOT HIGHLY LIKELY.
 I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD PLAN FOR 
 THE LONG HALL IN THE CURRENT 
 SITUATION.
 >> Andrew: DR. McGEER, WHICH IS
 SAFER, TAKING A TAXI OR AN 
 UBER?
 >> THAT'S A REALLY INTERESTING 
 QUESTION.
 IT DEPENDS ON HOW LONG YOUR 
 RIDE IS, WHO IS IN THE TAXI OR 
 WHO IS IN THE UBER.
 IF YOU'RE UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO GET
 INTO THE TAXI WITH SOMEONE WHO 
 IS INFECTED BUT DOESN'T HAVE 
 SYMPTOMS, YOU MIGHT BE OKAY AS 
 COMPARED TO IF YOU'RE ON THE 
 SUBWAY WITH OTHERS WHO ARE 
 INFECTED.
 IT COMES DOWN TO DON'T TAKE 
 TRIPS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO. 
 >> Andrew: OKAY.
 DR. SACHSINGER, THIS QUESTION 
 IS FOR YOU.
 CAN YOU GET INFECTED THROUGH A 
 CUT IN YOUR HAND?
 >> THE ANSWER WOULD BE NO.
 THE VIRUS IS SPREAD BY 
 DROPLETS.
 HAND TO MOUTH, NOSE, AND 
 DROPLET INHALATION WOULD BE THE
 MOST COMMON WAYS.
 >> Andrew: OKAY.
 DR. McGEER, IS CASH SAFE TO 
 HANDLE?
 >> I WOULD SAY SO.
 I GET THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY 
 IS WORRIED ABOUT EVERYTHING.
 IF YOU LIVE IN SWEDEN, SWEDEN 
 IS A CASHLESS SOCIETY, AND SO I
 DO THINK THAT IN THE INTERESTS 
 OF JUST THE ANXIETY OF 
 EVERYBODY WHO'S WORKING IN OUR 
 ESSENTIAL STORES, BUSINESSES 
 THAT NEED TO BE OPEN, I THINK 
 IT'S A KINDNESS TO THEM IF WE 
 ALL START USING CREDIT AND 
 DEBIT CARDS.
 >> Andrew: DR. McGEER, DR. 
 SACHSINGER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
 >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
 >> Andrew: NOW WE WILL BE 
 TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS EVERY 
 NIGHT, SO E-MAIL US AT CBC.CA. 
 >> Adrienne: CANADA'S HEALTH 
 MINISTER HAS WARNED US THAT 
 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ARE 
 ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE RIGHT 
 NOW, AND NOT MANY ARE READY. 
 >> Reporter: IT'S NOT A TOTAL 
 LOCKDOWN, AT LEAST NOT YET.
 STRADDLING THE MANITOBA-QUEBEC 
 BORDERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 
 SUPPLIERS, INVITED GUESTS, AND 
 INVITED PERSONNEL ONLY.
 CHIEF VERNON REDSKY SAYS IT 
 WON'T STOP A VIRUS, BUT THEY'RE
 HOPING TO ARE SUCCESSFUL.
 RIGHT NOW, HE'S BASICALLY 
 RUNNING THE COMMUNITY FROM HIS 
 TRUCK, TRYING TO PREVENT AN 
 OUTBREAK. 
 >> WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS ALL
 THE NECESSITIES THAT ARE 
 REQUIRED TO STAY SAFE. 
 >> IT'S NOT JUST SHOAL LAKE 40.
 CONCERNS ARE BEING SHARED BY 
 INDIGENOUS NATIONS ACROSS THE 
 COUNTRY WHERE POVERTY, 
 OVERCROWDING, AND LACK OF 
 ACCESS TO FACILITIES ARE 
 CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM 
 RIGHT NOW.
 EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE PRIME 
 MINISTER ANNOUNCED MILLIONS OF 
 DOLLARS FOR FIRST NATIONS.
 NATIONAL CHIEF PERRY BELLEGARDE
 SAYS YOU ONLY NEED TO LOOK BACK
 TO H1N1, WHEN THAT ILLNESS HIT 
 THE COMMUNITIES HARD.
 IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW QUICKLY THAT
 AID MONEY WILL FUNNEL DOWN.
 IN THE MEANTIME, THEY'RE 
 GETTING READY. 
 >> IF WE HAVE TO QUARANTINE 
 SOMEBODY, WE CAN DO THAT. 
 >> Reporter: MAKING PLANS TO 
 USE PUBLIC BUILDINGS, LIKE THE 
 ARENAS, AS CARE CENTRES.
 MANY HERE HAVE ALREADY 
 SELF-ITSELF
 SELF-ISOLATED, KNOWING THEY'LL 
 NEED MORE THAN A CHECK TO KEEP 
 THE CURVE FLAT HERE.
 >> Adrienne: NEXT ON "THE 
 NATIONAL," DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE
 IS HOPEFUL A MALARIA DRUG COULD
 TREAT COVID-19.
 BUT THE EXPERTS?
 >> CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH THIS 
 IS
  SHO
 . 
 >> Andrew: YOU MAY HAVE HEARD 
 ABOUT AN OLD MALARIA MEDICATION
 BEING STUDIED IN THIS COVID-19 
 CRISIS, POSSIBLY TO BE USED IN 
 THE FUTURE TO TREAT THE 
 ILLNESS, BUT AS VIK ADHOPIA 
 TELLS US, IT'S STILL BEING 
 RESEARCHED. 
 >> Reporter: THE WOMAN, WHO 
 DOESN'T WANT TO BE NAMED, SAYS 
 THE TOXIC EFFECTS HIT THEM 
 HARD.
 HER HUSBAND DIED. 
 >> WITHIN 20 MINUTES, DIZZY, 
 HOT, VOMITING.
 MY HUSBAND STARTED DEVELOPING 
 RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AND WANTED
 TO HOLD MY HAND.
 >> Reporter: CHLOROQUINE WAS 
 USED DURING THE FIRST WORLD 
 WAR.
 A MILDER VERSION, 
 HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE IS USED FOR 
 CERTAIN ILLNESSES, BUT IN HIGH 
 DOSES, IT CAN CAUSE HEART 
 PROBLEMS AND EVEN PSYCHOSIS. 
 >> I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THIS 
 STRONG ENOUGH.
 THIS IS A DANGEROUS DRUG IN THE
 AMONG HANDS, AND THE THING TO 
 DO IS TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE 
 SCIENCE SAYS.
 >> Reporter: LAB TESTS SUGGEST 
 IT COULD STOP INFECTED CELLS 
 FROM REPLICATING, BUT THAT 
 NEEDS TO BE TESTED IN PEOPLE 
 BEFORE IT CAN BE PRESCRIBED 
 WIDELY.
 THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE 
 SPECIALIST LEADING THE TRIAL. 
 >> BECAUSE IT'S A REPURPOSED 
 DRUG, WE HAVE A LOT OF EVIDENCE
 ON ITS SAFETY IN PREGNANCY, 
 BREAST FEEDING, SO IT GIVES US 
 THE COMPETENCY TO TEST IT IN 
 THESE HIGH RISK FRONTLINE 
 WORKERS. 
 >> Reporter: THERE ARE OTHER 
 DRUG THERAPIES AND DRUG 
 COMBINATIONS BEING TESTED IN 
 THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.
 AT THIS POINT, NONE OF THEM ARE
 APPROVED.
 VIK ADHOPIA, CBC NEWS.
 >> Andrew: WHEN WE COME BACK, 
 WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE LIGHTER 
 THINGS OUT THERE.
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 >> Andrew: YESANIA
 >> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK.
 AS WE TAKE IN THE NEED FOR 
 SOCIAL ISOLATION, THIS 
 TEMPORARY MOVE AWAY FROM EACH 
 OTHER HAS AWAKENED A PARADOX 
 THAT IT'S BRINGING US TOGETHER.
 WE LOOK AT A COLLECTIVE 
 EXPERIENCE FOR CANADIANS WHO 
 HAVE NEVER HAD TO SHARE SUCH A 
 STRANGE AND DANGEROUS MOMENT IN
 TIME.
 >> Prime Minister Justin 
 Trudeau: STAY HOME.
 ENGAGE IN SOCIAL DISTANCING.
 PROTECT YOURSELVES, PROTECT OUR
 SYSTEM, AND LET'S GET THROUGH 
 THIS STRONGLY AS A COUNTRY. 
 >> Reporter: THE CALL TO STAY 
 AWAY FROM EACH OTHER GROWS MORE
 URGENT BY THE DAY, AND AS A NEW
 NORMAL DESCENDS, IT CAN FEEL SO
 SOLITARY, AND YET, WE'RE ALL 
 ALONE TOGETHER.
 PEOPLE ARE SHARING THE SAME 
 MOMENT IN TIME. 
 >> SO THAT'S TO MAKE SURE 
 YOU'RE STAYING FAR ENOUGH 
 APART?
 >> EXACTLY. 
 >> Reporter: ANY WAY THEY CAN.
 SO WHEN YOU CAN GET TOGETHER 
 WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURS. 
 >> EXACTLY. 
 >> Reporter: COMMUNITY IS BEING
 REENACTED BY THE DAY.
 IN HALIFAX, A WELCOMING DOOR OF
 A DIFFERENT KIND.
 IN St. JOHNS, TEDDY BEARS IN 
 THE WINDOWS TO CHEER UP THE 
 CHILDREN.
 AND IN TORONTO, A MOTHER SETS 
 UP A REGULAR WALK IN WAYS SO 
 THAT HER CHILDREN CAN STILL SEE
 THEIR FRIENDS, WHILE A CONDO 
 COMMUNITY MEETS ON THEIR 
 BALCONIES.
 FROM HER BALCONY IN HALIFAX, 
 KAILLIE DIMICK HOLDS LIVE DANCE
 EVENTS JUST TO HOLD PEOPLE 
 TOGETHER. 
 >> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF 
 EMPATHY, TRAGEDY IN THIS.
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 >> Reporter: JOHN MUIRHEAD IS 
 ALREADY LOSING GIGS, BUT 
 ALREADY PAYING IT FORWARD.
 THE SONG WRITER ALREADY 
 RECORDED A SONG AT HIS HOME IN 
 TORONTO. 
 >> IT DEFINITELY FEELS LIKE 
 WE'RE A BIT OF SOMETHING 
 BIGGER.
 IT DEFINITELY SEEMS TO BE 
 BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, WHICH
 IS STRANGE AS IT'S FORCING US 
 TO ISOLATE. 
 >> WE ARE HERE FOR YOU. 
 >> Reporter: BUT WHILE OTHERS 
 HAVE TO ISOLATE, OTHERS HAVE TO
 BAND TOGETHER.
 >> AND PLEASE, IF YOU CAN, STAY
 HOME. 
 >> I'M GOING TO RING THE BELL. 
 >> Reporter: FROM HER HOME, A 
 RETIRED NURSE RINGS A BELL TO 
 SUPPORT ALL FRONTLINE HEALTH 
 CARE WORKERS.
 AND RESTAURANT OWNER THOMAS 
 HOFF DELIVERS FREE MEALS TO 
 EMERGENCY STAFF. 
 >> IT'S A SMART PART, BUT TO 
 PLAY A SMALL PART IN THEIR DAY,
 BRINGING SOME JOY, IT DOES MEAN
 A LOT TO MY TEAM.
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 >> Reporter: AND WHILE A WOMAN 
 SERENADES STRANGERS JUST 
 BECAUSE, EVERY SMALL ACT 
 REMINDS US WE ARE ALL IN THIS 
 TOGETHER.
 IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS, CBC NEWS, 
 TORONTO.
 >> Adrienne: UP NEXT, OUR 
 "MOMENT."
 BUT FIRST, WE WANTED TO SHOW 
 YOU A BIT MORE FROM IOANNA'S 
 STORY, FROM THE I.C.U. IN 
 TORONTO.
 >> WE ARE UNITED. 
 >> TO GIVE YOU THE BEST 
 POSSIBLE CARE.
 >> TO MAINTAIN YOUR DIGNITY.
 >> TO FIGHT
 >> Adrienne: SO THAT IS PLUTO 
 OFFERING SOME MUCH NEEDED 
 COMEDIC RELIEF TO PEOPLE AROUND
 THE WORLD.
 AND PLUTO, BY THE WAY, IS A 
 FEMALE, AND A SCHNAUZER.
 HER VIDEOS HIT A FUNNY BONE, 
 WHICH IS WHY PEOPLE CONTINUE TO
 WATCH IN TIMES OF STRESS, AND A
 LITTLE LAUGHTER GOES A LONG 
 WAY.
 THAT IS OUR "MOMENT.." 
 >> THE PLUTO VIDEOS HAVE BEEN 
 GOING ON FOR A LITTLE WHILE 
 JUST WITHIN MY GROUP OF 
 FRIENDS.
 I DON'T NORMALLY DO PUBLIC 
 POSTS, BUT I THOUGHT OKAY, I'LL
 MAKE IT PUBLIC.
 AND WHEN IT PASSED 1 MILLION, I
 THOUGHT OKAY, I DON'T QUITE 
 UNDERSTAND IT.
 IT
 IT'S INCREDIBLE, SOME OF THE 
 MESSAGES THAT WE'RE GETTING, 
 BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SAYING 
 THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME, AND
 SHE IS MAKING THEIR DAY.
 ONE WOMAN MESSAGED ME FROM 
 ROME, AND UP POPPED HER VIDEO, 
 AND SHE LAUGHED FOR THE FIRST 
 TIME IN A WEEK.
 WHAT CAN WE DO?
 SHE IS NOW A PANDEMIC AND AN 
 INFLUENCER SPOKESPERSON DRUN 
 DRDRUN 
  -- 
 >> Adrienne: AND SHE SAID MOST 
 OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MESSAGING
 HERE ARE HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
 >> Andrew: I LOVE THAT.
 THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR THIS 
 MARCH 24.
 GOOD NIGHT.
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