>> Mike: TONIGHT ON CBC
VANCOUVER NEWS.
>> AND WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL
FIVE DEATHS UNFORTUNATELY.
>> Mike: AND OVER 1,000 CASES OF
COVID-19 NOW REPORTED IN B.C.,
ALSO
.
>> MAY THE 1st IS A SCARY
THING TO THINK ABOUT.
>> Mike: TENANTS UNABLE TO PAY
THEIR RENT.
>> YOU MAY BE SWEATING.
>> Mike: HOW RUNNING IN CLOSE
QUARTERS MAY BE DANGEROUS AS FAR
AS SPREADING THE VIRUS.
>> Announcer: THIS IS CBC
VANCOUVER NEWS.
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>> Mike: GOOD EVENING.
ZERO CHANCE THAT IS THE WORD
FROM B.C. HEALTH OFFICIALS WHEN
ASKED THIS AFTERNOON IF COVID-19
RELATED ORDERS WOULD BELIFTED
BEFORE MAY, ZERO CHANCE AND
TODAY THE PROVINCE ANNOUNCING
MORE DEATHS, MORE RECOVERIES AND
ITS FIRST LARGE COMMUNITY
OUTBREAK AND DAN JOINING US NOW
LIVE WITH MORE.
THE LATEST NUMBERS?
>> Reporter: MIKE, 1,013 CASES
OF COVID-19 IN THE PROVINCE AND
FIVE MORE PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND
NOW WE'VE LOST 24 PEOPLE IN OUR
PROVINCE AND AMONG THE MORE THAN
1,000 CASE, 507 HAVE RECOVERED,
JUST OVER HALF AND WE HAVE OUR
FIRST LARGE COMMUNITY OUTBREAK
AS YOU SAID AT WEST KELOWNA'S
BYLANDS NURSERIES WITH 14 CASES
AMONG 63 TEMPORARY FOREIGN
WORKERS AND THERE WAS A LOT OF
MIXING ON THE FARM AND THE
WORKERS HAVE THE SPACE TO BE
ISOLATED WHILE SICK AND THERE
ARE ALSO LONG-TERM CARE HOMES
DEALING WITH SOME OUTBREAKS BUT
Dr. HENRY SAYS WHEN IT COMES
TO TIMELINES WE'RE IN THIS FOR A
LONG HAUL AND PEOPLE SHOULD NOT
EXPECT OR THES FOR PHYSICAL
DISTANCING AND OTHER SHUTDOWNS
TO BE LIFTED FOR WEEKS IF NOT
MORE MONTHS.
>> I THINK THAT IT IS MORE AND
MORE LESS LIKELY THAT WE'LL BE
ABLE TO GET BACK TO FULL, NORMAL
LIFE, WHICH I MISS A LOT BEFORE
AT LEAST THE SUMMER AND THEN WE
NEED TO START PREPARING
OURSELVES FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A
SECOND WAVE IN THE FALL.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEED TO PUT
EVERY POSSIBLE EFFORT INTO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A VACCINE.
>> I WOULD SAY IT IS STILL ZERO
CHANCE BEFORE THE END OF APRIL
AND I THINK THAT IN HE REMEMBER
ITS OF ANY OF THE ORDERS BEING
SUGGESTED, A SIMILAR KIND OF
CHANCE, LITTLE TO NONE IN MAY OR
IN THE IMMEDIATE WEEKS AFTER
MAY, I THINK THAT WE'RE INTO
THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
>> Mike: HENRY AND DIX HAVE SAID
THAT THE NEXT TWO WEEKS ARE
CRUCIAL TO SEE HOW WE ARE
FLATTENING OR PLANKING THE CURVE
AND WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF
THE DISEASE MIGHT REAPPEAR IN
THE FALL.
MIKE?
>> Mike: THANK YOU, DAN.
PREMIER JOHN HORGAN IS GOING TO
BE DRESSING THE PROVINCE IN JUST
A FEW MINUTES FROM NOW AND WILL
PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE B.C.
RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AND HOW THE
PROVINCE IS WORKING TO DELIVER
HELP TO PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES IN
NEED DURING THIS TIME AND
THE ADDRESS IS COMING UP HERE AT
6:15 AND WE'LL HAVE IT LIVE AND
AT CBC.CA/B.C. FOR A LIFE
STREAM.
IT IS THE -- FOR A LIVE STREAM.
IT IS THE LAST DAY OF MARCH AND
MANY WORRY ABOUT RENT FOR
TOMORROW AND GIVEN THE LARGE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE NOW OUT OF
WORK, TENANTS ADVOCACY GROUPS
CALL FOR A CANCELLATION ON RENT
PAYMENTS, FOR NOW.
>> THAT IS LIKE ALL OF THE STUFF
THERE FOR MY DOG THAT I'M
ORGANIZING AND HERE IN THE
KITCHEN, I'M ORGANIZING.
>> Reporter: NEVADA JONES WAS
LAID OFF FROM HER RESTAURANT JOB
LAST WEEK AND SHE IS ONE OF MANY
VANCOUVER RESIDENTS WORRIED
ABOUT MAKING RENT.
>> I MAKE A DECENT SALARY WHEN I
WORK FULL TIME, I SPEND HALF OF
MY INCOME ON RENT.
>> Reporter: AND THE VANCOUVER
TENANTS RUINON JOINS OTHER
GROUPS ASKING FOR THE
CANCELLATION OF RENT PAYMENTS
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
>> WE'RE IN A CRISIS AND WE
CANNOT HAVE LANDLORDS AND
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES
CARRYING ON BUSINESS AS USUAL
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO GO INTO DEBT OR STARVE
OUR FAMILIES IN ORDER TO HELP
MAKE PROFITS FOR THEM.
>> Reporter: A MOVE THAT JONES
SAYS SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE PUT
IN PLACE AND WORKING IN THE
RESTAURANT BUSINESS, LOSING THAT
JOB MEANT LOSING ONE MEAL A DAY.
>> MY MONEY WOULD GO FURTHER IN
TERMS OF COVERING GROCERIES,
THAT WAS A HUGE PART OF MY COST
OF LIVING BEING OFFSET.
>> Reporter: AND LANDLORDS SAY
THAT A RENT CANCELLATION IS NOT
REASONABLE.
>> IT HAS A MULTIPLIER EFFECT,
YOU KNOW, ANY SUGGESTION A RENT
STRIKE OR WHAT HAVE YOU IS
UNFORTUNATE, PITTING THE TENANTS
AGAINST THE LANDLORDS AND THAT
IS HONESTLY THE LAST THING THAT
WE NEED RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE B.C. GOVERNMENT
ISSUED A $500 LANDLORD SUBSIDY
TO GO TO LANDLORDS DIRECTLY AND
LANDLORDS B.C. SAYS TO WORK WITH
TENANTS AND LANDLORDS OVER THIS
TIME.
>> THE MESSAGE TO THE MEMBERS IS
STRONG, TO BE SENSITIVE AND
COMPASSIONATE AND BOURQUE WITH
YOUR TENAMENTS TO TRY TO FIND
ACCOMMODATION HERE.
>> Reporter: AND AS LONG AS
TENANTS CAN PAY THEIR RENTS,
THEY ARE REQUIRED TO.
>> Mike: AND ON A SUNNY DAY IN
VANCOUVER, PHYSICAL DISTANCING
AND THE SEAWALL DO NOT REALLY
MIX AND THERE IS NO BAN ON GOING
FOR A JOG ON THE MOST POPULAR
RUNNING PATH BUT AS WE HEAR
TONIGHT EXPERTS WANT YOU TO BE
SMART ABOUT WHERE AND WHEN YOU
CHOOSE TO EXERCISE DURING THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
>> Reporter: RUNNERS ARE A
CREATIVE BUNCH.
WHEN THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO RUN,
THEY STAGE MARATHONS IN THEIR
BACKYARDS AND GARRETT FROM THE
UK SPENT FIVE HOURS RUNNING
AROUND A 10 YARD TRACK UNTIL HE
HAD COMPLETED 42 KILOMETRES AND
THEN THIS GUY FROM FRANCE WHO
HAD RUN A MARATHON ON HIS
BALCONY, 42 KILOMETRES, SEVEN
METRES AT A TIME FOR SEVEN HOURS
AND IN VANCOUVER, RUNNERS TEND
TO PREFER THE SEAWALL TO PATIOS
BUT WHEN IT IS PACKED IT IS
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP A TWO
METRE PHYSICAL DISTANCE FROM
EVERYONE AND THE DOCTORS SAY IT
IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE
RUNNERS.
>> THE RISK IS THAT YOU ARE
BREATHING HEAVIER AND SWEATING
AND, AGAIN IT IS PASSED THROUGH
FLUIDS, DROPLETS FROM THE
RESPIRATORY SECRETIONS.
>> GO TO THOSE AREAS THAT ARE
NOT DENSELY POPULATED SO THAT
YOU CAN KEEP 6-10 FEET OF
DISTANCE AND YOU CAN RUN, HIKE,
WALK, DO WHATEVER YOU PLEASE BUT
THE KEY THING IS DISTANCING.
>> Reporter: BUT FINDING A QUIET
PLACE TO RUN IS NOT AS EASY AS
IT USED TO BE, EVEN IN THE
WOODS.
>> I WAS OUT ON TRAILS WHERE I
WOULD TYPICALLY SEE MAYBE NOBODY
UNTIL, LIKE, OH, WOW THERE ARE
PEOPLE THERE AT ALL HOURS DURING
THE DAY.
>> Reporter: AND FINDING A SAFE,
NOT SO CROWDED PLACE TO RUN CAN
BE DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE
AND DOCTORS SAY IT IS IMPORTANT
TO EXERCISE, WHEN YOU CAN, IF
YOU ARE HEALTHY.
>> WHAT I HAVE STUCK TO AS AN
AVID RUNNER IS TO STICK WITH
LONE WOLF RUNNING, AND JUST
BASICALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THAT I AM OUT THERE ON MY OWN
THE CHALLENGE BEING THAT ANY
GROUP OUT THERE REPRESENTS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR TRANSMISSION.
>> Reporter: AND SUGGESTS
PICKING ROUTES IN QUIET
NEIGHBOURHOODS AND IF ALL ELSE
FAILS, THERE IS ALWAYS THE
MARATHON ON THE BALCONY OPTION.
>> Mike: AND BRINGING IN OUR
METEOROLOGIST RIGHT NOW, THERE
IS A LOT GOING ON.
>> IT IS AN ACTIVE PASS HOUR AND
RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT AND IF
ANYONE IS LISTENING RIGHT NOW
THE THUNDERSTORM IS WHAT IS ON
YOUR MIND, SHOWING WHAT YOU IT
JUST TO GIVE YOU A PICTURE,
RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE COQUITLAM AND IT HAS
LOOKED TORRENTIAL OUT THERE FOR
ABOUT THE LAST HALF-HOUR AND A
LOT OF REPORTS ABOUT DOWNPOURS
AND HEAVY HAIL FALLING AND IF
YOU ARE IN RICHMOND, DELTA,
NOTHING GOING ON THERE, AND
LOOKING TO THE SATELLITE RADAR
RIGHT NOW JUST TO SEE HOW
LOCALIZED THIS IS, WE'VE SEEN A
FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES IN
ADDITION TO THIS ACROSS THE
REGION AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME
AND THE OTHER THING THAT IS
HAPPENING, HAPPENING SHORTLY, AN
HOUR AGO, WAS A POWERFUL 6.5
EARTHQUAKE OCCURRING 5:52
MOUNTAIN TIME NORTH OF BOISE
IDAHO, TEN KILOMETRES DEEP AND
IN THE CBC BUREAU IN KELOWNA
THEY FELT IT THERE AND A FULL
FORECAST COMING UP IN A LITTLE
BIT.
>> Mike: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> Mike: YOU CAN SEE THIS
NEWSCAST ON CBC GEM AND CBC
VANCOUVER ON YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK
AND INSTAGRAM AND IN A COUPLE OF
MINUTES THE PREMIER WILL BE AT
THAT PODIUM AND WILL UPDATE US
ON THE B.C. RESPONSE TO THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND WE'LL HAVE
IT LIVE, PROVINCE WIDE ADDRESS
FROM THE PREMIE NEXT.
>> THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US
ON THE GEM APP OR ON YOUTUBE AND
NOW THERE ARE 12 RESIDENTS WHO
HAVE DIED IN BOB CAJUN AND IT
IS VERY
 DIFFICULT AS IT IS
LEADING TO MANY CALLING FOR
CHANGE.
>> Reporter: P.J. RIGHT NOW IS
LOOKING AFTER HER MOTHER-IN-LAW,
AFTER PULLING HER FROM A CARE
HOME.
>> LET'S FACE IT, THE STATS AS
FAR AS PEOPLE DYING FROM
COVID-19 HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY
STARK WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE IN
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
>>
>> Reporter: SHE LOVES THE
HOME'S STAFF BUT WHEN ONE WAS
INFECTED WITH COVID-19, SHE KNEW
THAT SHE HAD TO ACT AND ACROSS
CANADA 30 SENIORS HOMES AT LEAST
ARE FACING OUTBREAKS, OUTBREAKS
WITH LYNN VALLEY AND LANDMARK
VILLAGE IN SARNIA, ONTARIO WHERE
THREE RESIDENTS HAVE DIED AND IN
THE U.S. JOHNS HOPKINS
UNIVERSITY SAYS THAT FAMILIES
COULD BE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE
RESIDENTS AT -- HOME IF THEY CAN
MANAGE THEM AND INFECTED SENIORS
MAY WELL NOT SHOW SYMPTOMS AND A
PART OF THE REASON WHY THIS
ELDER ADVOCATE WANTS EVERYONE TO
BE TESTED BUT SHE SAYS THAT THAT
IS NOT HAPPENING IN ONTARIO.
>> WHEN A HOME HAS AN OUTBREAK,
THEY JUST PRESUME THAT EVERYONE
IN THAT HOME SHOWING SYMPTOMS
HAS COVID-19 AND THEY WILL TREAT
IT THAT WAY.
>> Reporter: AT OTHERS THE
INEFFECTED ARE ISOLATED,
VISITORS BANNED.
>> WE ARE PUTTING AN IRON RING
OF PROTECTION AROUND OUR
SENIORS.
>> Reporter: BUT ONTARIO STAFF
HAVE WORKED AT MULTIPLE
FACILITIES AND IN THE PAST, THAT
HAS AMPLIFIED OUTBREAKS.
>> AND THEN YOU HAVE STAFF GOING
BACK, FORTH AND THAT IS HOW WILL
PROBABLY BE BRINGING IT FROM
HOME TO HOME.
>> SHE MATTERS MORE TO US THAN
ANYTHING I COULD POSSIBLY
IMAGINE.
>> Reporter: AND MEANWHILE, THE
RULES ARE BEING CHANGED IN
ONTARIO TO ALLOW LIKE HER
MOTHER-IN-LAW TO BE TOP PRIORITY
TO GET BACK INTO THEIR HOME WHEN
ALL OF THIS ENDS.
>> Mike: ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES
AWAY FROM HEARING FROM PREMIER
JOHN HORGAN WHO WILL ADDRESS THE
PROVINCE IN A LIVE ADDRESS FROM
HIS VICTORIA OFFICE, AND SO
WE'LL GET TO THAT AND THE REST
OF THE DAYS NEWS IN JUST A
SECOND.
STAY RIGHT HERE.
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>> Mike: WELCOME BACK.
YOU ARE WATCHING THE CBC NEWS AT
6:00 AND IT IS 6:14 AND IN A
MINUTE WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO
VICTORIA TO HEAR THE PREMIER
ADDRESSING THE PROVINCE AND
BEFORE WE DO THAT WE CAN RECAP
SOME OF THE NUMBERS FROM TODAY,
THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE NEW DEATHS
IN OUR PROVINCE, NOW A TOTAL OF
24 WITH 43 NEW CASES ANNOUNCED
TODAY TO BRING OUR TOTALS PAST
THE 1,000 MARK NOW AT 1,013 AND
19 CARE HOMES HIT BY OUTBREAKS
BUT ENCOURAGING NEWS WITH 507
PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECOVERED FULLY
FROM THE DISEASE AND SO THOSE
ARE SOME OF THE LATEST NUMBERS
THAT WE ARE GETTING AND WE'RE
COMING UP TO 6:15 AND WE'LL GO
THERE -- WELL, NOT QUITE YET
BECAUSE THE PREMIER HAS NOT SAT
DOWN.
>> Hon. John Horgan: PREMIER
JOHN HORGAN HERE.
TONIGHT I WANT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY
TO YOU ABOUT THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
IT HAS BEEN NINE WEEKS SINCE THE
FIRST CASE WAS DISCOVERED IN
B.C.
THE B.C. PANDEMIC RESPONSE PLAN
HAS BEEN ACTIVATED, WE HAVE
FREED UP THOUSANDS OF ACUTE CARE
BED, INCREASED SUPPORT FOR
SENIORS AND STEPPED UP
PROTECTIONS IN OUR LONG-TERM
CARE FACILITIES, RESTRICTED
TRAVEL AND CLOSED OUR BORDERS
AND WE'VE TAKEN EXTRAORDINARY
MEASURES TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.
BUT WE HAVE SOME VERY TOUGH
DAYS.
FAMILIES ARE MOURNING THE DEATHS
OF 24 BRITISH COLUMBIANS AND
MANY MORE ARE IN HOSPITAL OR
RECEIVING INTENTIONIVE CARE AND
THERE ARE MORE CHALLENGES AHEAD
AND THAT IS WHY THE NEXT 14 DAYS
ARE SO IMPORTANT.
WHAT WE DO TODAY WILL AFFECT
WHAT OUR DOCTORS, NURSES AND
FIRST RESPONDERS FACE IN THE
DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD AND IT WILL
DETERMINE HOW MANY OF US STAY
HEALTHY AND HOW MUCH WE CAN DO
TO FLATTEN THE CAN YOU.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO
ARE DOING YOUR PART BY STAYING
AT HOME AND BY HELPING YOUR
FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBOURHOODS
AND PEOPLE IN NEED.
YOU MIGHT NOT FEEL IT IN YOUR
LIVING ROOM BUT EVERYONE IN B.C.
IS PULL TOGETHER.
AND THERE ARE EARLY SIGNS THAT
OUR ACTIONS ARE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
BUT WE CANNOT STOP NOW.
WE NEED EVERYONE TO FOLLOW THE
DIRECTIONS OF THE PROVINCIAL
HEALTH OFFICER,
Dr. BONNIE HENRY.
STAY AT HOME AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
AND WHEN YOU ARE OUTSIDE YOUR
HOME, STAY AT LEAST TWO METRES
AWAY FROM OTHERS.
AND IF YOU NEED TO GO TO WORK,
PLEASE PRACTICE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING FROM YOUR COLLEAGUES.
WASH YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLY FOR
AT LEAST 20 SECONDS.
AND DON'T GATHER IN LARGE
GROUPS.
WE ALL NEED TO TAKE THIS VERY
SERIOUSLY.
THESE ARE NOT SUGGESTIONS.
THEY ARE THE LAW.
AS Dr. HENRY SAYS, WE NEED
100% COMMITMENT FROM EVERYONE TO
GET THIS DONE.
AND THAT IS WHY I'M ASKING YOU
TONIGHT TO STAY WITH THIS.
TO STAY WITH US.
BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT GOING
TO BE EASY IT IS NOT FOREVER.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO DO THEIR PART.
AND I WANT TO THANK EVERY
ESSENTIAL WORKER WHO IS ON SHIFT
RIGHT NOW PITCHING IN TO FIGHT
COVID-19.
THE TRANSIT, FERRY WORKERS, LONG
HAUL TRUCKERS, DOCK WORKER,
DELIVERY DRIVERS KEEPING B.C.
MOVING AND EVERYONE WORKING IN
GROCERY STORES, AND CHILD CARE
CENTRES AND GAS STATIONS AND
PHARMACIES ANDCHILD CARE CENTRES
AND DAY IN, DAY OUT YOU ENSURE
THE GOODS THAT BRITISH
COLUMBIANS RELY ON AND SPEAKING
DIRECTLY TO EVERYONE WORKING IN
THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
YOU ARE MOVING HEAVEN AND EARTH
TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK.
WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE STRESSED.
WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE EXHAUSTED.
AND WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE PUSHED
TO THE LIMITS AND WE KNOW THAT
YOU ARE PUTTING YOURSELF IN
HARM'S WAY TO KEEP OTHERS SAFE
AND FOR THAT YOU HAVE OUR
DEEPEST GRATITUDE.
TONIGHT AT 7:00 ACROSS B.C.
PEOPLE WILL BE STANDING ON THEIR
BALCONIES OR FRONT PORCHES,
BANGING POTS AND PANS TO SHOW
SUPPORT FOR THE WORK THAT YOU
ARE DOING AND IT IS OUR SMALL
WAY OF SAYING THAT WE'RE IN THIS
WITH YOU AND B.C. HAS YOUR PACK
AS THIS PANDEMIC CONTINUES AND
WE HAVE A PLAN SO THAT IF CASES
SURGE OUR HOSPITALS HAVE
CAPACITY AND YOU HAVE SUPPORT.
WE'RE LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED
GATHERING THE PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU
NEED TO STAY SAFE AND TAKING
STEPS TO SECURE SUPPLY CHAINS
BUT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE
ON THE PLANET LOOKING FOR THIS
EQUIPMENT AND TOMORROW WE'LL
LAUNCH A NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
THE GOVERNMENT, B.C. AND THE
B.C. TECH SECTOR TO CONNECT B.C.
COMPANIES TO HEALTHCARE
COMPANIES IN NEED OF SUPPLIES,
LIKE HAND SANITIZER MADE RIGHT
NOW BY LOCAL DISTILLERS AND
REUSABLE MEDICAL BEGANS DESIGNED
BY OUTDOOR CLOTHING COMPANIES
THAT WE CAN USE TO KEEP THE
HEALTHCARE WORKERS SAVE AND IN
THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEED.
AND FINALLY TONIGHT I WANT TO
SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
FEELING UNSAFE, WHO CANNOT PAY
THEIR MORTGAGE OR MAKE RENT
BECAUSE OF LOST JOBS AND LOST
WAGES.
I CANNOT BEGIN TO IMAGINE THE
STRESS AND ANXIETY THAT YOU ARE
FEELING.
THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY
COVID-19 AND ARE STRUGGLING TO
MAKE ENDS MEET, B.C. IS OFFERING
YOU HELP, WE'RE HALTING
EVICTION, FREEZING RENTS AND
GIVING YOU UP TO $500 TO HELP TO
PAY YOUR RENTS.
WE CREATED A B.C. EMERGENCY
BENEFIT TO GIVE YOU UP TO $1,000
IN DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT IF
YOU ARE LOST YOUR INCOME.
OUR SUPPORT PROGRAMS ARE
DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THOSE
ALREADY ANNOUNCED BY THE PRIME
MINISTER.
AT TIMES LIKE THESE WE MUST PUT
PARTISANSHIP AND REGIONAL
DIFFICULTIES TO THE ONE SIDE.
GOVERNMENTS ACROSS CANADA ARE
WORKING HARD TO FIND SOLUTIONS
AND THIS IS A TIME OF
UNPRECEDENTED COOPERATION AND IT
IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
WE WILL BE TAKING FURTHER ACTION
IN THE DAYS, WEEKS AHEAD AND
WHEN THE TIME COMES WE WILL ASK
ALL BRITISH COLUMBIANS TO APPLY
THEIR SKILLS TO DRIVE B.C.'S
RECOVERY.
COVID-19 MAY BE THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGE OUR PROVINCE HAS EVER
FACED AND SO TONIGHT I'M
EXTENDING THE B.C. STATE OF
EMERGENCY SO THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO TAKE MEASURES TO
KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.
AS I WATCH WHAT IS HAPPENING
AROUND THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, IT
IS UNSETTLING AND DOWNRIGHT
SCARY.
WE DO NOT HAVE ALL OF THE
ANSWERS.
BUT WE DO HAVE HOPE.
HOPE THAT THE STEPS THAT WE HAVE
TAKEN ARE WORKING.
HOPE THAT, TOGETHER, WE CAN
PREVENT THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO.
HOPE WILL CARRY US THROUGH THIS
CRISIS, AS A COMMUNITY, AND AS A
PROVINCE.
WE MAY BE SEPARATED BUT WE'RE
NOT ALONE.
I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR
RECOVERY BECAUSE I'M OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT THIS PROVINCE, AND OUR
FUTURE TOGETHER.
WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS BECAUSE
OF THE STRENGTH OF OUR PEOPLE
AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER.
PEOPLE FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE
PROVINCE, IN EVERY REGION.
TONIGHT I'M ASKING YOU TO
RECOMMIT.
RECOMMIT TO OUR HEALTHCARE
WORKERS.
AND TO EACH OTHER.
DO YOUR PART.
STAY HOME.
STAY SAFE.
AND WE'LL BEND THIS CURVE
TOGETHER.
THANK YOU, AND GOOD NIGHT.
>> Mike: THERE YOU HAVE IT.
THE PREMIER, JOHN HORGAN, GIVING
HIS ADDRESS TO THE PROVINCE
TONIGHT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
A CLOSER LOOK NOW AT WHAT HE HAD
TO SAY, BRINGING IN OUR
PROVINCIAL AFFAIRS REPORTER TANA
FLETCHER TO BREAK DOWN WHAT HE
SAID.
TANA, WAS THERE ANYTHING NEW
THERE FROM THE PREMIER THIS
EVENING.
>> Reporter: NOT REALLY.
IT WAS MORE OF A REASSURANCE I
THINK TO BRITISH COLUMBIANS AND
KEEP IN MIND THE CONTEXT OF THE
TIMING OF WHEN WE HEAR THIS.
REALLY IT WAS MARCH THE 16th
WHEN WE SAW THE BULK OF THE
RESTRICTIONS KICKING IN AND THEY
SAID THAT IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT
TWO WEEKS BECAUSE THERE IS A
14-DAY INCUBATION PERIOD AND
MARCH 16th, AND WE'RE
MARCH 31st RIGHT NOW AND IT
HAS BEEN EXACTLY TWO WEEKS AND
THE NEXT FEW DAYS BREAKING BALL
CRITICAL IN SEEING IF WHAT WE'RE
DOING IS WORKING AS THE
PROJECTIONS SUGGESTED BUT I
THINK THAT IF THAT IS THE CASE,
AS WE EXPECT, IT WILL BE KEY TO
CONTINUE THAT.
AND WE'LL BE IN THIS FOR THE
LONG HAUL AND I THINK THAT WHAT
WE SAW TONIGHT IS REALLY THE
PREMIER, NEEDING TO HEAR FROM
THE LEADER OF OUR PROVINCE.
REMEMBERING THAT THE PRIME
MINISTER HAS SPOKEN EVERY DAY TO
CANADIANS AND WE'VE NOT HEARD AS
MUCH FROM JOHN HORGAN BECAUSE HE
TRUSTS HIS HEALTH MINISTER
ADRIAN DIX STANDING NEXT TO
BONNIE HENRY AND SHE HAS BEEN
THE LEADER IN ALL OF THIS AND
THE POLISHIANS RECOGNIZE THAT
WE -- THE POLITICIANS RECOGNIZE
THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT THEIR
TRUST IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICERS AND THEY'VE DONE A
COMMENDABLE JOB AND ALL SIDES
HAVE SAID THAT LEADING US
THROUGH THE HEALTH CRISIS AND
THE PREMIER HAS TAKEN A BACK
SEAT TO HIS HEALTH MINISTER BUT
I THINK THAT WE NIEDERMAYER TO
HEAR FROM THE LEADER OF THE
PROVINCE HIMSELF AND THAT, I
THINK, IS KEY GIVEN WHAT WE
HEARD ON FRIDAY, BECAUSE WE
SPOKE ABOUT THE PROJECTIONS,
RIGHT?
B.C. THE FIRST JURISDICTION TO
RELEASE THE MODELING, THAT WAS
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND THERE WERE
SIGNS BUT PERHAPS FEAR HEADED
INTO A WEEKEND WHERE WE SAW NICE
WEATHER AND PEOPLE WOULD TAKE
THE HEADLINE THAT SOCIAL
DISTANCING MEASURES ARE STARTING
TO WORK AND THE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING IS STARTING TO HALL
OF THE SPREAD -- TO HALF THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS BUT THE
TAKEAWAY FROM THE LEADERS IS
THAT THE VIRUS IS STILL GROWING
AND THE CASES ARE INCREASING AND
SO THIS IS TO KEEP IN PLACE THE
MEASURES AND HE SAID TONIGHT
THAT HE WILL EXTEND THE STATE OF
EMERGENCY.
HE DID NOT SAY UNTIL WHEN, AND
WHEN WE DECLARED THAT STATE OF
EMERGENCY IT IS IN EFFECT FOR
TWO WEEKS LEGALLY AND IT CAN BE
EXTENDED BEYOND THAT AND HEALTH
OFFICIALS EXPECT THIS TO BE
WEEKS AND MONTHS TO COME YET AND
SO REALLY A REASSURANCE TO THE
BRITISH COLUMBIANS, WE'RE IN IT
FOR THE LONG HAUL BUT NOT TO
STOP.
>> Mike: AND HE SAID THAT IT MAY
WELL BE THE WORST THING THAT
B.C. HAS FACED BUT WE CAN GET
THROUGH IT TOGETHER.
>>> A Dr. AT ST. PAUL'S HERE
IN VANCOUVER ON THE FRONTLINES
THOUGHT THAT HE WAS IMMUNE TO
COVID-19.
AND HE WASN'T.
AND WE'LL HAVE THAT STORY, NEXT.
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>> Mike: AS WE'VE BEEN HEARING,
SUPPLIES LIKE MASKS ARE IN HIGH
DEMAND AND IN SOME REGIONS COULD
RUN OUT WITHIN DAYS AND THE
GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT THEY ARE
WORKING TO PRODUCE MORE AND TO
DO IT QUICKLY AND MORE NOW
TONIGHT WITH THE HEALTHCARE
WORKER WHO IS NEED THAT
PROTECTION ON THE FRONTLINES.
>> Reporter: THIS IS AS FAR AS
THIS ER DOCTOR VENTURES THESE
DAYS, IN ISOLATION AFTER TESTING
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 LAST WEEK.
>> I GUESS THAT I FELT A TINY
BIT INVINCIBLE UNTIL I GOT THIS.
>> Reporter: HE THOUGHT THAT HIS
FATIGUE HAD COME FROM WORKING
NIGHT SHIFTS AND HE SAID THAT HE
THOUGHT THAT HE KNEW WHY THE
SENSE OF SMELL DISAPPEARED.
>> GOING INTO AN EMERGENCY ROOM
IT IS MORE LIKE A GARBAGE DUMP
NOT A PERFUME PARLOR AND WE
WERE WEARING THE FACEMASKS AND I
THOUGHT THAT IT DID NOT SMELL AS
BAD.
>> Reporter: HE WENT TO THE
TESTING SITE AFTER GETTING NIGHT
SWEATS AND THE SHAKES AND 24
HOURS LATER A POSITIVE DIAGNOSIS
AND HE HAD WORN PROTECTIVE GEAR
AND SO FAR NONE OF HIS
COLLEAGUES AT St. PAULS ARE
SHOWING SYMPTOMS.
>> YOU WILL NOT FIND ANYONE
WITHOUT FULL GEAR.
PEOPLE ARE QUITE PARANOID.
>> Reporter: BECAUSE THEY KNOW
HOW DEADLY IT CAN BE AND HOW
FAST IT SPREADS AND MORE THAN 60
DOCTORS IN ITALY HAVE ALREADY
DIED.
>> FOR SURE PROTECTING
THE HEALTH WORKER FORCE IS
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.
>> Reporter: THERE IS NO
NATIONAL TALLY OF INFECTED
DOCTORS AND NURSES, THAT DATA
COMES FROM THE PROVINCES AND
TERRITORIES AND ALBERTA
CONFIRMING TODAY THAT 77
HEALTHCARE WORKERS THERE ARE
INEFFECTED AND IN WINDSOR ABOUT
15, MOST OF THEM CANADIANS
WORKING IN MICHIGAN AND THE
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
SAYS THAT THEY ARE HEARING FROM
DOCTORS WORRIED ABOUT THE LACK
OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
IN SOME FACILITIES.
>> WE HAVE TO PROTECT THEM
BEFORE THEY GO INTO THE BATTLE
AND IT IS A BATTLE AND THEIR
HEALTH AND LIVES ARE AT RISK.
>> Reporter: THE DOCTOR BELIEVES
THAT HIS HOSPITAL HAS ENOUGH
SAFETY GEAR FOR NOW BUT MANY
MORE PATIENTS ARE EXPECTED TO
COME THROUGH THESE DOORS.
>> Mike: AND QUEBEC NOW CLEARLY
THE PROVINCE OF GREATEST CONCERN
TONIGHT WITH ALMOST AS MANY
INFECTIONS AS THE REST OF CANADA
COMBINED BUT AS SERIOUS AS THAT
SITUATION IS, THE QUEBEC PREMIER
SAYS THAT THE PROGRESS IS BEING
MADE AND WE LOOK MORE CLOSELY
NOW.
>> LAST WEEK I GOT A FEVER.
>> Reporter: ADRIAN SAID THAT HE
BARELY HAD SYMPTOMS BUT
RETURNING FROM A FAMILY TRIP
INCLUDING VISITS TO FRANCE AND
SPAIN HE WAS TESTED FOR
COVID-19.
>> LO AND BEHOLD I CAME UP
POSITIVE.
>> Reporter: ONE OF 4,000 PEOPLE
DIAGNOSED IN QUEBEC AND ALONG
WITH ANNOUNCING OVER 700 NEW
CASES TODAY THE PREMIER,
FRANCOIS LEGAULT ADDRESSED A
LOOMING PROBLEM.
>> MY BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW
IS FOR THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
CURRENTLY FOR SOME EQUIPMENT, WE
HAVE ONLY FOR THREE TO SEVEN
DAYS.
>> Reporter: AND THE PROVINCE
USING A YEAR'S WORTH OF SUPPLIES
IN JUST FOUR WEEKS AND THE
PREMIER SAYS THAT MORE SHOULD
ARRIVE IN THE COMING DAYS.
>> THE SITUATION IS EVOLVING.
>> Reporter: SOME ON THE
FRONTLINES ARE WORRIED, TRYING
TO RATION THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY
HAVE.
>> OUR JOB BESIDES TREATING
PATIENTS THE BEST WE CAN IS TO
LOOK AFTER OURSELVES SO THAT WE
TO NOT END UP SICK.
>> Reporter: AND LEGAULT SAID IT
WAS DUE IN PART TO A BADLY TIMES
SPRING BREAK AND THOUSANDS WERE
ABROAD BEFORE THE ORDERS TO
ISOLATE AND EXPERTS SAY
THAT TESTING COULD BE A PART OF
IT.
>> PER CAPITA, QUEBEC TESTS MORE
THAN ANYONE ELSE BUT I THINK OF
SPECIFICALLY IN THE REGIONS
WHERE THEY DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF
CASES, THEN IT WOULD BE THE
RIGHT TIME TO TEST MORE BROADLY
SO THAT THEY CAN REALLY IDENTIFY
EARLY, CASES WHERE THERE ARE
VERY FEW SYMPTOMS.
>> Reporter: AND MONTREAL IS
SETTING UP TENTS TO ACT AS DAY
CENTRES FOR THE HOMELESS AND
OPENING NEW SHELTERS ALLOWING
FOR PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
>> THE HEALTH CRISIS THAT WE ARE
GOING THROUGH TCANNOT BECOME A
SOCIAL CRISIS.
>> Reporter: THE QUEBEC PREMIER
ACKNOWLEDGED THE GROWING NUMBER
OF CASES HE SAID THAT THE
SITUATION HERE IS NOT AS
DESPERATE AS THOSE IN MORE
HEAVILY INFECTED COUNTRIES.
>> Mike: TRAGEDY CONTINUES TO
UNFOLD AT A LONG-TERM CARE HOME
IN ONTARIO, WHERE THREE MORE
TEAM HAVE DIED AT PINECREST
NURSING HOME IN BOBCAJUN
NORTHWEST OF TORONTO AND SINCE
LAST WEEK 12 SENIORS AND ONE
VOLUNTEER HAVE DIED THERE DUE TO
COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO
COVID-19.
>> AS I SPEAK WITH PEOPLE IN
THIS SMALL TOWN OF BOBCAJUN JUST
A COUPLE OF HOURS NORTH OF
TORONTO, THERE IS AN UNEASINESS
AS PEOPLE EXPRESS AS THEY COME
TO GRIPS WITH THE TRAGEDY
UNFOLDING AT THE NURSING CARE
HOME AS MANY LEARN THAT THERE
HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DEATHS ALREADY
AND THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THIS
FACILITY WORRIES THAT THERE
COULD BE MORE SAYING THAT
ROUGHLY HALF OF OF THE RESIDENT
WHO IS REMAIN ARE SHOWING
SYMPTOMS AND SOME OF THEM ARE IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
>> WE ARE HOPING TO KEEP THEM
MORE COMFORTABLE AT PINECREST
WHERE THEY ARE KNOWN AND THE
STAFF REALLY DO CARE FOR THEM
AND IF THEY ARE GOING TO DIE, IT
WOULD BE  -- MORE COMFORTABLE TO
DIE IN YOUR HOME WITH PEOPLE WHO
AT LEAST KNOW, YOU KNOW, RATHER
THAN TO DIE IN THE CHAOS OF A
HOSPITAL.
>> Reporter: THE OTHER VERY
TROUBLING THING HERE IS THAT SO
MANY STAFF MEMBERS ARE ALSO SICK
AND AS A RESULT THE PROVINCE AND
THE NURSING ORGANIZATIONS AND
ASSOCIATIONS HAVE STEPPED UP TO
FIND REINFORCEMENTS TO FILL IN
HERE, TO TAKE CARE OF THE SICK
AND THE DYING AND NOW, OF
COURSE, WE'RE ALSO SEEING A LOT
OF SIGNS OF THANKS FROM THE
PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND
THERE WAS A CAVALCADE OF
VEHICLES YESTERDAY DRIVING RIGHT
ALONG THIS STRETCH OF HIGHWAY,
HONKING HORNS WITH WINDOWS DOWN
AND WAVING TO THE FACILITY TO
SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE
WORKERS INSIDE AND NOW OF COURSE
WE ALSO SPOKE WITH THE MAYOR WHO
REPRESENTS THIS SMALL TOWN
AND HE SAID THAT, FOR HIM, THIS
IS A HEARTBREAKING SITUATION BUT
IT IS ONE THAT HE HOPES THAT THE
WHOLE COUNTRY IS PAYING
ATTENTION TO.
>> THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE NOT
TAKING IT SERIOUSLY F THIS CAN
BE A NOTE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW
WHAT?
THIS IS REAL.
NOT A HOAX.
STAY HOME.
DO WHAT YOU ARE TOLD TO DO.
AND WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING
THROUGH IT IS VERY, VERY REAL
AND THE FAMILIES HERE ARE
FRONTLINE WORKERS AND IF THIS
DOES NOT MAKE IT REAL FOR YOU,
THEN NOTHING WILL.
>> Reporter: AND HE SAYS THAT HE
HAS WALKED AROUND WITH A KNOTT
IN HIS STOMACH, JUST SO
CONCERNED AND WAITING TO HEAR
MORE BAD NEWS WHICH HE SAYS
UNFORTUNATELY JUST KEEPS COMING.
>> Mike: AND AS WE'VE SAID THAT
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT CANNOT COME
SOON ENOUGH AND SO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS SIGNING CONTRACTS
AND SPENDING $2 BILLION TO TRY
TO MEET THE NEED AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE AND WE LOOK NOW INTO
JUST HOW FAST THAT MIGHT BE.
>> THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
AGREEING TO PURCHASE SOME OF OUR
TESTING DEVICES AND OUR TEST
KITS.
>> Reporter: AND PAUL IS ONE OF
THE CANADIAN BUSINESS LEADERS
ANSWERING THE CALL, LIST COMPANY
SPARTAN BIOSCIENCE MAKES NEWLY
APPROVED PORTABLE TEST KITS THAT
CAN DELIVER RESULTS IN ABOUT 30
MINUTES AND WHEN SCALED UP AND
SHIPPED OUT THEY COULD EXTEND
COVID-19 TESTING CAPACITY
DRAMATICALLY.
>> WE'RE TARGETING WITHIN A FEW
WEEKS THAT WE'LL START TO SHIP
AND WE'VE SENT MILLIONS BACK
INTO THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
>> Reporter: AND WHILE HE STARTS
TO BUILD, MINISTERS LIKE THIS
HAVE BEEN BUYING, SCOURING
GLOBAL MARKETS FOR EVERY
AVAILABLE SUPPLY.
>> WE HAVE NOW MANAGED TO SECURE
MORE THAN 157 MILLION SURGICAL
MASKS TO SUPPORT THE RESPONSE,
TO DATE WE HAVE ALSO ORDERED
MORE THAN 60 MILLION N-95 MASKS.
>> Reporter: SOME OF IT HERE,
SOME ON ITS WAY AND THOUSANDS OF
COMPANIES OFFERING TO RETOOL OR
RAMP UP TO MAKE EVERYTHING FROM
GOWNS TO GLOVES TO SANITIZER AND
CANADA HAS BOUGHT OR ORDERED
1,500 VENTILATORS AND IS WORKING
ON 4,000 MORE.
SOME OF THEM BUILT IN TORONTO BY
THORNHILL MEDICAL.
>> WE'RE LOOKING TO START TO
HELP CANADIANS AS EARLY AS NEXT
WEEK WHEN WE PRODUCE OUR FIRST
VENTILATOR SYSTEMS THAT WILL GO
TO ONTARIO AND THEN WE'RE GOING
TO EXPAND OUR CAPABILITY.
>> Reporter: ALL OF IT WILL TAKE
WEEKS TO BE FULLY UP AND
RUNNING, A SHORT TIME IN THE
LIFE OF A COMPANY, A LONG TIME
IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC AND
SO THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT WILL
CONTINUE TO HIT GLOBAL MARKETS
LOOKING TO BUY TWO CRUCIAL
THINGS, SUPPLIES AND TIME.
DAVID COCHRANE, CBC NEWS,
OTTAWA.
>> Mike: A GROWING NUMBER OF
HEALTHY PEOPLE ARE NOW WEARING
FACEMASKS DURING THIS PANDEMIC
CONTRIBUTING IN PART TO A
SHORTAGE ON THE FRONTLINES OF
HEALTHCARE AND WE FIND OUT JUST
HOW EFFECTIVE THE MASK ARE.
>> IT IS JUST A SIMPLE MASK.
>> Reporter: NOT THE ADVICE OF
CANADIAN HEALTH OFFICIALS BUT
SHE HAS TAKEN MATTERS INTO HER
OWN HANDS WORRYING ABOUT THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS IN HER
COMMUNITY.
>> I DECIDED THAT MASK WERE A
GOOD IDEA AND RANDOM PEOPLE COME
UP TO YOU, AND THEY ARE NOT
ALWAYS GOOD ABOUT SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
>> Reporter: AND SHE MADE IT
HERSELF, A MOVE THAT IS GROWING
GLOBALLY AND LED BY THE THE
CZECH REPUBLIC WHERE IT IS
MANDATORY.
>> I PROTECT YOU, YOU PROTECT
ME.
>> Reporter: AND CREDITED WITH
HELPING TO FLATTEN THE CURVE
THERE AND AUSTRIA IS FORCING
GROCERY SHOPPERS TO WEAR THEM
AND A TORONTO HOSPITAL HAD PUT
OUTTHE CALL, EVEN THOUGH THE
EVIDENCE THAT THEY WORK IS MIXED
BUT STILL SOME SAY WHY NOT TRY
IT?
>> REPATRIATION FLIGHTS, GROCERY
STORES OR BUSIER AREAS, MAYBE
THAT IS WHERE WE SHOULD BE
HEADED.
>> Reporter: A RESEARCH TEAM AT
OXFORD LOOKED TO HOW EVERY
COUNTRY IS WEARING THE MASK AND
PEOPLE NOT SHOWING SYMPTOMS CAN
ALSO BE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS.
>> IF THE SUPPLY PERMITS AND
EVERYONE WEARS FACEMASKS, IT TOO
COULD BE HELPFUL TO CONTROL THE
DISEASE SPREAD.
>> Reporter: AND SO THE MESSAGE
IN CANADA IS CONSISTENT, DON'T
BOTHER.
>> AND I WOULD PREFER THAT
PEOPLE KEEP THE TWO METRES, AS
OPPOSED TO THE MASK.
>> AND, PLEASE, WASH YOUR HANDS.
>> Reporter: AND THE MAIN
CONCERN IS SUPPLY AND PRIORITIES
BUT THE OTHER FACTOR IS THAT THE
MASKS DO NOT COVER YOUR EYES.
>> IT GIVES YOU A FALSE SENSE OF
CONFIDENCE BUT ALSO INCREASES
THE TOUCHING OF YOUR FACE.
>> Reporter: THE CONCLUSION HERE
NOW IS WASH YOUR HANDS INSTEAD,
MASKS ARE NOT WORTH IT AND COULD
MAKE MATTERS WORSE.
>> Mike: THE SITUATION IN THE
UNITED STATES GROWING MORE
DESPERATE TONIGHT AS THE NUMBER
OF DEATHS THERE HAS SURPASSED
CHINA AND AS WE HEAR NEXT THE
PRESIDENT WARNS THAT THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
TOUGH.
>> THIS IS THE SCENE OUTSIDE OF
MY JOB RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: AMBULANCES STACKED
UP, WAITING TO GET INTO AN
EMERGENCY AT A NEW YORK HOSPITAL
AND A NURSE RECORDING THE JAM AS
THE EMERGENCY SERVICES STRUGGLE
TO COPE.
>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN 7,000 CALLS
TO EMS AND THAT IS MORE THAN
9/11 AND SO WE'VE HAD 9/11 TYPE
CALLS NOW FOR ABOUT EIGHT DAYS.
>> Reporter: MORE DEATHS THAN
YESTERDAY.
A 49-YEAR-OLD MOTHER IN BROOKLYN
DIED SUNDAY BUT HER FAMILY
CANNOT GET A MEDICAL EXAMINER TO
RESPOND.
>> THERE IS DEAD BODY UPSTAIRS
RIGHT NOW.
WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO.
>> Reporter: AS MORE OF THE
AMERICAN CITIES EMPTY, RESIDENTS
ORDERED INSIDE AND FIELD
HOSPITALS GOING UP FAST AND THE
NUMBER ONE QUESTION, HOW LONG.
>> President Donald Trump: THIS
WILL BE A ROUGH TWO WEEK PERIOD.
>> Reporter: THE VIRUS SPREAD IN
MARK, WIDELY, SWIFTLY.
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE WITH
CANADA AND THE PRESIDENT'S TEAM
REPEATING A GRIM PROJECTION, 100
TO 240,000 MAY DIE.
>> WE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR IT.
IS IT GOING TO BE THAT MUCH?
I HOPE NOT.
AND I THINK THAT THE MORE THAT
WE PUSH ON THE MITIGATION THE
LESS LIKELIHOOD THAT IT WOULD BE
THAT NUMBER.
>> Reporter: 30-PLUS MORE DAYS
OF PHYSICAL DISTANCING
IMPERATIVE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
NOW EMBRACING THE SITUATION.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING THINK
OF IT AS THE FLU.
>> Reporter: A WEEK AGO.
>> 36,000 DEATHS A YEAR, PEOPLE
DIE, 36, FROM THE FLU BUT WE'VE
NEVER CLOSED DOWN THE COUNTRY
FROM THE FLU.
>> Reporter: NOW IT IS MOSTLY
CLOSED DOWN AND THE PROJECTION
OF OVER 100,000 DEATHS COULD BE
BROUGHT DOWN IF AMERICANS STAY
HOME AND IF THEY EMBRACE
DESERTED STREETS LIKE THIS IN
THE U.S. CAPITOL FOR AT LEAST
ANOTHER MONTH.
>> Mike: AND FOR WEEKS THE
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT INSISTED THAT
CORONAVIRUS WAS NOT HAVING A
SERIOUS IMPACT THERE.
AND NOW AS WE HEAR FROM KRIS
BROWN, MOSCOW IS ALMOST ENTIRELY
LOCKED DOWN AND ANYONE SPREADING
THE DISEASE TO PEOPLE WHO THEN
DIE COULD GO TO JAIL.
>> Reporter: AS FAR AS PHOTO OPS
GO, THIS SEEMED LIKE A GOOD ONE
FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN PUTTING ON A
BRIGHT YELLOW HAZMAT SUIT AND
GAS MASK TOURING THE MAIN
INFECTIOUS DISEASE HOSPITAL WITH
A TOP DOCTOR CORONAVIRUS BUT NOT
BEFORE HE HAD SHOOK HIS HAND AND
WROTE IN A SMALL ELEVATOR
TOGETHER AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME
NOT PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING
AND TODAY HE HAD SAID THAT HE
TESTED POSITIVE DID THE DOCTOR,
SENDING RUSSIAN TELEVISION INTO
A FRENZY.
>> IT IS EVEN AROUND THE
PRESIDENT, ALL OF THOSE WHO WERE
SUPPOSED TO SAVE US FROM THE
CORONAVIRUS.
>> Reporter: AND IT IS NOT CLEAR
IF PUTIN HAS BEEN IN ISOLATION,
ONLY SEEN ALONE IN A
TELECONFERENCING ROOM AND HE
WARNED RUSSIANS TO QUIT IGNORING
DIRECTIVES TO STAY HOME AND TWO
DAYS AGO MOSCOW PARKS WERE FULL
OF PEOPLE HAVING BARBECUES
PROMPTING THE MAYOR TO ORDER A
NEAR LOCKDOWN OF THE CAPITAL.
>> WE'RE SCARED THIS WOMAN TOLD
OUR CREW AND I HOPE TO GOD THAT
PEOPLE WILL LISTEN AND STAY
INSIDE.
>> Reporter: THIS INDEPENDENT
RUSSIAN JOURNALIST SAYS THAT THE
CAPITAL LIKELY CAN COPE WITH THE
DELUGE OF CASES BUT THE OTHER
REGIONS WILL NOT BE SO LUCKY.
>> IF WE IMAGINE THAT WE'LL HAVE
THE DISEASE ALL OVER RUSSIA, IN
EVERY REGION IT WILL BE NOT JUST
BAD, IT IS GOING TO BE WORSE
THAN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE
THERE IS NO REALLY, THERE ARE
NO SYSTEMS OF MEDICAL CARE.
>> Reporter: AND EVEN WITH THE
CORONAVIRUS STALKING THE HIGHEST
LEVELS OF THE KREMLIN, RUSSIA
HAS ALREADY SENT PLANELOADS OF
HUMANITARIAN AID TO CHINA AND
ITALY AND TODAY PUTIN OFFERED
HELP TO DONALD TRUMP WHICH HE
APPARENTLY ACCEPTED.
>> Mike: A QUARTER TO 7:00 ON
THIS TUESDAY EVENING AND WE'VE
TRACKED A POWERFUL STORM,
ROLLING ACROSS METRO VANCOUVER
RIGHT NOW.
THUNDER, LIGHTNING, RAIN, HAIL,
A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING AND
IT IS OVER THE NORTH SHORE RIGHT
NOW AND BASICALLY AT THE OTHER
END OF THE SECOND NARROWS BRIDGE
AND BRETT WITH MORE ON THAT AND
>> Mike: AND BRETT WILL JOIN US
NOW WITH THE FORECAST AS YOU'VE
BEEN TRACKING THAT NASTY LOOKING
STORM, WHERE IS IT NOW, ACROSS
>> Reporter: YES, THAT'S EXACTLY
IT.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT IT AND IT
LOOKS TO BE ON THE SECOND
NARROWS, BETWEEN LYNN VALLEY AND
DEEP COVE AND LOOKING AT IT ONCE
AGAINth IS A RARE SIGHT TO
SEE HERE IN VANCOUVER AT THE
BEST OF TIMES, ESPECIALLY STILL
IN MARCH.
NORMALLY THERE IS JUST NOT THAT
MUCH AVAILABLE ENERGY FOR THESE
STORMS TO BE SO POWERFUL
BRINGING THAT HEAVY RAIN AND
HAIL AS MENTIONED AND IT IS
GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE FOR
US TO BE OUT OF THE WOODS AND
LOOKING TO IT ON THE SATELLITE
AND RADAR IMAGERY, THERE IS
STILL A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING
ON, ESPECIALLY IN, AROUND NORTH
VANCOUVER AND THAT WILL BE THE
CASE, I WOULD SAY, FOR THE NEXT
HOUR OR SO TRANSITIONING NOW
INTO THE EVENING, INTO THE
OVERNIGHT, ALL OF THE SOUTH
COAST OF B.C. WILL SEE A RISK
FOR SHOWERS, MAYBE AN ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSHOWER NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION AND AS THE DAY GOES ON,
NOT A BAD DAY AND WE'LL LOOK TO
CLEARING CONDITIONS, FAIRLY
HEADILY GOING THROUGH AND THEN A
BREAK FROM THE RAIN BY THE TIME
THAT TOMORROW NIGHT ROLLS AROUND
AND NOW INTO THE INTERIOR, IT IS
A BIT OF A DIFFERENT STORY.
THAT STORY IS NOT ABOUT RAIN, AS
MUCH AS IT IS ABOUT SNOW AND IT
LOOKS LIKE THE KOOTENAYS IS
LIKELY THE AREA TO SEE SOME OF
THE HEAVIEST SNOW NOT LEADING TO
TOO MUCH ACCUMULATION BUT
TOMORROW IS APRIL THE FIRST AND,
THAT SAID, IT WILL BE WINTER
LIKE AND TOWARDS THE NORTH THAT
STORY THERE WILL BE THE
TEMPERATURES AND LOOKING TO THE
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, IT IS PRINCE
GEORGE DROPPING DOWN TO MINUS 12
AND COULD FEEL CLOSER TO MINUS
20 WHICH WILL BE THE CASE AGAIN
COMING TO TOMORROW NIGHT AND
COLD ARCTIC AIR ACROSS B.C. FOR
THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AND
KEEPING THINGS THERE ON THE COOL
SIDE AND LOOKING TO VANCOUVER,
YOU CAN SEE IT WILL NOT BE THAT
BAD IN TERMS OF A NICEPATION
TURE OF RAIN AND PERIODS OF SUN
AS WELL WITH TEMPERATURES THAT
HOVER BETWEEN NINE DEGREES,
TEN DEGREES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS AND KEEP IN MIND THAT BY
THE TIME WE GET INTO THE
OVERNIGHT PERIODS, ARE YOU GOING
TO WAND TO BUNDLE UP AND
FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY THE
CASE TOMORROW NIGHT AND THE DAY
AFTER AND SO STAY WORM AND WE'LL
GET THROUGH IT TOGETHER.
>> Mike: I WILL BE DRIVING
PRETTY MUCH THROUGH THAT IN THE
NEXT LITTLE WHILE AND PETER WILL
DO THE SAME BUT ON A BIKE AND SO
WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS WORK OUT.
>> I'M NOT ENVIOUS OF THAT.
>> Mike: THANK YOU, BRETT, VERY
MUCH.
>>> SAD NEWS TO REPORT TONIGHT,
VANCOUVER CHEF NATHA
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> Mike: WELL, A MUCH ROVED
VANCOUVER FOOD JOURNAL -- MUCH
LOVED VANCOUVER FOOD JOURNALIST
AND CHEF HAS DIED, NATHAN FONG
WAS 61
.HE NORTH SHORE
HE IS BEING REMEMBERED FOR HIS
LOVE OF FOOD.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN THE MAN.
>> I AM.
>> YES, I WOULD CONSIDER HIM TO
BE FOOD ROYALTY AMONG FOUDYS.
>> Reporter: THIS CHEF SAYS THAT
FONG WAS A FOUDY BEFORE FOUDYS
WERE A THING.
>> YES, A LOT OF CHEFS RESPECT
HIM GREATLY BECAUSE HE COULD
COOK TOO.
>> Reporter: A TRAINED CHEF BY
TRADE, FONG'S LOVE FOR FOOD LED
TO A MULTIFACETED CAREER AS A
FOOD STYLIST WORKING FOR
McDONALD'S TO THE FOUR SEASONS
AND HE HAD EARNED AN AWARD IN
1998 FROM JULIA CHILD AND THEN
WAS ON-SCREEN AS A COLUMNIST
NEVER SHYING AWAY FROM FOOD LIKE
CALF TESTICLES.
>> I HAVE HAD CRICKETS, AND SO
WHAT IS A CUP OF BALLS.
>> Reporter: HE WAS A WRITER AND
A RADIO HOST.
>> AND WHAT HAD MADE HIM REALLY
STAND OUT WAS THAT HE TRULY
CARED ABOUT PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: ALWAYS PUSHING
LOCAL AND SUSTAINABLE FOODS LIKE
GOOEY DUCK, SOMETHING THAT HE
WAS NOT SHY ABOUT PROMOTING TO
PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE TO THEIR
ROYAL VISIT.
>> PRINCE WILLIAM SAID THAT THEY
WERE --
>> WHAT DID HE SAY?
>> THEY WERE PRESIDENTIALLY
CHALLENGED.
>> Reporter: AND HIS HOME WAS
FILLED WITH PEOPLE AND PARTIES.
>> I SAID THAT I WAS MARRIED TO
THREE PEOPLE, MY HUSBAND AND
THEN THE FOOD INDUSTRY, THAT WAS
OUR MARRIAGE.
>> Reporter: AND THEIR BELOVED
DOG.
>> AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS A
CONNECTOR FOR THOSE LESS
FORTUNATE, A FOUNDER OF
PASSIONS, A FUND-RAISER
GIVING $1.60 MILLION TO THE
Dr. PETER AIDS FOUNDATION.
>> FOR HIM, IT WAS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT AND HE DID NOT WANT TO
SEE HIS PEERS IN HIS COMMUNITY
NOT FED.
>> Reporter: AND THE HARDEST
PART NOW IS NOT BEING ABLE TO
REMEMBER HIS HUSBAND THE WAY
THAT HE WOULD HAVE WANTED,
TAKING A RAIN CHECK ON THE HUGS
AND THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE.
>> HE IS A MAN WHO SHOULD BE
HONOURED FOR WHO HE WAS AND WHAT
HE GAVE TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: NATHAN FONG WAS 61.
>> Mike: A PROPOSED CONTAINER
TERMINAL IN DELTA WOULD THREATEN
ENDANGERED KILLER WHALES AND A
FEDERAL REVIEW PANEL SAYS THAT
UNDERWATER NOISE AND A POTENTIAL
FOR SHIP STRIKES WOULD HAVE
ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE WHALES
AND SOME OF THE LARGEST SALMON
RUNS, NS THROUGH THE ROBERTS
BANKS AREA AND OTTAWA NOW WILL
TERM THE NEXT STEPS.
WELL, WE'RE JUST MOMENTS AWAY
FROM THE 7:00 SALUTE TO OUR
HEROIC HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND
THE GROWING MOVEMENT OF CHEERS
AND CHANGING OF POTS AND PANS
GETTING LOUDER LAST NIGHT.
[ Horn ]
[ Horn ]
>> Mike: CROWDS GATHERING IN
STANLEY PARK LAST NIGHT TO TAKE
IN THE BIG BOOM AND THE PARK
BOOM CHANGING THE 9:00 GUN TO
7:00, THAT TIME COINCIDING WITH
A SHIFT CHANGE FOR THE
HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND THE
GENERAL NOISE MAKING GROWING
CITY-WIDE AND LAST NIGHT A LONG
LINE OF FIRST RESPONDERS SHOWED
IN, AN AMAZING SHOW OF SUPPORT
FOR THOSE PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON
THE THE LINE EVERY DAY DURING
THIS CRISIS.
NICE TO SEE.
WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS, AS A
REMINDER, FIND THIS NEWSCAST
ONLINE.
"THE NATIONAL" IS COMING UP
TONIGHT AT 10:00.
FOR NEWS 24/7 WATCH CBC NEWS
NETWORK AND WE'RE BACK ONLINE
TOMORROW AT 5:00 AND RIGHT HERE
ON TELEVISION AND ONLINE AT
6:00.
AND WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE YOU
WITH SOME SHOTS FROM A SUNDAY
MORNING IN VICTORIA, THE STREETS
PRETTY MUCH EMPTY AS BCKER'S ARE
HEEDING THE CALL TO STAY HOME
AND SO, STAY HOME, STAY SAFE AND
WE WILL SE
