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>> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING, I'M
ADRIENNE ARSENAULT.
TONIGHT THE DEVASTATING ECONOMIC
IMPACT OF COVID-19.
>> WE WILL FACE A GREAT FISCAL
RECKONING.
>> Adrienne: ALBERTA IS
ALREADY SUFFERING AND NOW
PROJECTS
SOARING UPEMPLOYMENT.
ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE WILL LOSE
THEIR JOBS.
>> Andrew: I'M ANDREW CHANG.
ALSO TONIGHT, CONCERNS THAT
ESSENTIAL WORKERS MAY BE
SPREADING THE VIRUS.
>> I THINK THAT IT'S DISGUSTING.
>> Andrew: EMPLOYEES WORKING
IN MULTIPLE LONG-TERM CARE HOMES
AND B.C. MOVED TO STOP THIS, SO
WHY HASN'T ONTARIO?
>> I HAD NO FEVER AND I HAD NO
SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND I HAD NO
COUGHING.
>> Adrienne: THE UNUSUAL AND
SURPRISING SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19.
>> Andrew: AND A BIT OF LEVITY
DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.
>> WHO'S EXCITED?
>> Andrew: BUT THE CANADIAN
HIT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
SAYS FAREWELL.
>> IT'S A SHOW THAT IS REALLY
ABOUT
THE POWER OF COMMUNITY, THOSE
ARE MESSAGES THAT MEAN MORE NOW
THAN EVER BEFORE.
>> Andrew: THIS IS "THE
NATIONAL."
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>> Adrienne: THE FINANCIAL
PAIN OF THIS PANDEMIC SEEMS TO
SPREAD FASTER THAN THE VIRUS
ITSELF.
MANY OF YOU FEEL IT ALREADY.
>> Andrew: AND NOW PRETTY
STARTLING PROJECTION IS
HIGHLIGHTING THE SCALE OF
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP TO COME.
NOW HERE'S SOME PROSPECTIVE.
IN FEBRUARY, THE NATIONAL
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STOOD AT ABOUT
5.5%.
BUT WITH THE VIRUS SPREADING,
THE PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICER 
SAYS IT COULD RISE TO 15% BY THE
END OF THE YEAR.
AND A STARK SCENARIO FROM
ALBERTA, A PROVINCIAL JOBLESS
RATE OF 25% OR WORSE.
THAT'S MORE THAN HALF A MILLION
PEOPLE THERE, POTENTIALLY OUT OF
WORK.
ALBERTA PREMIER JASON KENNEY
ADDRESSED THE PROVINCE THIS
EVENING AND LAID BARE THE
CHEMICALS AHEAD.
BUT AS CAROLYN DUNN TELLS US, HE
DIDN'T DWELL ON THE JOBLESS
PICTURE BUT RATHER ON HOW
QUICKLY COVID-19 MIGHT SPREAD.
>> Reporter: NOT SINCE THE
GREAT DEPRESSION HAS ALBERTA'S
ECONOMY BEEN HIT HARDER OR
FASTER.
AND IT'S GOING TO GET A LOT
WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER.
ALBERTA PREMIER JASON KENNEY
SAYS THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
IS EXPECTED TO HIT A STARTLING
25% OR HIGHER.
>> WE WILL FACE A GREAT FISCAL
RECKONING IN THE FUTURE.
>> THAT 25% IS A NUMBER THAT
NONE OF OUR LEADERS HAVE EVER
SEEN.
SO WE HAVE TO NAVIGATE
DIFFERENTLY.
I THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE
HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
IMPACTED AND THE NEED AND THE
STRESS ON OUR SOCIAL SYSTEMS
THAT THAT'S GOING TO CAUSED.
>> Reporter: ALBERTA FACES
MULTIPLE THREATS.
FIRST, THE HEALTH EMERGENCY
THAT'S FUELLING LAYOFFS AND
SHUTTING BUSINESSES.
KENNEY OFFERED TWO SCENARIOS,
THE MOST OPTIMISTIC AND THE MOST
PROBABLABLE WOULD SEE BETWEEN
400 AND 3,000 DEATHS.
WORST CASE, THE PROVINCE COULD
SEE A MILLION INFECTIONS AND
OVER 6,000 DEATHS.
>> NOW I KNOW THAT THESE NUMBERS
CAN BE OVERWHELMING BUT THESE
MODEL ARE NOT A DONE DEAL.
I WANT ALBERTANS INSTEAD TO SEE
THEM AS A CHALLENGE, PERHAPS THE
GREATEST CHALLENGE OF OUR
GENERATION.
>> Reporter: THERE'S ALSO BEEN
AN UNPARALLELED DROP IN THE
PRICE OF OIL, PUSHED DOWN BY LOW
DEMAND DUE TO COVID-19.
AND ALSO BY A SAUDI-RUSSIAN
PRICE WAR FLOODING THE MARKET.
>> I'M NOT WORRYING ABOUT
TOMORROW.
>> Reporter: AFTER HAVING TO
HAVE LAID OFF 15 WORKERS FROM
HER OWN CAFÉ CATHY JACOB FOCUSED
ON WHAT SHE CAN CONTROL -- LIKE
TURNING HER BUSINESS INTO A
CHARITY, DELIVERING PACKAGES OF
FOOD TO THOSE WITHOUT WORK.
>> I PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO HOLD
THE HAND OF THOSE THAT NEED THE
HELP EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY
AND PHYSICALLY, FINANCIALLY.
>> Reporter: UNDOUBTEDLY,
THERE WILL BE NEED.
CAROLYN DUNN, CBC NEWS, CALGARY.
>> Adrienne: SO TO HELP TO
UNDERSTAND THIS WE'RE JOINED BY
THE CBC'S PETER ARMSTRONG.
PROJECTED UNEMPLOYMENT OF 25%,
IT SOUNDS A BIT HARD TO FATHOM.
CAN YOU PUT THAT INTO
PERSPECTIVE FOR US, PETER?
>> Reporter: IT WOULD BE
SPECTACULARLY BAD.
I MEAN IT WOULD BE THE WORST
THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN,
SINCE WE HAVE KEPT MODERN
RECORDS.
NEWFOUNDLAND SAW THE COUNTRY'S
WORST EVER BACK IN 1984 AND THAT
WAS 22%.
I MEAN, ADRIENNE, THE U.S. SAW
24.9% UNEMPLOYMENT AT THE
ABSOLUTE PEAK OF THE GREAT
DEPRESSION IN 1933.
SO, LOOK THIS IS AWFUL.
AND IT'S A GLIMPSE INTO JUST HOW
BAD THINGS MAY GET RIGHT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY EVERY TIME
THAT SOMEBODY MAKES A FORECAST
AND THE ACTUAL DATA COMES IN AND
IT'S JUST MUCH, MUCH WORSE.
>> Adrienne: SO HOW THEN DO
YOU THINK THAT THIS WILL FIT
INTO WHAT IS EXPECTED ON
THURSDAY, THAT'S WHEN THE LATEST
NATIONAL JOBLESS FIGURES COME
OUT?
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A CRUCIAL
REPORT.
I MEAN, THE BULK OF THE LAYOFFS
HAPPENED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF
MARCH.
SINCE THEN WE HAVE SEEN SOME
NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, THE
GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT MORE THAN
THREE MILLION CANADIANS HAVE
APPLIED FOR JOBLESS BENEFITS.
WE KNOW THAT THE CONFERENCE
BOARD OF CANADA HAS SAID AS MANY 
AS 15% OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE,
THAT IT COULD REACH AS HIGH AS
15%.
AND WE KNOW THAT LOWER INCOME
CANADIANS ARE GETTING THE
HARDEST HIT IN THIS.
AND THE MOST COMMON JOBS IN
CANADA -- RETAIL SALES.
SO THESE NUMBERS WILL ALMOST
SHATTER ANY
EXISTING RECORDS THAT WE HAVE.
>> Adrienne: PETER, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
WE'LL DEFINITELY BE WATCHING FOR
THAT.
>> Andrew: NOW IN CANADA, THIS
VIRUS HAS NOW CLAIMED AT LEAST
421 LIVES.
AND TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME
NOVA SCOTIA IS INCLUDED IN THAT
COUNT.
IT RECORDED A FIRST DEATH FROM
COVID-19, A WOMAN IN HER 70s.
COUNTRY WIDE WE'RE NOW CLOSING
IN ON 18,000 CASES.
AND TODAY ONCE AGAIN THE BIGGEST
JUMPS WERE IN ONTARIO AND
QUÉBEC.
THERE LEADERS ALSO RELEASED SOME
STARK NEW PROJECTIONS FOR JUST
HOW BAD THE OUTBREAK COULD GET.
ALISON NORTHCOTT TAKES US
THROUGH THEM.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF CRYING,
OBVIOUSLY.
EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY IS QUITE
UPSET.
>> Reporter: PETER WHELAN LOST
HIS FATHER, KEN, JUST DAYS AGO.
HE DIED AFTER CONTRACTING
COVID-19.
>> HE WAS 85 YEARS OLD, BUT EVEN
WHEN YOU'RE PREPARED FOR THE
WORST, WHEN IT HITS, IT HITS
HARD.
>> Reporter: 150 PEOPLE IN
QUÉBEC HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS
SO FAR AND TODAY THE PROVINCE
REVEALED IT'S PREPARING FOR
HUNDREDS, POSSIBLY THOUSANDS
MORE.
IN ITS OPTIMISTIC SCENARIO THE
VIRUS COULD KILL 1,200 PEOPLE IN
THE END OF THE MONTH.
IN THE PESSIMISTIC ONES BASED ON
HOW THE VIRUS SPREAD IN ITALY,
THAT NUMBER CLIMBED TO NEARLY
9,000.
BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS HOPE THAT
MEASURES IN PLACE HERE WILL
PREVENT THAT OUTCOME.
>> THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CHANCE
TO KNOW AND TO INTERVENE RAPIDLY
IN ITALY.
AND IN THE MOMENT WHEN THEY DID,
IT WAS, IN FACT, TOO LATE.
WE ARE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING
IN THAT WAY.
>> Reporter: THE PEAK IN
QUÉBEC, THEY SAY, COULD COME
NEXT WEEK.
BUT THEY WOULDN'T
OFFER PROJECTIONS BEYOND THIS
MONTH.
ONTARIO HAS PROJECTED BETWEEN
3,000 AND
15,000 DEATHS OVER THE COURSE OF
THE OUTBREAK.
PREMIER DOUG FORD SAYS THAT WHEN
THE CURVE MIGHT BEGIN TO FLATTEN
IT'S IMPORTANT TO STAY VIGILANT.
>> IF WE SEE A LITTLE DECLINE,
BY NO MEANS SHOULD WE SIT BACK
AND THINKING THAT THE CURVE IS
GOING THE OTHER WAY.
IF WE SEE TWO, THREE WEEKS OF A
CURVE GOING DOWN, THEN WE'RE
GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE
LET UP.
>> Reporter: QUÉBEC'S PUBLIC
HEALTH DIRECTOR WAS RELUCTANT TO
GIVE PROJECTIONS BECAUSE HE SAID
THAT IT'S HARD TO GET THEM
RIGHT.
BUT THE PREMIER INSISTED.
AND SOME SAY THEY'RE A USEFUL
TOOL.
>> WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH TOUGH
TIMES.
SOME PEOPLE MUCH TOUGHER THAN
OTHERS.
BUT WE'RE ALL MAKING SACRIFICES.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO
KNOW WHAT THOSE SACRIFICES ARE
FOR.
>> Reporter: THE PREMIER SAYS
THAT THE PROVINCE IS MAKING
PROGRESS AGAINST THE VIRUS BUT
SAYS THAT QUÉBECERS CAN'T EASE
UP YET.
ALISON NORTHCOTT, CBC NEWS,
MONTRÉAL.
>> Andrew: BRITISH COLUMBIA
AGAIN RECORDED A MUCH SMALLER
NUMBER OF NEW CASES TODAY, JUST
25.
AND AS BRIAR STEWART SHOWS US,
WITH THAT NEWS, A PLEA FROM
OFFICIALS -- DON'T LET YOUR
GUARD DOWN YET.
>> Reporter: DURING A SUNNY
SPRING DAY, YOU MIGHT FORGET
THAT THIS PROVINCE IS IN THE
MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, BUT THE
OFFICIALS DON'T WANT YOU TO.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA AND
THE PRESS CONFERENCES FROM OUR
HEALTH OFFICIALS, THEY'RE
SHOWING US THAT WE'RE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE, BUT WE CAN'T LET UP.
>> Reporter: THAT'S WHY THE
PARK BOARD ANNOUNCED THAT
STARTING TOMORROW IT'S CLOSING
OFF ROADS IN STANLEY PARK, ALL
IN AN
EFFORT TO RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE IN THE AREA, PARTICULARLY
AHEAD OF THE LONG WEEKEND.
THERE'S A PUSH TO PREVENT PEOPLE
FROM BECOMING TOO COMPLACENT,
BECAUSE B.C. APPEARS TO BE
FLATTENING THE CURVE.
BOTH WITH THE NUMBER OF CASES
AND THE NUMBER OF
HOSPITALIZATIONS.
THE REASON?
PART OF IT, EXPERTS SAY, IS GOOD
FORTUNE THAT B.C. DIDN'T IMPORT
MORE CASES EARLY ON.
AND THAT THOSE INFECTED WEREN'T
SUPER SPREADERS.
>> YOU CAN HAVE A SINGLE PERSON
RESPONSIBLE FOR LITERALLY
HUNDREDS OF CASES IF
CIRCUMSTANCES GO DIFFERENTLY.
SO THAT WAS A HUGE BENEFIT.
BUT IT'S NOT ALL LUCK.
>> Reporter: THIS
EPIDEMIOLOGIST ALSO PRAISED WHAT
HE CALLED B.C.'S WELL INTEGRATED 
HEALTH SYSTEM.
AND OTHERS HAVE CREDITED
PROVINCIAL HEALTH OFFICER
DR. BONNIE HENRY.
>> WE'RE IN THE THICK OF IT
RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: SHE OVERSAW THE
TORONTO OUTBREAK OF SARS AND
H1N1.
HENRY HERSELF HAS ACKNOWLEDGED
THAT TIMING ALSO PLAYED A ROLE
HERE, BECAUSE B.C.'S WARNING
AGAINST
NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL HAPPENED
BEFORE MARCH BREAK BEGAN.
TODAY AS THE PROVINCE ANNOUNCED
ANOTHER FOUR DEATHS, THE
OFFICIALS REPEATED THEIR PLEA.
>> WHEN THERE'S SOME EVIDENCE
THAT WE ARE FLATTENING THE
CURVE, WE NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN
NOW.
>> Reporter: WHICH IS WHY
THEY'RE URGING PEOPLE TO STAY AT
HOME AND AWAY FROM THE
PROVINCE'S MOST POPULAR SPOTS.
BRIAR STEWART, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Adrienne: NOW MANY OF
CANADA'S MOST SERIOUS INFECTIONS
AND DEATHS ARE FROM PATIENTS IN
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES.
WORKERS THERE OFTEN MOVE BETWEEN
MULTIPLE HOMES.
DAVID COMMON POINTS OUT THAT
PRACTISE CONTINUES, DESPITE
EVIDENCE THAT IT CAN LEAD TO
DEADLY OUTBREAKS.
>> Reporter: A CRUEL TWIST OF
PANDEMICS ARE THE LESSONS FOUND
IN TRAGEDY.
B.C. LEARNED ONE HERE -- LYNN
VALLEY, WHERE AT LEAST 13
SENIORS DIED, AND OFFICIALS NOW
BELIEVE THAT THE VIRUS ARRIVED
THROUGH AN EMPLOYEE, ONE WHO
WORKED AT MULTIPLE CARE HOMES.
>> WHAT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICER REALISED IS THAT WE NEED
TO LIMIT THESE CARE STAFF TO ONE
CARE HOME BEFORE THERE'S AN
OUTBREAK IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE
OUTBREAK.
>> Reporter: THAT ORDER
DICTATED THAT THE STAFF ONLY BE
ALLOWED TO WORK AT ONE SITE,
THOUGH HEALTH OFFICERS COULD
MAKE EXCEPTIONS IF IMPERATIVE.
>> AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS A
SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY.
>> Reporter: BUT IN SPITE OF
OUTBREAKS AT NO LESS THAN 51
HOMES, ONTARIO ISN'T USING THE
SAME
STRATEGY AS B.C., ONLY
RECOMMENDING THAT CARE STAFF
WORK AT ONE FACILITY.
WHILE MANY HAVE CHOSEN TO DO
THAT VOLUNTARILY,
THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS THEM
SAYS THAT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC,
THAT 60% WERE WORKING FOR MORE
THAN ONE EMPLOYER JUST TO PAY
THE BILLS.
>> I HAD A COUPLE BREAKDOWNS.
IT'S JUST VERY EMOTIONAL.
>> Reporter: CINDY HASLER IS
UNWINDING ON HER BACKYARD IN HER
ONE DAY OFF IN WORKING IN A
NEARBY
HAMILTON-AREA CARE HOME.
NO INFECTIONS THERE YET, BUT
MANY
NEARBY HAVE IT AND YET MANY
STAFFERS STILL WORK BETWEEN
MULTIPLE CARE HOMES.
>> I THINK THAT IT'S DISGUSTING.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE
GOVERNMENT STEP UP TO THE PLATE
HERE AND MANDATE THAT YOU ONLY
ONE IN ONE LONG-TERM CARE
FACILITY AT ONE TIME.
IT'S BEEN VERY UPSETTING TO ME.
>> Reporter: SHE ISN'T ALONE,
WORRYING THAT FAILING TO FOLLOW
B.C.'S EXAMPLE COULD LEAD TO
MORE DEATHS.
WE'RE ALL LEARNING AS WE GO HERE
BUT KEY IS THAT THOSE LESSONS
DON'T COME TOO LATE.
DAVID COMMON, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: ONTARIO'S
OUTBREAK IS STILL GROWING AT A
WORRYING PACE AND A HANDFUL OF
THE PROVINCE'S CASES COME FROM
JUST OVER THE MICHIGAN BORDER.
THE CITY OF DETROIT IS
STRUGGLING WITH MORE THAN 5,500
CASES OF COVID-19.
ACROSS THE DETROIT RIVER,
WINDSOR, ONTARIO'S OUTBREAK IS
BY POPULATION LESS THAN
ONE-TENTH THAT SIZE.
YET HUNDREDS OF CANADIAN HEALTH
CARE WORKERS
CROSS OVER EACH DAY TO WORK IN
DETROIT HOSPITALS.
AS CHRIS GLOVER EXPLAINS,
THEY ARE ALREADY COMING BACK
SICK.
>> Reporter: 45-YEAR-OLD E.R.
NURSE TORY ROBERTSON IS HIMSELF
TONIGHT STRUGGLING IN HOSPITAL
WITH COVID-19.
>> IT STARTED WITH A LITTLE
FEVER FOR HIM AND IT JUST EVERY
DAY PROGRESSED AND GOT WORSE.
>> Reporter: LIKE 1,600 OTHERS
FROM THE WINDSOR AREA, HE WORKS
AT A HOSPITAL IN DETROIT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: NEIGHBOURS IN
THEIR SMALL TOWN
ARE APPLAUDING HIS SELFLESSNESS
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
RESPIRATORY THERAPIST JEFFREY
ROWE TRAVELS TO DETROIT FROM HIS
WINDSOR HOME.
RETURNING AFTER A RECENT SHIFT,
THIS SUPPORT FROM BORDER GUARDS
BROKE HIS USUALLY STOIC
EXTERIOR.
>> IT JUST WENT RIGHT TO MY
HEART AND I STARTED WEEPING.
IT WAS JUST A COOL SHOT IN THE
ARM THAT GOT MY SPIRITS UP.
>> Reporter: HIS HOSPITAL JUST
LOST A HEALTH CARE WORKER TO THE
VIRUS, A NURSE IN HER 50s.
MORE THAN 700 OTHER STAFF HAVE
TESTED POSITIVE.
HOSPITALS LIKE THIS ONE IN NEW
YORK CITY ARE OVERWHELMED.
AND DETROIT IS PREPARING TO BE
NEXT WITH MORE THAN 5,500
CASES, IT HAS MORE THAN
THE WHOLE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO.
ACROSS THE RIVER, WINDSOR JUST
HAS 230 CASES.
NEARLY 20% OF THOSE INFECTED
WORK AT AMERICAN HOSPITALS.
DESPITE THE THREAT OF BRINGING
COVID BACK, WINDSOR PUBLIC
HEALTH SAYS THAT OVER-THE-BORDER
WORK MUST CONTINUE.
>> WE UNDERSTAND THE RISKS THAT
COMES WITH GOING TO THERE.
WE'RE NOT ABANDONING THOSE
PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: HEALTH CARE STAFF
IN THE REGION NOW HAVE TO PICK
ONE HOSPITAL TO WORK AT TO
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS
BETWEEN FACILITIES.
SOME FEAR THAT A RECENT
DIPLOMATIC DISPUTE BETWEEN THE
U.S. PRESIDENT AND CANADA OVER
POTENTIALLY BANNING EXPORTS OF
AMERICAN RESPIRATORY MASKS COULD
ESCALATE INTO A HARD STOP AT THE
BORDER, EVEN TO ESSENTIAL
WORKERS.
>> I'M COMFORTED THAT BRIGHT
MINDS WILL PREVAIL, THAT TWITTER
POLITICS WILL NOT PREVAIL AT THE
END OF THE DAY AND THAT THE
RIGHT THING WILL BE DONE.
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>> Reporter: BUT THESE DETROIT
HEROES NEED MORE THAN SONG, THEY
NEED THEIR CANADIAN COLLEAGUES
IN BATTLE.
CHRIS GLOVER, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Andrew: NOW MOST PEOPLE
KNOW THAT THE COMMON COVID
SYMPTOMS TO WATCH FOR -- DRY
COUGH, FEVER, DIFFICULTY
BREATHING.
BUT SOME PATIENTS DON'T
EXPERIENCE ANY OF THOSE AND
OTHERS HAVE UNUSUAL SYMPTOMS.
AS VIK ADHOPIA TELLS US, THAT
CAN MAKE IT HARDER TO DIAGNOSE.
>> Reporter: COVID-19 HAS BEEN
A HARD SLOG FOR DEBORAH KOVIGAN.
THE NEW YORK AUTHOR HAS BEEN
SICK FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS.
>> THE NOT BEING ABLE TO BREATHE
IS -- IT'S TERRIFYING.
>> Reporter: SHE FIRST NOTICED
THAT SOMETHING WAS UP WHILE
REORGANIZING SPICES.
>> I COULDN'T SMELL ANYTHING AND
ALL OF THE GREEN SPICES SMELLED
THE SAME.
>> Reporter: FATIGUE AND A
SEVERE HEADACHE, THE FIRST SIGNS 
EMILY PAKIN AND JUSTIN WERE
SICK.
>> LIKE A HANGOVER AND I NEVER
HAD A CONCUSSION BUT JUSTIN HAS
HAD A CONCUSSION AND, YEAH, YOU
CAN'T GET OUT OF BED AND YOU'RE
SO EXHAUSTED.
>> DEFINITELY TIRED, LIKE HIT BY
A TRUCK TIRED.
>> Reporter: KIM MURPHY ALSO
LOST HER SENSE OF TASTE.
>> I HAD NO FEVER, OR IF I DID
IT WAS VERY, VERY, VERY MINOR
AND I HAD NO SHORTNESS OF BREATH
AND NO COUGHING.
>> Reporter: DOCTORS AND
HEALTH OFFICIALS ALSO WARN OF
OTHER UNCOMMON SYMPTOMS OF
COVID-19 -- DELIRIUM AND
DIARRHEA AND EYE INFECTIONS AND
SEIZURES AND EVEN STROKE.
>> AND SO AT OUR HOSPITAL WE ARE
TESTING ALL PATIENTS WHO PRESENT
WITH STROKE SYMPTOMS, WE'RE
TESTING.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING C.A.T.
SCANS, C.T. SCANS ON THEIR TESTS
AS WELL TO LOOK FOR SIGNS OF
COVID INFECTIONS.
>> Reporter: THESE ARE NOT
TYPICAL, AT LEAST IN CANADA.
BUT IN ITALY, DOCTORS HAVE SET
UP
SEPARATE UNITS TO TREAT PATIENTS
WITH THESE NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS
WHICH SUGGEST AN INFLAMMATION OF
THE BRAIN.
A CANADIAN NEUROLOGIST WORKING
IN PITTSBURGH IS LEADING A TEAM
OF RESEARCHERS TO FIND OUT MORE.
>> I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR US TO LEARN AS MUCH ABOUT
THIS VIRUS AS POSSIBLE SO THAT
WE CAN PROPERLY SCREEN FOR IT
AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW
TO TREAT PATIENTS, THE SMALL
PORTION OF PATIENTS WHO MAY HAVE
NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION FROM
THE INFECTION.
>> Reporter: IT'S ANOTHER SIGN
OF HOW THE SCIENCE IS FIGHTING
TO KEEP UP WITH THE PANDEMIC.
VIK ADHOPIA, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: GOVERNMENTS
AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING
CANADA, ARE SCRAMBLING TO SECURE
DELIVERIES OF VENTILATORS AND
P.P.E.s FROM ABROAD, BUT
OTTAWA SAYS THAT IT'S MADE
HEADWAY ON AN ALTERNATE
SOLUTION.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WE NEED A SUSTAINABLE
STABLE SUPPLY OF THESE PRODUCTS
AND THAT MEANS MAKING THEM AT
HOME.
WE HAVE TOLD THESE COMPANIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO PUT UP
THEIR HANDS TO GO AHEAD AND GET
BUILDING VENTILATORS AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE AND AS MANY AS
POSSIBLE.
>> Adrienne: JUSTIN TRUDEAU
SAID THAT 30,000 MADE-IN-CANADA
VENTILATORS ARE IN THE WORKS,
THOUGH NO WORD WHEN THEY'LL BE
DELIVERED.
AND OTTAWA SAYS THAT CANADIAN
COMPANIES ARE MAKING P.P.E. FROM
LOCALLY SOURCED MATERIALS LIKE
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HOUSE WRAP
AND AUTOMOBILE AIRBAGS.
MEANWHILE, THE CITY OF TORONTO
IS RECALLING MORE THAN 62,000
FAULTY SURGICAL MASKS FOLLOWING
REPORTS OF THEM RIPPING AND
TEARING.
>> WE ARE CONDUCTING AN
INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE HOW
MANY EMPLOYEES MAY HAVE USED
THESE MASKS AND IF THERE WAS
POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO COVID-19 AS
A RESULT.
>> Adrienne: STAFF AT THREE
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES WITH
CONFIRMED OUTBREAKS RECEIVED
THOSE MASKS LAST MONTH.
THE CITY WILL RECEIVE A $200,000
REFUND FOR THE SHIPMENT BUT IT
WILL HAVE TO DIP INTO ITS
STOCKPILE OF SURGICAL MASKS FOR
REPLACEMENTS.
>>> SOME FRUSTRATION IN NOVA
SCOTIA AS OFFICIALS GROW
CONCERNED ABOUT COMMUNITY SPREAD
IN THE PROVINCE.
>> I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT
AFTER EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THAT SOME OF
YOU THINK THAT IT'S OKAY TO HAVE
A GATHERING OR A PARTY.
YOU'RE NOT ONLY PUTTING YOURSELF
AT RISK, BUT YOU'RE PUTTING
EVERYONE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AT
RISK.
>> Adrienne: THE PREMIER'S
STERN MESSAGE COMES ON THE DAY
THAT
NOVA SCOTIA SURPASSED THE 300
CASE MARK.
FEAR OVER THE CORONAVIRUS HAS
PEOPLE MAKING SOME PRETTY WILD
CLAIMS ONLINE ABOUT CURES AND
TREATMENTS -- NONE OF THEM
SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN AND SOME
OF THEM QUITE DANGEROUS.
BUT HEALTH CANADA IS STARTING TO
CRACK DOWN.
HERE'S KATIE NICHOLSON WITH OUR
COVID CHECK TEAM.
>> YOU'RE SAYING THAT SILVER
SOLUTION WOULD BE EFFECTIVE?
>> TOTALLY ELIMINATES IT.
KILLS IT.
DEACTIVATES IT.
>> Reporter: THIS HARD SELL
FOR A BOGUS COVID-19 PRODUCT GOT 
FAITH TV IN TROUBLE WITH HEALTH
CANADA.
THE CANADIAN TV STATION RECEIVED
ONE OF 27 COMPLIANCE ORDERS FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WARNING
ABOUT MAKING UNPROVEN CLAIMS
ABOUT COVID-19.
THERE WERE ORDERS TO
NATRUROPATHS AND NATURAL ORDER
STORES.
AND TO THE BIG PLAYERS TOO,
COMPANIES LIKE CANADIAN TIRE AND
AMAZON.
THE ONLINE RETAILER RECEIVED
SEVERAL ORDERS FOR PRODUCTS
BEING SOLD THAT MADE
UNAUTHORIZED CLAIMS ABOUT
COVID-19.
EVEN RADIO-CANADA WAS CALLED OUT
FOR AN UNVERIFIED CLAIM ON
ONE OF ITS ONLINE STORIES WHICH
IT HAS SINCE FIXED.
>> I LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE
GOING AFTER THE RAGE, BECAUSE
WE'RE SEEING MISINFORMATION AND
INAPPROPRIATE MARKETING
ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE.
>> Reporter: BUT PSUEDOSCIENCE
CRITIC TIMOTHY CAULFIELD WOULD
LIKE TO SEE STIFFER PENALTIES
FOR MISINFORMATION.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FINES AND
I'D LIKE TO SEE PROVIDERS THAT
ARE REGULATED TO STOP FROM
MAKING CLAIMS AND PROVIDING
UNPROVEN TREATMENTS.
>> Reporter: THE PANDEMIC HAS
PROMPTED A WAVE OF HEALTH
MISINFORMATION ON EVERYTHING
FROM DIAGNOSTIC TESTS TO HOME
REMEDIES.
>> I MEAN, IF YOU TELL SOMEONE
TO DRINK
CHLORIDE BLEACH, THAT IS REALLY
BAD FOR YOU.
>> Reporter: SENATOR STAN
KUTCHNER IS PLEASED THAT THE
GOVERNMENT IS CRACKING DOWN ON
BAD COVID-19 INFORMATION, BUT HE
ALSO BELIEVES THAT PEOPLE NEED
TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEMSELVES.
>> COME ON, CANADIANS, WE'VE
ALSO TO UP OUR GAME TO BE MORE
SCIENCE LITERATE AND HEALTH
LITERATE SO THAT WE CAN SEPARATE
FICTION FROM FACT.
>> Reporter: HEALTH CANADA
SAYS IS IT WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR WEBSITES AND WORK WITH
RETAILERS TO
REMOVE FALSE AND MISLEADING
CLAIMS.
KATIE NICHOLSON, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: WELL, AN UNUSUAL
SIGHT IN THE U.S. TONIGHT.
AN ELECTION IN THE MIDST OF A
PANDEMIC.
UP NEXT, THE LONG LINES OF
VOTERS IN WISCONSIN AS THE
PRESIDENT TAKES AIM AT THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGINISATION.
>> Adrienne: AND KIDS HAVE
QUESTIONS, SO TONIGHT THEY ASK
OUR PANEL OF DOCTORS.
>> WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO
HAVE THE VIRUS?
>> WHY DO WE HAVE TO STAY HOME?
>> Andrew: AND RYAN REYNOLDS
TELLS US WHY HE'S JOINING FORCES
WITH A CANADIAN HOCKEY LEGEND.
>> SHE'S JUST ONE OF THOSE KIND
OF EVERYDAY SUPERHEROS.
>> Andrew: WE'RE BACK IN TWO.
>> Andrew: THE EPI-CENTRE OF
THE GLOBAL COVID-19 OUTBREAK
REMAINS THE UNITED STATES.
NEW YORK SUFFERED ITS DEADLIEST
DAY YET AS OFFICIALS KEEP
TELLING PEOPLE TO STAY HOME.
BUT AS KATIE SIMPSON TELLS US,
IN WISCONSIN THEY DID THE
OPPOSITE, PROCEEDING WITH A
STATE WIDE IN-PERSON VOTE.
>> Reporter: LOOKS LIKE A
HOSPITAL TRIAGING PATIENTS,
DOESN'T IT?
AND THIS LIKE A DRIVE-THRU
CORONAVIRUS TESTING CENTRE.
BOTH ARE ACTUALLY POLLING
STATIONS IN WISCONSIN.
PHYSICAL DISTANCING RULES WERE
LOOSELY ENFORCED AS TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VOTED IN THE
STATE'S PRIMARY AND JUDICIAL
ELECTIONS.
>> I HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE
TODAY AND RISK MY LIFE TO VOTE.
AND I'M HAPPY TO DO IT BECAUSE
THAT IS MY RIGHT.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS TRIED
AND FAILED TO GET THESE VOTE
POSTPONED.
THAT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR THE
GENERAL ELECTION, JOE BIDEN
SAYS, BUT IT'S TIME TO LOOK AT A
BACK-UP PLAN.
>> TO HAVE BOTH POLITICAL
PARTIES AND THE ACADEMIA LAYING
OUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO HAVE
VOTING BY MAIL.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO VOTE AND
SIDESTEPPED QUESTIONS WHETHER HE
ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY IF VOTERS
GET SICK.
>> President Donald Trump: ALL
I DID WAS ENDORSE A CANDIDATE
THAT'S HIGHLY QUALIFIED, VERY
RESPECTED PERSON.
AND ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE.
>> Reporter: INSTEAD, DONALD
TRUMP USED HIS DAILY CORONAVIRUS
BRIEFING TO POINT A FINGER AT
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGINISATION,
ANNOUNCING THE U.S. IS PUTTING
ITS FUNDING ON HOLD.
>> President Donald Trump:
THEY CALLED IT WRONG.
THEY CALLED IT WRONG.
THEY REALLY -- THEY MISSED THE
CALL.
>> Reporter: BUT TRUMP
ADMITTED THAT HE DIDN'T READ A
JANUARY MEMO FROM HIS TOP TRADE
ADVISOR WARNING OF THE
SERIOUSNESS OF THE ILLNESS.
THE HUNT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
COMES ON A DARK DAY IN THE
HARDEST HIT STATE.
731 PEOPLE DIED IN NEW YORK OVER
A 24-HOUR SPAN.
THE LARGEST NUMBER OF DEATHS IN
A SINGLE DAY.
>> BEHIND EVERY ONE OF THOSE
NUMBERS IS AN INDIVIDUAL, IS A
FAMILY, IS A MOTHER, IS A
FATHER.
>> Reporter: NEW GUIDELINES
ARE COMING OUT HERE TOMORROW FOR
A-SYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN EXPOSED TO SOMEONE WITH THE
ILLNESS.
RECOMMENDATIONS LIKELY AROUND
ISOLATION AND PROTECTIVE GEAR.
KATIE SIMPSON, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Adrienne: BRITISH PRIME
MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON IS
SPENDING A SECOND NIGHT IN
INTENSIVE CARE.
SAID TO BE IN GOOD SPIRITS,
JOHNSON IS
BEING GIVEN OXYGEN BUT BREATHING
WITHOUT THE HELP OF A MACHINE.
>> I'M CONFIDENT THAT HE'LL PULL
THROUGH, BECAUSE IF THERE'S ONE
THING THAT I KNOW ABOUT THIS
PRIME MINISTER, HE'S A FIGHTER.
AND HE'LL BE BACK AT THE HELM
LEADING US THROUGH THIS CRISIS
IN SHORT ORDER.
>> Adrienne: THE QUEEN SENT A
MESSAGE TO JOHNSON'S FAMILY AND
HIS PARTNER, CARRIE SYMOND THAT
THEY WERE IN HER THOUGHTS AND
THAT SHE WISHED THE PRIME
MINISTER A FULL AND SPEEDY
RECOVERY.
>>> SO THE WORDS "INTENSIVE
CARE" SOUND PRETTY OMINOUS, BUT
THE WORK BEING DONE THERE ARE
AIMED TO BRING PATIENTS BACK
FROM THE BRINK.
THOMAS DAIGLE LOOKS AT WHAT
HAPPENS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
TO HELP COVID PATIENTS.
>> Reporter: CONSIDER THIS THE
LAST LINE OF DEFENCE AGAINST
COVID-19.
THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, WHERE
THE MOST CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
ARE TREATED.
MANY ARE PUT ON A VENTILATOR TO
HELP THEM BREATHE.
OTHERS SUCH AS BORIS JOHNSON ARE
GIVEN OXYGEN LIKELY THROUGH A
MASK.
>> THE NURSES ARE AT THE
BEDSIDE.
>> Reporter: BUT THIS TORONTO
I.C.U. DIRECTOR POINTS OUT THAT
THERE'S ARE THERE'S STILL NO
GUARANTEE THAT
ANYTHING WILL HELP.
>> A LOT OF PATIENTS GET WORSE
AND THEN THERE'S LITTLE THAT WE
CAN DO BUT WAIT AND HOPE THAT
THINGS TURN AROUND.
>> Reporter: THE BBC WAS
GRANTED ACCESS TO AN I.C.U.
TREATING CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS IN
LONDON.
WHERE THE MEDICAL STAFF HAVE
FOUND THAT TURNING PATIENTS ON
TO
THEIR STOMACH CAN HELP THE
OXYGEN REACH THEIR LUNGS.
IT'S A DELICATE PROCEDURE BUT
CRUCIAL WITH COVID-19
JEOPARDIZING RESPIRATORY
FUNCTIONS.
>> IT'S A TERRIBLE TIME.
BECAUSE I'M NOT BREATHING.
>> Reporter: SOME MUCH YOUNGER
PATIENTS HAVE WOUND UP IN
INTENSIVE CARE AS WELL.
>> IT'S A CHALLENGE.
>> Reporter: INCLUDING
41-YEAR-OLD RENE SEGURA FROM
BARRIE, ONTARIO.
HE'S BEEN HOME FOR A WEEK AND
STILL SLOWLY RECOVERING.
>> FOR SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS I AM
GOING TO HAVE A LINGERING COUGH.
BUT DAY-BY-DAY IT'S STARTING TO
GO AWAY.
>> Reporter: IT'S NOT GONE
THAT WAY FOR EVERYONE.
THIS BRITISH I.C.U. DOCTOR SAYS
THAT PATIENTS PUT ON A
VENTILATOR FOR SEVERAL DAYS MAY
BE IN FOR A LONG RECOVERY.
>> WE SHOULDN'T EXPECT TO SEE
THEM RETURN TO A FULL LEVEL OF
FUNCTION FOR SEVERAL MONTHS
AFTER THE ILLNESS.
THIS IS GOING TO REALLY HIT
PEOPLE HARD.
>> Reporter: EARLY RESEARCH
DURING THIS OUTBREAK FOUND HALF
OF THE INTENSIVE CARE PATIENTS
DON'T SURVIVE.
BUT DOCTORS ARE GETTING A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF COVID-19.
SO WHILE THERE MAY BE NO CURE,
FOR THE PATIENTS THERE IS MORE
HOPE.
THOMAS DAIGLE, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: AHEAD TONIGHT,
THIS IS A BUSY WEEKEND FOR MANY
RELIGIOUS CANADIANS AND CHANCES
ARE THAT IT'S ALL GOING TO LOOK
A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
>> I AM A BIT OF A BIG DEAL ON
YouTube.
>> Adrienne: HOW RELIGIOUS
LEADERS ARE TURNING TO
TECHNOLOGY TO BRING THEIR PEOPLE
CLOSER TOGETHER.
>> Andrew: AND IN A FEW
MOMENTS OUR DOCTORS ARE HERE TO
TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS, EXCEPT THE
TWIST TONIGHT IS THAT ALL OF THE
QUESTIONS ARE COMING FROM KIDS
LIKE SEQUOIA.
>> WHEN WILL THEY FIND A CURE
FOR COVID-19?
>> Andrew: SIMPLE
STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTION, RIGHT?
BUT FIRST --
>> HI, RYAN.
>> HI, AMY.
>> Andrew: RYAN REYNOLDS CAN
BE A TOUGH GUY TO GET AHOLD OF,
BUT AGREED TO GIVE AN INTERVIEW
TO AN OLD FRIEND WHO NOW WORKS
AT CBC VANCOUVER.
>> THAT'S ME CIRCLED IN THE
PURPLE AND THAT'S YOU DOWN ON
THE GROUND.
>> Andrew: REYNOLDS GREW UP TO
PLAY A SUPERHERO, THOUGH HE
THINKS THAT HIS FRIEND AND
FELLOW CANADIAN HAYLEY
WICKENHEISER IS PERHAPS MORE
DESERVING OF THE TITLE.
>> SHE'S ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
THAT IS ALWAYS STANDING UP FOR
THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT
TIME WITH ALL OF HER -- EVERY
CELL IN HER BODY.
>> Andrew: WHEN WICKENHEISER
PUT OUT A CALL FOR PEOPLE TO
DONATE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO
HOSPITALS HE ANSWERED AND
TWEETING, "PEOPLE WHO HELP
HAYLEY TO GET THIS CRITICAL
P.P.E. GEAR WILL GET SOMETHING
AWESOME FROM ME."
>> I DID EVERYTHING THAT I COULD 
TO AMPLIFY HER MESSAGE AND TO
HELP, BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT
SHE'S THE ONE ON THE FRONT
LINES.
>> Andrew: HE MAY BE BEING
MODEST.
HE AND HIS WIFE, BLAKE LIVELY
HAVE DONATED A MILLION DOLLARS
TO FOOD BANKS IN CANADA AND THE
U.S.
>> JUST THE IDEA THAT KIDS IN
COUNTRIES AS PROSPEROUS AS THE
UNITED STATES AND CANADA AND
SO MANY OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD BE
GOING WITHOUT FOOD.
THAT HAPPENS, EVEN WHEN THERE'S
NOT A PANDEMIC, WHICH IS
MIND-BOGGLING AS WELL.
SO, YEAH, WE TRIED TO SORT OF
FOCUS MORE A LITTLE BIT
OUTWARDLY.
(*)
>> Andrew: WELCOME BACK.
THIS IS THE PART OF THE
PROGRAMME WHERE WE PUT YOUR
COVID-19 QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO
THE MEDICAL EXPERTS, BUT TONIGHT
THOSE QUESTIONS ARE COMING FROM
KIDS.
HERE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS
WE HAVE DR. ISSAC BOGOCH, AN FEK
FEK SPECIALIST AND PAEDIATRICIAN
DR. DINA KULIK.
FIRST QUESTION, THIS IS FOR YOU,
DR. KULIK AND IT'S FROM PARKER.
>> I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
VIRUS, HOW LONG DOES IT STAY IN
YOUR BODY AND WHAT DOES IT DO TO
YOUR BODY?
>> Andrew: GO FOR IT.
>> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
SO COVID PROBABLY LIVES IN YOUR
BODY FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
SOME STUDIES SHOW UP TO THREE OR
FOUR WEEKS.
BUT MOST OF US ARE THINKING
ABOUT 14 DAYS.
WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT WHEN THE
VIRUS ENTERS YOUR BODY THAT
TYPICALLY THAT IS FROM YOUR EYES 
OR YOUR NOSE OR YOUR MOUTH.
FROM YOU TOUCHING A SURFACE THAT 
HAD COVID ON IT.
AND ONCE IT GOES
INTO YOUR BODY IT STARTS TO MAKE
DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF ITSELF.
SO IT STARTS TO REPLICATE AND
IT'S MAKING MORE AND MORE AND
MORE COVID COPIES.
THAT'S WHY PEOPLE START TO GET
SYMPTOMS BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE
OF THESE COPIES IN THEIR NOSE
AND IN THEIR THROAT AND
SOMETIMES GOING DOWN INTO THEIR
CHEST AND THAT WILL CAUSE THE
COUGH AND THE RUNNY NOSE AND
FEVER THAT SOME PEOPLE GET WITH
COVID.
>> Andrew: HOW DOES IT LEAVE
THE BODY EVENTUALLY?
>> WELL, EVENTUALLY YOUR BODY'S
IMMUNE SYSTEM WILL FIGHT THAT
VIRUS LIKE IT DOES ANY VIRUS,
LIKE INFLUENZA AND OTHERS.
YOUR BODY WILL START TO
RECOGNIZE IT AS FOREIGN AND
STARTS TO FIGHT IT.
THAT'S WHEN YOU GET BETTER.
>> Andrew: DR. BOGOCH, THIS
NEXT QUESTION IS FOR YOU FROM
OLIVIA.
>> I WAS WONDERING WHAT DOES IT
FEEL LIKE TO HAVE THE VIRUS?
>> OH, OLIVIA, THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION.
YOU KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT
HAVE THIS VIRUS ARE GOING TO
FEEL PRETTY CRUMMY FOR A FEW
DAYS.
THEY MIGHT HAVE A FEVER.
THEY MIGHT HAVE A COUGH.
THEY MIGHT FEEL PRETTY RUN DOWN
AND HAVE TO STAY AT HOME AND
STAY ON THE COUCH OR IN BED FOR
A FEW DAYS.
BUT LUCKILY MOST PEOPLE WHO GET
THIS INFECTION WILL START TO
FEEL BETTER AFTER A FEW DAYS AND
MOST PEOPLE WON'T NEED TO GO TO
THE HOSPITAL FOR CARE.
SO MOST PEOPLE WILL DO JUST FINE 
AND THEY'LL GET BETTER ON THEIR
HOME AFTER A FEW DAYS AT HOME.
>> Andrew: DR. BOGOCH, ANOTHER
ONE TO YOU FROM SEQUOIA.
>> WHEN WILL THEY FIND A CURE
FOR COVID-19?
>> WELL, SEQUOIA, THAT'S ALSO A
GREAT QUESTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF
DOCTORS AND
SCIENTISTS WORKING ON FINDING A
CURE.
THERE ARE STUDIES GOING ON
RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE TESTING
LOTS OF NEW DRUGS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME
ANSWERS IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE
MONTHS ABOUT NEW DRUGS USED TO
TREAT THERE.
AND JUST LIKE PEOPLE GET
VACCINES ONCE A YEAR FOR THE
FLU, THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING
A VACCINE FOR COVID-19.
AND THAT PROBABLY IS ABOUT A
YEAR TO A YEAR AND A HALF AWAY
STILL.
SO THE TREATMENTS WE'LL KNOW
A BIT MORE ABOUT IN THE NEXT TWO
OR THREE MONTHS.
BUT A VACCINE, PROBABLY CLOSE TO
A YEAR OR A YEAR AND A HALF.
>> Andrew: DOES ANY MEDICINE
HELP?
>> SO CERTAINLY RIGHT NOW WE
KNOW THAT THERE ISN'T ANY
SPECIFIC MEDICINE THAT WE CAN
USE THAT WILL HELP TO FIGHT THIS
INFECTION, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF
DIFFERENT DRUGS THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO SEE IF THEY'LL WORK.
AND WE'LL HAVE AN ANSWER PRETTY
SOON.
>> Andrew: OKAY, DR. KULIK,
THIS NEXT QUESTION IS FROM
QUENTIN.
>> MY QUESTION IS MY MOM IS NOT
SICK, MY DAD IS NOT SICK AND MY
BROTHERS ARE NOT SICK.
WHY DO WE HAVE TO STAY HOME?
>> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
THE REASON IS TWO THINGS.
ONE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY STAY HEALTHY
AND IF YOU'RE OUT IN THE WORLD
AND GOING TO SCHOOL AND YOUR
PARENTS ARE GOING TO WORK OR
YOU'RE GOING TO THE PLAYGROUND,
YOU MIGHT GET THIS INFECTION.
THAT MEANS THAT YOU MIGHT BRING
IT HOME TO YOUR FAMILY AND
PEOPLE MAY GET SICK.
BUT ALSO YOU COULD ACTUALLY HAVE
THE INFECTION OR SOMEONE IN YOUR
FAMILY COULD AND YOU MAY NOT
KNOW IT.
BECAUSE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
COVID HAVE NO SYMPTOMS OR VERY
MILD SYMPTOMS.
SO BY YOU STAYING HOME YOU'RE
PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM GETTING
IT FROM OTHER PEOPLE AND YOU'RE
PROTECTING OTHER PEOPLE FROM
GETTING IT FROM YOU, EVEN IF
YOU'RE NOT SICK.
>> Andrew: RIGHT, BEST TO BE
CAREFUL.
DR. BOGOCH, THIS IS ALEXANDRA.
>> MY QUESTION IS, CAN YOU CATCH
COVID-19 MULTIPLE TIMES?
>> ALEXANDRA, THAT'S A FANTASTIC
QUESTION.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE SHORT ANSWER
IS THAT WE'RE NOT 100% SURE JUST
YET.
BUT MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE AND PUBLIC
HEALTH THAT ONCE YOU GET THIS
INFECTION AND YOU GET BETTER,
YOU WON'T GET IT AGAIN FOR THE
NEXT FEW MONTHS TO PROBABLY A
YEAR.
SO ONCE YOU GET IT AND YOU
RECOVER YOU'RE LIKELY TO BE OKAY
AND NOT GOING TO GET IT AGAIN.
>> Andrew: WE HAVE A LITTLE
BIT OF TIME LEFT.
DR. KULIK, THIS IS ELLA.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW CAN
I HELP OTHER PEOPLE TO NOT
GETTING COVID-19?
>> FANTASTIC QUESTION.
SO THE WAY THAT WE PREVENT THE
INFECTION IS TWO THINGS.
ONE IS MAINTAINING PHYSICAL OR
SOCIAL DISTANCE.
SO THAT IMPLIES WHY YOU ARE NOT
IN SCHOOL AND MANY OF US ARE NOT
WORKING OR GOING TO THE
PLAYGROUND AND THE GROCERY
STORES AND TRYING TO STAY AWAY.
IF YOU STAY AT LEAST TWO METRES
AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE, YOU'RE
LESS LIKELY TO GET IT FROM THEM.
AND THE OTHER IS TO HAVE REALLY,
REALLY CLEAN HANDS.
YOU WANT TO WASH FOR 20 OR 30
SECONDS WITH SOAP AND WATER
MULTIPLE TIMES PER DAY BECAUSE
THE MOST COMMON REASON THAT WE
GET COVID IS FROM TOUCHING
SURFACES THAT HAVE THE VIRUS ON
IT AND TOUCHING OUR EYES OR OUR
NOSE OR OUR MOUTH AND THE VIRUS
ENTERS OUR BODY.
SO IT'S GOOD CLEAN HANDS AND
STAYING AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
>> Andrew: DR. KULIK AND
DR. BOGOCH, AND ALL OF THE KIDS
WHO SENT IN QUESTIONS, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
TOMORROW NIGHT THIS SEGMENT
WILL TAKE ON A SPECIAL FOCUS --
YOUR FINANCES.
WHETHER YOU'RE A BUSINESS OWNER
OR AN EMPLOYEE AND YOU PAY A
MORTGAGE OR RENT, THERE'S
UNCERTAINTY RIGHT NOW.
SO SEND YOUR QUESTIONS ON
INSTAGRAM @CBCTHENATIONAL OR
YOU CAN SEND US AN EMAIL AT
THENATIONAL@CBC.CA.
>> Adrienne: THERE'S ANOTHER
IMPORTANT QUESTION ON THE MINDS
OF A LOT OF KIDS RIGHT NOW, WILL
THE EASTER BUNNY, WILL THE TOOTH
FAIRY
STILL BE ALLOWED TO VISIT IN THE
MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
ON THE HEELS OF A MOVE BY NEW
ZEALAND YESTERDAY, TODAY
CANADIAN POLITICIANS STEPPED UP.
WHEN NEW ZEALAND'S PRIME
MINISTER MADE HER DECLARATION
YESTERDAY --
>> WE DO CONSIDER BOTH THE TOOTH
FAIRY AND THE EASTER BUNNY TO BE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
>> Adrienne: LITTLE DID SHE
KNOW ARE KNOW SHE'D BE HELPING
OUT
CANADIAN KIDS.
>> I HAVE SEEN WHAT NEW ZEALAND
HAS DONE.
>> Adrienne: TODAY ONTARIO
PREMIER DOUG FORD JUMPED ON
BOARD AND SAYING IT --
>> THE EASTER BUNNY IS BECOMING
AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE.
>> Adrienne: AND PUTTING IT IN
WRITING.
THE EASTER BUNNY CAN DELIVER
TREATS TO ONTARIO'S CHILDREN BUT
NOT IN PARKS OR PLAYGROUNDS.
FROM QUÉBEC, BIG NEWS ABOUT THAT
OTHER HARD WORKER.
>> THE TOOTH FAIRY NOW IS ON THE
LIST OF ESSENTIAL SERVICE AND
HE'S IMMUNE TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> Adrienne: THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, COMING
TOGETHER IN FAITH WHILE STAYING
APART.
BUT FIRST HERE'S ANDREW.
>> Andrew: IF YOUR JOB BRINGS
YOU INTO CONTACT WITH OTHER
PEOPLE, YOU ARE AT A HIGHER RISK
OF GETTING SICK.
SO HOW THEN DO YOU AVOID
INFECTING YOUR FAMILY?
FIRST THING -- WASH YOUR HANDS
OFTEN.
>> AT LEAST EVERY HOUR, IF NOT
MORE OFTEN.
AND THIS IS GOING TO AN EXCESS
OF CAUTION, BUT IT IS A
CONSIDERATION POTENTIALLY.
I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE
CHOOSING TO CHANGE CLOTHES SO
THAT THE CLOTHES THEY WORE OUT
AND ABOUT ARE NOT THE CLOTHES
THAT THEY COME INTO THE HOUSE
WITH AND THAT THEY PUT THOSE
CLOTHES DIRECTLY IN THE WASH.
>> Andrew: HOW ABOUT YOU
INTERACT WITH YOUR FAMILY?
>> IF YOU'RE VERY, VERY CAREFUL
AT YOUR PLACE OF WORK AND
MINDFUL OF HAND HYGIENE AND
YOU'RE BOTH CLEARLY WITHOUT ANY
SYMPTOMS, YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE
ARE CHOOSING TO HAVE SOME
DEGREE OF NORMALCY IN THEIR LIFE
AND STILL MAINTAINING THE SAME
HOUSEHOLD RELATIONSHIP THEY DID
BEFORE THIS.
>> Andrew: WHATEVER YOU
DECIDE, REMEMBER TO WIPE DOWN
COMMON HIGH-TOUCH SURFACES BOTH
AT HOME AND AT WORK.
>> Adrienne: THIS IS A BIG
MONTH FOR THE RELIGIOUS.
PASSOVER STARTS TOMORROW, EASTER
IS ON SUNDAY, AND RAMADAN KICKS
OFF LATER THIS MONTH.
BUT COVID-19 IS PREVENTING
PEOPLE FROM GETTING TOGETHER,
FROM CELEBRATING TOGETHER.
SO AS TOM MURPHY EXPLAINS, SOME
ARE PUTTING THEIR FAITH IN
TECHNOLOGY.
>> Reporter: THE SUNDAY
MORNING BUSTLE AT ST. BENEDICT
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN HALIFAX IS
GONE, THE CHURCH BELL, SILENT.
THESE PEWS HAVEN'T SEEN A
PARISHONER IN WEEKS.
>> JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE SHUT THE
DOORS TO OUR CHURCH AND THE
CHURCH IS CLOSED, THE
BUILDING IS CLOSED, DOESN'T MEAN
THAT THE CHURCH IS CLOSED.
AT A TIME LIKE THIS THAT IS A
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION THAT PEOPLE
ARE ASKING, WHAT IS THE MEANING
OF LIFE, WHY AM I HERE?
WHAT'S THE POINT OF ALL OF THIS
SUFFERING?
>> WHOEVER YOU ARE, YOU'RE MOST
WELCOME TO JOIN US TODAY AND WE
BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS A SPECIAL
BLESSING FOR YOU.
>> Reporter: IT'S WHY THEY
DECIDED TO BECOME EVEN MORE
SOCIAL.
RAMPING UP THEIR LIVESTREAM
BROADCAST OF SUNDAY MASS.
LAST WEEK REACHING 10,000
VIEWERS.
>> I AM A BIT OF A BIG DEAL ON
YouTube.
>> I KIND OF ALWAYS HAD A SENSE
THAT MY
PREACHING WOULD EMPTY THE CHURCH
ONE DAY.
IT HAPPENED A LOT SOONER THAN I
THOUGHT IT WOULD.
>> Reporter: CREATING THAT
SPIRITUAL SPACE CAN BE A
PARTICULAR CHALLENGE IN THE
JEWISH FAITH.
A MINYAN OR QUORUM OF 10 IS
USUALLY WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR
CERTAIN RELIGIOUS OBLIGATIONS.
>> WE HAVE ALSO BEEN CREATIVE
AND STILL AUTHENTIC IN THE WAY
IN WHICH WE HAVE SOLVED CERTAIN
RELIGIOUS PROBLEMS WITH REGARD
TO WEDDINGS.
>> MAZEL TOV.
>> I WAS ABLE TO OFFICIATE AT A
WEDDING A WEEK AGO.
DURING THIS TIME OF ANXIETY --
>> Reporter: AND NOT JUST
WEDDINGS -- SHABBAT PRAYERS AND
BAR MITZVAHS.
EVEN COFFEE WITH THE RABBI,
THEY'RE ALL BEING DONE BY ZOOM.
>> IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE
TELLING OF THE STORY.
>> Reporter: IN FACT, THIS
RABBI IS HOLDING A VIRTUAL
SEDER, A CEREMONIAL DINNER TO
START PASSOVER LIVE FROM HIS
HOME.
>> AT TIMES OF DISRUPTION YOU
MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR WHAT YOU
MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE MAKE
ALLOWANCES FOR FROM A RELIGIOUS
PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO
LIVE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF WHICH
YOU'RE LIVING.
>> WE CONNECT WHILE WE'RE
QUARANTINED TOGETHER.
>> Reporter: MUSLIMS TOO ARE
FIGHTING THE ISOLATION OF A
PANDEMIC AS RAMADAN APPROACHES.
>> NOW THAT RAMADAN IS COMING I
THINK THAT ALL OF US ARE
KIND OF THINKING AND FEELING THE
BURDEN
OF NOT BEING ABLE TO COME
TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT WE
USUALLY DO.
>> Reporter: AND FOR THESE
WOMEN IT'S SOMETHING CALLED
SISTERS CIRCLE, A WEEKLY ONLINE
GATHERING, TO DISCUSS WHAT THE
FAITH MEANS TO THEM.
>> BEING ABLE TO REMIND EACH
OTHER OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS
REALLY ESSENTIAL BECAUSE IT'S
REALLY, REALLY EASY TO FORGET
WHEN YOU'RE NOT LIVING THAT
DAY-TO-DAY.
>> Reporter: BUT EVEN IN A
TIME OF ISOLATION THERE'S
STRENGTH IN COMMUNITY AND HOPE.
>> WHENEVER I FEEL IN A PANIC OR
WHEN IS THIS GOING TO END AND
INSECURE ABOUT
THE INSECURITY OF IT ALL, I'M
JUST TRYING TO REMIND MYSELF
THAT THERE IS A PLAN AND THERE
ARE BLESSINGS IN THIS.
>> Reporter: AND IF SOME ARE
THERE'S FAITH THAT STILL BURNS
BRIGHT IN THESE DARK TIMES.
TOM MURPHY, CBC NEWS, HALIFAX.
>> Andrew: NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," A FOND FAREWELL
TONIGHT FOR "SCHITT'S CREEK."
>> WHY DID YOU STARTLE ME AWAKE
LIKE THIS?
>> A HICCUP.
>> WHAT HICCUP?
WHO IS HICCUPPING?
>> Andrew: WHY THE FANS SAY
THEY NEED THE ROSE FAMILY NOW
MORE THAN EVER.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> I'M JAYME POISSON AND
TOMORROW ON CBC'S DAILY NEWS
PODCAST "FRONTBURNER," WHAT WE
CAN LEARN FROM THE WORST
PANDEMIC IN RECENT HISTORY --
THE 1918 SPANISH FLU.
SUBSCRIBE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR
PODCASTS.
>> DON'T FORGET TO SAY HELLO TO
YOUR HANDSOME PROPRIETOR,
MR. JONATHAN ROSE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> JOHN, NO.
>> Andrew: A REMARKABLE
SUCCESS COMES TO A CLOSE TONIGHT
ON CBC TELEVISION AND IN THE
U.S.
OVER SIX SEASONS,
"SCHITT'S CREEK" HAD AN
INTERNATIONAL FOLLOWING.
AND AT A TIME WHEN DARKNESS
DRIVES TV HITS, "SCHITT'S CREEK"
EMBRACED FAMILY AND LOVE,
SOMETHING THAT THE WHOLE WORLD
COULD PROBABLY USE RIGHT NOW.
DEANA SUMANAC-JOHNSON SPOKE TO
CO-CREATOR DAN LEVY AND MET
FANS FOR WHOM THE SHOW REALLY
MEANT SOMETHING.
>> WHAT HAPPENED?
WHO DIED?
>> WHO DIED?
>> DID PATRICK DIE?
>> Reporter: SOME PEOPLE ONLY
WOKE UP RECENTLY TO THE CHARMS
OF THIS WEALTHY FAMILY GONE
BROKE, BUT THIS COUPLE WATCHED
FROM THE VERY FIRST EPISODE IN
2015.
>> YOU HAVE THIS DIRE SITUATION
IN THEIR LIVES.
AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE
THE BEST OUT OF IT AND FIND
HUMOUR IN DAILY LIVES.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> Reporter: FINDING HUMOUR
AND MAKING THE BEST OF THINGS
HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT
THAN NOW.
>> I THINK THAT BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC WE WEREN'T SO FOCUSED
ON WATCHING IT RIGHT AWAY, BUT I
THINK THAT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS
WE HAVE KNOWN THAT IT'S COMING.
>> IT'S A SHOW THAT IS REALLY
ABOUT THE POWER OF COMMUNITY AND
THE POWER OF ACCEPTANCE.
I THINK THAT THOSE ARE MESSAGES
THAT MEAN NOW MORE THAN EVER
BEFORE.
>> Reporter: CAST MEMBERS HAVE
APPEARED NIGHTLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA
TO RAISE MONEY FOR FOOD BANKS IN
CANADA AND THE U.S.
>> I WANT TO THANK OUR FANS ONCE
AGAIN, EVERYBODY WHO HAS
CONTRIBUTED.
>> Reporter: ENGAGING WITH
FANS WHO AFTER TONIGHT'S FINALE
WON'T GET TO SEE ANYMORE NEW
ADVENTURES OF THE ROSE FAMILY.
BUT IT SPARKS HOPE THAT
"SCHITT'S CREEK'S" LEGACY RUNS
DEEP.
>> IT'S KIND STORYTELLING, AND I
REALLY HOPE THAT IT CAN KIND OF
BE A MODEL GOING FORWARD TO
PROMOTE MORE OF THAT BECAUSE YOU
CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MUCH OF IT IN
MY OPINION.
>> THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT
TELEVISION IS THAT YOU CAN
ALWAYS START BACK AT SEASON ONE
AND STAY WITH US.
SO I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE THAT
WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY SAYING
GOODBYE, WE'RE JUST SAYING, YOU
KNOW, FAREWELL FOR NOW.
>> Reporter: THESE FANS PLAN TO
DO JUST THAT -- GOING BACK TO
THE START TO SPEND MORE QUALITY
TIME WITH A FAMILY WHO LEARNED
THAT HUMANITY AND CONNECTION CAN
BE FOUND EVEN IN HARD TIMES.
DEANA SUMANAC-JOHNSON, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL"... A GREENHOUSE OF
PLANTS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO
TO WASTE.
AND AN IDEA FROM THE OWNER TO
SPREAD SOME HOPE.
OUR "MOMENT" IS NEXT.
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>> Adrienne: LIKE A LOT OF
PLACES, NURSERIES ACROSS CANADA
ARE STRUGGLING.
THEY HAVE PLANTS IN FULL BLOOM
AND YET NO ONE TO BUY THEM.
BUT ONE GREENHOUSE OWNER HAD AN
IDEA.
THAT WAS AN IDEA TO SPREAD SOME
LIGHT AND CHEER IN A TIME SO
UNCERTAIN.
SO THIS WEEK FLOWERS STARTED TO
POP UP ON THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT
FRONT PORCHES, AND THAT IS OUR
"MOMENT."
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>> BEHOLD, THERE IS A BASKET OF
FLOWERS FOR ME.
AND MY UPSTAIRS NEIGHBOUR HAD
ONE TOO.
THE CARD SAID "WE HAVE PLANTS
THAT CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A HOME
AND WE'D LIKE TO SPREAD SOME
CHEER TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY."
>> WE WERE SEEING A LOT OF PANIC
AND A LOT OF FEAR AND A LOT OF
ANXIETY IN A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND WE THOUGHT LET'S GET A
MESSAGE OF HOPE OUT THERE TOO.
AND SO SMITHFIELD AND GRIMSBY
AND STONEY CREEK,
ABOUT 20,000, TO 25,000 PLANTS.
>> I THOUGHT ARE THEY GIVING
FLOWERS TO EVERYBODY IN DOWNTOWN
HAMILTON.
>> I THINK THAT THE LAST TIME
THAT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN FLOWERS
-- I'M USUALLY LIKE THE ONE
GIVING FLOWERS.
IT WAS LIKE THE EASTER BUNNY HAD
LEFT
FLOWERS FOR ME WHEN I GOT HOME.
>> WE'RE DOING IT TO SPREAD GOOD
NEWS.
>> Andrew: SPREADING GOOD NEWS
AND SPREADING SMILES, I LOVE IT.
AND, OF COURSE, THEY DID IT IN A
SAFE WAY THEY TELL US WITH A
PHYSICALLY DISTANT WAY, WITH
ONLY
ONE PERSON APPROACHING EACH
HOUSE AT A TIME AND NEVER HAVING
CONTACT WITH PEOPLE AND JUST
LEAVING THE FLOWERS RIGHT THERE.
>> Adrienne: WELL, NOT HAVING
ANY CONTACT, BUT DEFINITELY
MAKING AN IMPACT.
SO THEY TELL US THAT THEY HEARD
FROM PEOPLE, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
WHO CALLED THEM CRYING SOMETIMES
AND SAYING HOW APPRECIATIVE THEY
WERE AND THEY FELT SEEN.
WITH EVERYONE LOCKED AWAY IS A
REALLY INTERESTING COMMENT.
AND IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
>>> THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
APRIL 7th.
GOODNIGHT.
>> Andrew: GOODNIGHT.
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