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>> Adrienne:  GOOD EVENING.
ANDREW IS OFF.
TONIGHT I'M COMING TO YOU AGAIN
FROM MY BACK DECK AS WE ALL STAY
HOME.
STILL, THAT'S A MESSAGE NOT
EVERYONE IS GETTING.
>> IT'S DIS-POINTING AND
DISHEARTENING.
OTTAWA IS STEPPING IN.
>> THERE'S A MANDATORY
QUARANTINE FOR ANYONE ENTERING
CANADA.
>> Adrienne:  MONEY IS COMING
BUT HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE AND A
DESPERATE SITUATION IN NEW YORK.
>> THEY'RE OVERWHELMED.
>> Adrienne:  THEY'RE CREATING
MAKE-SHIFT MORGUES AND TURNING
TO THE BLACK MARKET FOR MEDICAL
SUPPLIES.
>> AS ISOLATED AS WE ARE, THE
BEST THING TO DO IS REMIND EACH
OTHER WE'RE NOT ALONE.
>> Adrienne:  IF ANYONE CAN FIND
HOME AND HUMOUR, IT'S MARK
CRITCH.
THAT'S WHAT WE ALL NEED RIGHT
NOW.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>> Adrienne:  AFTER
RECOMMENDING, ASKING AND THEN
PLEADING WITH RETURNING
CANADIANS TO SELF-ISOLATE FOR 14
DAYS, TODAY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WENT EVEN FURTHER AND
THAT REQUEST IS NOW A LEGAL
REQUIREMENT.
STARTING AT MIDNIGHT PEOPLE COME
BACK TO CANADA FROM ANYWHERE
ELSE WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE
QUARANTINE ACT, VIOLATED AND YOU
COULD BE FINED OR ARRESTED.
THAT'S JUST ONE MAJOR MOVE BY
OTTAWA TODAY.
THE OTHER, FINAL APPROVALS FOR A
$107 BILLION AID PACKAGE FOR
BUSINESSES AND WORKERS.
THAT IS THE NUMBER OF COVID-19
CASES IN CANADA CLIMBED PASSED
3400 LEAVING NINE MORE PEOPLE
DEAD.
SO KEEPING RETURNING TRAVELERS
AWAY FROM EVERYONE ELSE UNTIL
THEY'RE SURE THEY'RE NOT SICK,
THAT'S A CRITICAL PART AGAINST
THE FIGHT OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT
EVERYONE RETURNING TO CANADA
ISOLATE THEMSELVES FOR 14 DAYS.
>> Reporter:  NO MORE ASKING IN
STERN TONES, IT SEEMS TOO MANY
CANADIANS WEREN'T RESPECTING
THAT REQUEST AND NOW IT'S
MANDATORY.
>> TODAY IT BECOMES LAW.
TODAY IT IS LEGALLY REQUIRED
THAT WHEN YOU STEP OFF A PLANE
IN CANADA, YOU GO DIRECTLY HOME.
>> Reporter:  IF NOT, IN THE
MOST EXTREME CASES FOR
JEOPARDIZING A LIFE, THE FINE
CAN BE UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS
OR THREE YEARS IN PRISON.
>> THERE WILL BE FOLLOWUP,
RANDOM SCREENING AND SPOT
SCREENING BASED ON PARTICULAR
SITUATIONS.
>> Reporter:  THE MOVE KICKS IN
AT MIDNIGHT REQUIRING ALL
TRAVELERS COMING TO CANADA TO
SELF-ISOLATE FOR 14 DAYS.
IF YOU HAVE A VEHICLE, YOU CAN
DRIVE TO YOUR HOME BUT NO TAKING
PUBLIC TRANSIT.
PEOPLE COULD DO THEIR 14-DAY
ISOLATION AWAY FROM HOME.
>> FOR THOSE TRAVELERS ARRIVING
AT ONE OF THE FOUR INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORTS AND CONNECTING, THEY
WILL BE ASKED TO QUARANTINE IN
PLACE IN THOSE CITIES FOR 14
DAYS AND WE WILL PROVIDE THE
ACCOMMODATION IS MEALS FOR THOSE
SITUATIONS.
>> Reporter:  ONE EXCEPTION,
PEOPLE WORKING IN ESSENTIAL
SERVICES, LIKE TRUCK DRIVERS
DELIVERING FOOD FROM THE UNITED
STATES.
QUEBEC, NEWFOUNDLAND AND
LABRADOR, PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED
FOR REFUSING TO STAY HOME AND
PEOPLE IN NOVA SCOTIA ARE
TELLING EVERYONE ENTERING THE
PROVINCE TO SELF-ISOLATE.
>> WE HAVEN'T ISSUED ANY TICKETS
AND HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO,
BUT IF THAT'S THE ONLY OPTION,
WE MAY HAVE TO GO WITH THE
ENFORCEMENT.
>> Reporter:  GIVEN HOW QUICKLY
THE VIRUS TRANSMITS, THIS SHOULD
HAVE BEEN DONE SOONER.
>> I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY IT
WASN'T THE SOMETIM THE TIME YESTERDAY OR
TODAY.
>> Reporter:  NOW THE GOVERNMENT
IS ON SIDE WITH THIS PLAN HOPING
ALL CANADIAN TRAVELERS GET THE
MESSAGE.
DON'T STOP AT THE GROCERY STORE
OR SEE FRIENDS.
JUST GO HOME, THE GOVERNMENT
SAYS, AND STAY THERE.
>> Adrienne:  SNOWBIRDS IN
PARTICULAR ARE BEING CALLED OUT
FOR NOT FOLLOWING RULES WHEN
THEY CROSS BACK INTO CANADA.
AS CHRIS GLOVER TELLS US, SOME
ARE STOPPING AND SHOPPING BEFORE
HEADING HOME AND THAT'S SPARKING
ANGER.
>> LOOK AT THAT IDIOT!
>> Reporter:  THIS IS  LOOKS
EXCESSIVE.
[ Laughter ]
>> Reporter:  FUNNY, WIT BUT IT'S
THE KIND OF THING OFFICIALS ARE
ASKING FOR.
NOT IN KIND OF BEHAVIOUR, LINES
OF RVS BEING SPOTTED OUTSIDE OF
SHOPS AND BORDER TOWNS AND MANY
BELIEVE TO BE RETURNING FROM THE
U.S.
>> TO ME, THEY'RE EITHER
TERRORISTS OR DISCONNECTED WITH
THE SITUATION.
>> Reporter:  BETTER OPTIONS
EXIST SINCE THE WINDSOR MAYOR.
>> THERE ARE PLENTY OF AVENUES
TO SEEK SUPPORT AND NO REASON
YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND TRY TO
RISK YOUR OWN SAFETY OR OWN
WELL-BEING AND ANYONE ELSE'S
WELL-PEEING TWELL-BEING TO GET MILK.
>> Reporter:  ST. STEVEN'S
GATEWAISTHE GATEWAY AND THEY'RE WORRIED
ON TURNING ON EACH OTHER.
>> WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION
PHYSICALLY ON THE STREETS WITH
POLICE.
>> Reporter:  POLICE WORRY ANY
INCREASED ENFORCEMENT FROM THEM
WOULD STRETCH THEIR RESOURCES.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR
COMMUNITY IS STILL THE CRIME
THAT WAS GOING ON YESTERDAY.
THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE BREAKING
INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES.
>> THEY'RE GOING RIGHT INTO THE
STORES.
>> Reporter:  ALL WEEK LEADERS
HAVE APPEALED TO PEOPLE'S SENSE
OF ABILITIES.
>> I CAN'T STRESS IT ENOUGH.
IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE
AIRPORT, DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO
NOT STOP AT A STORE.
>> Reporter:  YOU MUST GO
DIRECTLY AND IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR
HOME, BUT SOME PEOPLE JUST
AREN'T LISTENING.
IN EASTERN ONTARIO, THE MAYOR OF
PRESCOTT SAYS PEOPLE ARE PARKING
RVS BEHIND GROCERY STORES,
HIDDEN FROM VIEW.
>> IT'S FRUSTRATING, IT'S
DISAPPOINTING AND DISHEARTENING,
BUT I WILL SAY IT IS THE
MINORITY.
>> Reporter:  AND EVEN WHEN IT
LOOKS OR FEELS SILLY, IT'S NEVER
BEEN MORE IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW
THE RULES.
CHRIS GLOVER, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Adrienne:  FOR MANY
CANADIANS, THE FINANCIAL STRESS
OF THIS CRISIS GETS WORSE
EVERYDAY BUT WITH THE BEEFED UP
COVID-19 AID PACKAGE NOW PASSED,
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS MORE RELIEF
IS COMING THAN ORIGINALLY
PROMISED AND FOR MORE CANADIANS.
THE CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE
BENEFIT WILL PROVIDE $2,000 A
MONTH FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS
FOR WORKERS WHO LOSE THEIR
INCOME AS A RESULT OF COVID-19.
WHETHER YOU'RE FULL-TIME,
CONTRACT OR SELF-EMPLOYED, THIS
NEW BENEFIT WILL BE THERE FOR
YOU.
>> Adrienne:  SO CANADIANS CAN
START APPLYING FOR THE NEW
BENEFIT SOON, BUT IT WILL BE
WEEKS BEFORE THEY SEE THAT
MONEY.
A HARD WAY GIVEN THE REALITY
MANY FACE.
TODAY LEON'S JOINED WESTjET ON
A GROWING LIST TO LAY OFF
THOUSANDS OF WORKERS AND A NEW
SURVEY REVEALS FEAR OF MISSING
RENT.
THERE'S A NEW AID PACKAGE WORTH
$7 BILLION TO CANADIANS, UP FROM
THE $82 BILLION ANNOUNCED.
ALL DUE TO SKYROCKETING DEMAND
FOR HELP ACROSS THIS CANADA.
SALIMAH SHIVJI LOOKS AT THE MAD
SCRAMBLE TO MEET IT.
>> Reporter:  A CALM OUTSIDE
THAT BELIES CHAOS INSIDE.
CALL CENTRES INUNDATED AS AN ALL
SYSTEM STRUGGLES TO KEEP UP WITH
DEMAND.
REBECCA ZIRK AND HER HUSBAND ARE
STUCK AT HOME WITHOUT BAY,
WRESTLING WITH THE EI PROCESS.
>> WE'RE WAITING HOURS ON THE
PHONE TO TALK TO ANYBODY.
>> Reporter:  WITH BILLS
LOOMING.
>> I'M VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE
I'VE ALREADY BEEN QUARANTINING
FOR ALMOST THREE WEEKS AND OUT
OF WORK FOR ALMOST THREE WEEKS.
>> Reporter:  SHE IS FAR FROM
ALONE AND THE NUMBERS ARE
STAGGERING.
NEARLY A MILLION CANADIANS
APPLIED FOR EI JUST LAST WEEK
AND THAT'S MORE THAN ANY OTHER
MONTH SINCE THE COUNTRY STARTED
KEEPING TRACK IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
WE'VE PROCESSED 143,000 TO
INSURANCE CLAIMS.
>> Reporter:  THAT'S ONLY 15% OF
THE CURRENT PILE THAT KEEPS
GROWING AND THE GOVERNMENT IS
RETOOLING, DESPERATELY TRYING TO
STREAMLINE THE APPLICATION
PROCESS AND THEY'VE MERGED EI
AND THE TWO RELIEF BENEFITS INTO
ONLY ONE SYSTEM.
A FLAT RATE OF $2,000 A MONTH
FOR EVERYONE IN THE HOPES THAT
WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO GET MONEY
OUT THE DOOR FAST.
>> WE'RE TARGETING THE WEEK OF
APRIL 6th FOR US TO DELIVER ON
THIS FOR PEOPLE.
>> Reporter:  THAT'S WHEN THE
ONLINE LINK WILL BE LIVE.
DON'T EXPECT A DIRECT DEPOSIT
FOR TEN DAYS AFTER THAT.
TO GET IT ALL DONE, SERVICE
CANADA IS HIRING AND HUNDREDS
MORE CIVIL SERVANTS HAVE BEEN
REDEPLOYED AS REINFORCEMENT AND
SPEED IS KEY AND MISTAKES CAN BE
FIXED LATER, SAYS THIS FORMER
DEPUTY MINISTER.
>> THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY TRY TO
GET THE MONEY OUT FAST RATHER
THAN GET THE MONEY OUT CORRECT.
>> Reporter:  THAT IS THE GOAL,
TO GET MONEY OUT QUICKLY AND
THERE ARE ONLY A FEW QUESTIONS
IN A DRAMATICALLY SIMPLIFIED
APPLICATION PROCESS AND OTTAWA
SAYS IT'S READY TO ADAPT IF
FURTHER CHANGES ARE NEEDED IN
THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.
SALIMAH SHIVJI, CBC NEWS,
OTTAWA.
>> Adrienne:  SO LET'S TURN NOW
TO THE NUMBER OF REPORTED CASES
OF COVID-19 IN CANADA.
THAT NUMBER HAS NOW TOPPED 3400
AND THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 617
FROM JUST LAST NIGHT.
ONE WEEK AGO TODAY, ONLY 727
CASES WERE COUNTED ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
ONCE AGAIN, IT'S QUEBEC THAT
LEADS THE DAILY INCREASE, A LEAP
OF MORE THAN 300.
ALBERTA REPORTS AN INCREASE OF
61 CASES.
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
CLIMBED BY 32 CASES AND THAT'S A
SMALL NUMBER BUT NEARLY DOUBLE
THE TOTAL.
REMEMBER, THESE NUMBERS ONLY
REFLECT CASES THAT ARE KNOWN TO
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS.
ONE THING THAT OBSCURES THE FULL
PICTURE IS A DELAY IN GETTING
TEST RESULTS.
AMONG THOSE WAITING, HEALTHCARE
WORKERS WHO ARE FORCED TO
SELF-ISOLATE BECAUSE THEY DON'T
KNOW IF THEY THEMSELVES POSE A
THREAT.
MERCIER-HOCHELAGA-MAISONNEUVE
>> Reporter:  DR. KATE TRAVIS IS
SPENDING MORE TIME ALONE WITH
HER CAT THESE DAYS, WAITING TO
HEAR IF SHE HAS OR HAD COVID-19.
>> I DEVELOPED SOME UPPER
RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS, CHILLS,
SORE THROAT.
>> Reporter:  SHE'S BEEN WAITING
FOR HER RESULT FOR NINE DAYS AND
FORCED LIKE MANY HEALTHCARE
WORKERS TO STAY ON THE SIDELINE.
>> IT IS FRUSTRATING KNOWING WE
COULD BE AVAILABLE TO HELP.
>> Reporter:  IN ONTARIO ALONE,
MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE ARE
CURRENTLY WAITING FOR THEIR
RESULTS.
WE KNOW HOW LONG YOU WAIT FOR
YOUR RESULTS VARIES WIDELY.
>> Reporter:  TODAY THE PRIME
MINISTER SAID OFFICIALS ARE
TRYING TO SPEED THINGS UP AND
RIGHT NOW HE SAYS TEN THOUSAND
PEOPLE ARE TESTED EVERYDAY AND
EVERY STEP IS CRUCIAL, SAYS THIS
INFECTION DISEASE SPECIALIST.
>> ONE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE
RIGHT TYPES OF SWABS, TWO, THE
RIGHT PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO DO
THE SWABS PROPERLY AND THREE,
YOU HAVE TO GET THEM TO A LAB
AND FOUR, THEY HAVE TO BE
PROCESSED IN THE LAB AND FIVE,
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE THOSE RESULTS BACK
TO THE PATIENT AND ALSO TO THE
PROVIDER WHO IS CARING FOR THE
PATIENT.
>> Reporter:  HI HICCUPS ALONG
THE WAY COULD MEAN DELAYS OR
OTHER PROBLEMS.
ALL THIS AS CONCERNS CONTINUE TO
MOUNT ABOUT LOOMING SHORTAGES OF
EQUIPMENT AND NECESSARY
CHEMICALS.
>> WE'RE VERY WORRIED BECAUSE
THE CLINICAL SUPPLY CHAIN IS
REALLY LIMITED.
>> Reporter:  JIM IS WORKING
WITH SCIENTISTS AT FOUR OF THE
HOSPITAL RESEARCH LABS.
>> WE CAN CHANGE THE PROCEDURES
AND THE CARE AND PRECISION.
>> OVERALL, SUPER LUCKY.
>> Reporter:  UNTIL SOMETHING
CHANGES, PEOPLE LIKE DR. TRAVIS
WILL HAVE TO KEEP ON WAITING FOR
RESULTS.
MAKDA GHEBRESLASSIE, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne:  DIFFERENT
PROVINCES ARE USING DIFFERENT
STRATEGIES TO MONITOR THE VIRUS.
LIEN YEUNG IS TRACKING THESE
STORIES.
>> Reporter:  IN MANITOBA, THEY
SAW THE LARGEST JUMP, 14 PEOPLE
TESTED POSITIVE, BRINGING THE
TOTAL TO 35 AND THAT INCLUDES A
GIRL UNDER THE AGE OF TEN.
ALL THE CASES ARE CONSIDERED
TRAVEL RELATED.
BUT IT'S MADE LIFE EVEN TOUGHER
FOR THOSE WITH LOW INCOMES.
>> ALL THE PEOPLE COMING INTO
THE HOUSE ARE USING THE
WASHROOMS, COUGHING, HACKING,
AND I DIDN'T LIKE THAT BEFORE
AND NOW WITH THIS PANDEMIC, IT'S
BASICALLY HEIGHTENED IT.
>> Reporter:  TO HELP MANITOBA
PREPARE, THE HEALTH MINISTER
WANTS BUSINESSES TO OFFER
PRODUCTS IN RESPONSE TO
COVID-19.
>> WE'RE WANTING TO BE CLEAR ON
THIS AND WE'RE NOT OUT OF
SUPPLIES, WE'RE DOING THIS OUT
OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.
>> Reporter:  HE SAYS THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR EVERYTHING FROM
TESTING COMPOUNDS TO GLOVES.
ONE COMPANY HAS BEEN MAKING
VENTILATOR PARTS AND THEY'RE
OVERWHELMED WITH ORDERS AND THE
OWNER SAYS THEIR PRIORITY NOW IS
KEEPING THEIR STAFF HEALTHY.
>> WE HAD FIVE OF THEM THAT HAD
TO TAKE THE BUS AND I JUST SAID
THAT CAN'T BE BECAUSE WE JUST
CAN'T TAKE THAT CHANCE.
SO WE ASKED LONDON LIMOS IN
WINNIPEG TO SEE IF THEY COULD
GIVE US A CAR AND THEY WOULD
PICK UP OUR STAFF IN THE MORNING
AND THEN TAKE THEM HOME IN THE
EVENING.
>> Reporter:  SO EVERYONE DOING
WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP CRITICAL
SUPPLY CHAIN GOING AND EVERYONE
IS SAFE.
>> Adrienne:  IN THE UNITED
STATES TODAY, ANOTHER SPIKE IN
CASES.
TEN THOUSAND MORE THAN YESTERDAY
AS TESTING CATCHES UP TO THE
SEVERITY ON THE GROUND.
THE SEVERE CASES SURPASSED
65,000 AND MORE THAN 9,000 HAVE
DIED AND THE HEAVIEST BURDEN
WEIGHS ON NEW YORK WITH HALF OF
THE COUNTRY'S CASES IN THAT
STATE AND NEARLY 200 DEATHS IN
NEW YORK CITY ALONE.
SOME ARE DESCRIBING THAT CITY AS
A WAR ZONE.
AS STEPHEN D'SOUZA TELLS US, THE
WORST IS, UNFORTUNATELY, YET TO
COME.
>> Reporter:  IN NEW YORK, THE
SCENE REMINISCENT OF 9-1-1, A
MAKE-SHIFT WARD SET UP OUTSIDE
OF A HOSPITAL READY FOR AN
INFLUX OF BODIES.
NEW YORK CITY IS THE NOW THE
EPICENTRE OF THE OUTBREAK WITH A
THIRD OF ALL OF THE CASES.
THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE PEOPLE
LIKE THIS WOMAN.
SHE WORRIES NEW YORK IS THE
CANARY IN THE COALMINE FOR THE
REST OF THE AREA.
OFFICIALS ARE PREPARING FOR
HOSPITALS TO BE OVERRUN.
THEY SAY THEY NEED CLOSE TO
90,000 BEDS.
AT A SINGLE HOSPITAL IN QUEENS,
13 DEATHS IN ONE DAY.
THE HEALTHCARE WORKER HERSELF,
SHE SAYS THIS SITUATION IS
ALREADY DESIRE.
>> THEY'RE PISSED OFF ABOUT THE
LACK IN SUPPLIES AND THEY'RE
OVERWHELMED AND THEY'RE SCARED.
>> Reporter:  SOME HAVE NOW
TURNED TO THE BLACK MARKET.
>> YOU SEE PALLETS UPON PALLETS
OF EQUIPMENT, GOWNS AND 95
MASKS, CLOROX WIPES AND IT'S
INSANE.
>> Reporter:  35,000 HEALTHCARE
WORKERS HAVE RETURNED TO HELP
AND SOME SUPPLIES HAVE ARRIVED.
>> WE DO NOT YET HAVE SECURED
SUPPLIES FOR THREE WEEKS FROM
NOW, FOUR WEEKS FROM NOW, FIVE
WEEKS FROM NOW, BUT WE HAVE
STILL SHOPPING.
>> Reporter:  HE ESTIMATES THE
PEAK IS COMING IN THREE WEEKS.
>> OVERWHELMED.
>> Reporter:  SO LIKE IN ITALY,
NEW YORK HOSPITALS ARE PREPARING
TO MAKE THE DIFFICULT DECISION,
WHO GETS LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT
AND WHO DOESN'T?
>> THERE IS DISCUSSION ABOUT --
THERE ARE ETHIC'S DISCUSSIONS
THAT ARE ONGOING, BUT WE ARE NOT
AT THAT POINT NOW.
>> Reporter:  THE FEAR IS THAT
POINT IS NOT FAR AWAY.
STEPHEN D'SOUZA, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne:  WASHINGTON, D.C.
IS CLOSING ALL NONESSENTIAL
BUSINESSES TONIGHT AND ON
CAPITOL HILL, DAYS OF HEATED
DISCUSSIONS MAY FINALLY HAVE
RESULTED IN AN AGREEMENT FOR AN
ECONOMIC AID PACKAGE.
IT IS THE BIGGEST IN U.S.
HISTORY.
PAUL HUNTER HAS THE DETAILS.
>> Reporter:  WELL, WHO WOULD
HAVE THOUGHT THIS, STORED AWAY
SOMEWHERED IN THE GIANT NATIONAL
CATHEDRAL IN WASHINGTON,
THOUSANDS OF MASKS NOW DONATED
TO MEDICAL WORKERS ELSEWHERE,
ALL BUT OVERWHELMED BY CORONA.
THERE'S CONFIDENCE THAT THE
$2 TRILLION AID PACKAGE WILL BE
SIGNED OFF ON THIS WEEK, WITH
THE U.S. ECONOMY ALL ABOUT
FROZEN BY THE CRISIS, THE IDEA
IS THAT $2 TRILLION WILL KEEP
THINGS AFLOAT FOR THREE MONTHS.
SAID DONALD TRUMP TONIGHT, IF
THE CRISIS LASTS LONGER, HE'LL
GO BACK TO CONGRESS AND MORE
WILL FOLLOW.
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THREE WORKERS
THAT FUEL THIS COUNTRY.
>> Reporter:  MEANWHILE, A
POTENTIAL NEW U.S. HOT SPOT WITH
AUTHORITIES IN LOUISIANA NOW
WORRIED LAST MONTH'S MARDI GRAS
HELPED TO SPREAD THE VIRUS.
BACK AT THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT,
TRUMP DEFENDED HIS ACTION THAT
PORTIONS COULD BE REOPENED BY
EASTER.
I HAVE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE AND
THEY WANT TO PRACTISE SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND THEY WANT TO
PRACTISE NO HANDSHAKING, NO
HANDSHAKING.
THEY WON'T WALK AROUND HUGGING
AND KISSING EACH OTHER IN THE
OFFICE WHEN THEY COME BACK, EVEN
THOUGH THEY MAY FEEL LIKE IT.
IT'S TIME AND PEOPLE WANT TO GET
BACK TO WORK.
>> Reporter:  THAT SAID, WHEN
ASKED, TRUMP ALSO UNDERLINED --
HOW MANY DEATHS ARE ACCEPTABLE
TO ME?
NONE, NONE, IF THAT'S YOUR
QUESTION.
>> Reporter:  A DECISION ON
EASING GUIDELINES THAT COULD
REOPEN SOME OF THE ECONOMY, SAID
TRUMP, COULD COME SOON, A
DECISION NOT MADE IN HASTE,
NOTHING RASH, MAYBE NEXT WEEK.
PAUL HUNTER, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Adrienne:  THEY ARE SOME OF
THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THIS
PANDEMIC, CANADIANS IN LONG-TERM
CARE HOMES.
>> I AM NOT PERMITTED TO GO INTO
SEE MY HUSBAND, I'M SORRY.
>> Adrienne:  COMING UP ON "THE
NATIONAL," FAMILIES LOCKED OUT
AND WORRIED ABOUT THE CARE
INSIDE FOR THEIR LOVED ONES AND
THE REAL CONCERNS IF LIQUOR
STORES CLOSE.
>> WE WILL
PLUS, A MESSAGE FROM C CRUTCH TO M CRUTCH.
  MARK
CRITCH.
WE'RE BACK IN TWO.
>> WE'RE WATCHING SEVERAL
INTERNATIONAL CORONAVIRUS
STORIES TONIGHT.
SPAIN'S DEATH TOLL JUST
SURPASSED CHINA'S.
THE COUNTRY REPORTED 738 DEATHS
OVERNIGHT AND A 27% JUMP FROM
THE DAY BEFORE BRINGING THE
TOTAL TO MORE THAN 3400.
CHINA HAS ROUGHLY 3200 DEATHS.
THIS VIDEO RELEASED BY THE
SPANISH MILITARY SHOWS
DISINFECTING SENIOR'S HOMES AND
THE COUNTRY IS ON DAY 11 OF A
NATION-WIDE LOCKDOWN.
SPAIN NOW ONLY SECOND TO ITALY,
WHERE MORE THAN 7500 HAVE DIED
AND THE MILITARY IS SETTING UP
EMERGENCY FIELD HOSPITALS
BECAUSE THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS
OVERWHELMED.
THIS ONE IN CREMONA IN THE
REGION OF LOMBARDY AND THE
COUNTRY HAS BEEN UNDER LOCKDOWN
FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AND
OFFICIALS ARE HOPING TO FIND OUT
SOON WHETHER THE MEASURES WILL,
INDEED, FLATTEN THE CURVE.
AND POLICE IN INDIA ARE USING
VIOLENCE TO ENFORCE A
NATION-WIDE LOCKDOWN.
OFFICERS IN MUMBAI ARE BEATING
PEOPLE WITH BATONS FOR BREAKING
RULES AND ELSEWHERE, THEY'RE
HANDING OUT PUSH-UPS AND SWATS
AS A PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT.
SO FAR, INDIA HAS OVER 500 CASES
BUT THERE ARE FEARS THAT COULD
BALLOON TO A MILLION BY MIDMAY.
AMONG THOSE HUNKERING DOWN IN
INDIA RIGHT NOW, THOUSANDS OF
CANADIANS, MANY OF THEM VISITING
FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND NOW THEY
ARE FRANTIC TO GET OUT.
BUT AS ANITA BATHE EXPLAINS,
SOME SEEM TO BE LOSING HELP.
>> I HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED.
SO AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE NO WAY
OF GETTING OUT OF INDIA.
>> Reporter:  RITA IS DESPERATE
TO COME HOME, PLEADING ALONG
WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER
CANADIANS FOR HELP.
>> MY HUSBAND HAS AN OPERATION
AND WE ARE SCARED THAT THE
MEDICATION MAY RUN OUT.
>> Reporter:  THIS WOMAN FLE MAN FLEW WITH
HIS AILING VIRUS.
>> THIS IS A TOUGH CHOICE AND I
JUST NEEDED TO BE THERE.
IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS
FRIVOLOUS OR NONESSENTIAL IN
TERMS OF TRAVEL.
>> Reporter:  ALSO STUCK,
OTTAWA'S DEBBIE LAVIGNE, SHE
FEELS THEY'RE STRAND.
>> I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS NOT
THE CASE RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter:  LAVIGNE HAS BEEN
CALLING AND EMAILING THE
GOVERNMENT NONSTOP.
>> WE GOT A LIVE PERSON AND THEY
ADVISED US TO FOLLOW TWEET AND
THE NEWS.
>> Reporter:  IN A TWEET, THE
FOREIGN AFFAIR'S MINISTER SAYS
WE ARE AWARE THE LOCKDOWN IS
MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR
CANADIANS STRANDED IN ITALY.
MORE THAN 15,000 CANADIANS IN
INDIA REGISTERED WITH GLOBAL
AFFAIR'S CANADA BUT IT'S NOT
CLEAR HOW MANY ACTUALLY WANT TO
COME HOME.
DOLLYWOOD IS PUTTING PRESSURE ON
THE FOREIGN AFFAIR'S MEASURE.
>> WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM
ACCESS TO THE AIR FIELD AND I'M
CERTAIN ONCE THAT HAS OPENED UP,
WE WILL DO EVERY EFFORT TO BRING
EVERY CANADIAN OUT THERE.
>> Reporter:  LITTLE COMFORT FOR
THOSE WHO REMAIN STUCK WITH
LITTLE HOPE OF GETTING HOME.
ANITA BATHE, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Adrienne:  PRINCE CHARLES
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS AFTER APPEARING TO
TAKE PAINS TO AVOID DIRECT
CONTACT WITH PEOPLE.
>> LOOK CLOSELY AND YOU CAN SEE
THE PRINCE OF WALES IS DECLINING
TO SHAKE HANDS AND DOING THE
TRADITIONAL NAMASTE.
>> Adrienne:  HIS FINAL PUBLIC
APPEARANCE JUST UNDER TWO WEEKS
AGO.
SO CHARLES' POSITIVE TEST RESULT
CAME LATE LAST NIGHT AFTER HE
SHOWED SOME MILD SYMPTOMS.
SHE'S SELF ISOLATING ALONG WITH
HIS WIFE, AND THERE WAS CONCERNS
WHETHER HE AFFECTED THE QUEEN
BUT THE PALACE SAYS SHE'S IN
GOOD HEALTH AND TODAY RELEASE
ADD PHOTO SHOWING HER WEEKLY
CALL WITH THE PRIME MINISTER.
>>> NEXT, WE LOOK AT THE
CONCERNS AND CHALLENGES INSIDE
CANADA'S LONG-TERM CARE HOME.
>> THE RESIDENTS WANDERING IN
EACH OTHER'S ROOMS.
>> Adrienne:  WHAT'S BEING DONE
TO PROTECT SOME OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE TO COVID-19.
AND THE DOCTORS ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS, INCLUDING SHOULD I
CHANGE MY CLOTHES WHEN I GET
HOME FROM WORK AND WASH THEM?
BUT FIRST, THIS IS WHAT TREATING
COVID-19 PATIENTS LEAVES BEHIND.
FRONT-LINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS
AROUND THE WORLD ARE SENDING OUT
SELFIES.
THEY'RE FACES ARE BRUISED AND
RAWS FROM HOURS OF WEARING THE
MASKS AND GOGGLES AND THOSE EYES
ARE PORTRAITS OF EXHAUSTION.
FROM ALL OF THE WORKERS,
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE MESSAGES
FROM THE REST OF US.
I'M AFRAID, TOO, SAYS THIS
ITALIAN NURSE, BUT NOT AFRAID TO
GO SHOPPING BUT TO GO TO WORK.
FROM THIS DOCTOR IN THE U.K., I
FEEL BROKEN AND WE'RE ONLY AT
THE START.
I AM BEGGING TO PLEASE, PLEASE
DO SOCIAL DISTANCING AND
SEVEN-DAY FORECAST ISOLATION.
AND THIS HEALTHCARE WORKER IN
ITALY, IT WILL PASS IF WE'RE
GREN THE BEGINNING, WE'VE HEARD
WARNINGS ABOUT OUTBREAKS IN THE
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES AND ALREADY
IN CANADA, WE'VE SEEN CASES IN
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES IN FOUR
PROVINCES.
IN B.C. ALONE, THERE HAVE BEEN
SIX SEPARATE HOMES BY THE
OUTBREAKS.
DAVID COCHRAN LOOKS AT THE
CHALLENGES IN KEEPING RESIDENTS
SAFE.
>> Reporter:  THERE ARE FEW
PLACES MORE HIGH RISK THAN
CANADA'S LONG-TERM CARE HOMES
AND MORE THAN HALF THE COUNTRY'S
DEATHS LINKEDEATHS LINKED TO THIS B.C. HOM
E
PROMPTING SEVERAL PROVINCES TO
LOCK DOWN FACILITIES, BAN
VISITORS AND EXTRA STAFF PAID
FOR BY FAMILIES.
>> I AM NOT PERMITTED TO GO IN
TO SEE MY HUSBAND.
I'M SORRY.
>> Reporter:  PEOPLE LIKE
MARGARET CALVER WORRY THERE
AREN'T ENOUGH STAFF TO PROPERLY
CARE FOR RESIDENTS LIKE HER
HUSBAND, WAYNE, WHO LIVES ON THE
SAME FLOOR AS SOMEONE WHO TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID.
DO YOU HAVE WORRIES ABOUT HOW
EFFECTIVELY YOU CAN ISOLATE
PEOPLE ON A DEMENTIA WARD,
PEOPLE WHO MAY BE PRONE TO
WANDERING, HOW EFFECTIVELY YOU
CAN DO THAT WITH JUST TWO STAFF?
>> ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
THE RESIDENTS WANDERING IN AND
OUT OF EACH OTHER'S ROOMS AND
THERE ARE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN
THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND
SOMETIMES QUITE NEGATIVE WITH
BEHAVIOUR ISSUES.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY'RE
GOING TO KEEP THE RESIDENTS IN
THEIR ROOMS.
>> Reporter:  THE HOME SAYS THE
BEST POSSIBLE PROTOCOLS ARE IN
PLACE TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS
AND THERE ARE EFFORTS TO
REDIRECT COMMUNITY THE EFFORTS
TO THE.
ROOM.
 ROOM.
THE EFFECT, MANY WORRY, WILL BE
CHAOS INSIDE HOMES.
>> THE ISSUE WITH WANDERING
RESIDENTS HAVING LOCKED-DOWN
UNITS WHERE THERE AREN'T ENOUGH
STAFF TO HELP QUARANTINE THESE
INDIVIDUALS, YOU CAN'T LOCK
SOMEBODY IN THEIR ROOMS,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE
DEMENTIA.
>> Reporter:  THE PROVINCE IS
RACING NOW TO BRING IN MORE
STAFF.
CARE HOMES, AFTER ALL, ARE WHERE
RISK AND NEED ARE AMONG THE
HIGHEST.
DAVID COMMON, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
[ * ]
>> Adrienne:  TIME NOW FOR YOUR
QUESTIONS.
EVERY NIGHT ON THE THIS IS "THE
NATIONAL," WE'RE DEVOTING TIME
TO GETTING ANSWERS FROM THE
EXPERTS AND OBVIOUSLY, IT'S
STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE AND WE
RECORDED THIS EARLIER.
DR. ISAAC BOGOCH AND DR. JANINE
MCCREADY AND THE MICHAEL GARRON
HOSPITAL, BOTH IN TORONTO.
LET'S JUST DIVE RIGHT IN HERE.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS ONE WE GET
EVERYDAY, CAN COVID-19 BE
TRANSMITTED TO THE HANDLING OF
MAIL OR A NEWSPAPER?
DR. MCCREADY?
>> SO FAR, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE
THAT IT CAN BE TRANSMITTED ON
PAPER OR NEWSPAPER.
THERE WAS A STUDY SAYING THE
POTENTIAL CAN LIVE ON CARDBOARD.
SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS
EVERYDAY WE LEARN MORE ABOUT
THIS VIRUS AND THAT EVERY TIME
SOMETHING NEW THAT'S BEEN
TOUCHED BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE COMES
INTO YOUR HOME, WASH YOUR HANDS
AND AFTER YOU'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT
SOMETHING, TOUCHED IT, MAKE SURE
YOU WASH YOUR HANDS THOROUGHLY
AND THAT WILL MAKE SURE YOUR
PROTECTED.
>> Adrienne:  NEXT ONE FOR
DR. GOGOCH, SHOUL BOGOCH, SHOULD I CHANGE 
MY
CLOTHES WHEN I GET HOME FROM
WORK?
>> THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.
IT DEPENDS WHAT YOU COME INTO
CONTACT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND
PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS RISK.
DR. MCCREADY AND I WORK IN
HOSPITALS AND WHEN I COME HOME
FROM WORK, I WILL BE CHANGING
AND LAUNDERING MY CLOTHES.
I APPRECIATE OTHER PEOPLE MAY
NOT BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER
PEOPLE OR HIGH CONTACT SURFACES
THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND MAY
CHOOSE NOT TO DO SO.
I THINK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION
AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE IN
TOUCH WITH SOME HIGH-CONTACT OR
HIGH-RISK SURFACES, IT'S JUST AN
EASY THING TO DO.
>> Adrienne:  DR. MCCREADY,
SINCE THE VIRUS TRAVELS VIA
DROPLETS AND NOW AIRBORNE, HOW
CAN YOU GET THE VIRUS FROM
SOMEONE CLOSE THAT HASN'T
SNEEZED OR TOUCHED YOU?
>> SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION
AND SO AN IMPORTANT ONE.
OFTENTIMES IN OUR SOCIAL
INTERACTION, EVEN IF YOU'RE JUST
CLOSE TO SOMEONE, YOU MIGHT
INADVERTENTLY TOUCH THEM OR MORE
IMPORTANTLY TOUCH SOMETHING
THEY'LL TOUCH.
IF YOU'RE CHATTING WITH A
FRIEND, YOU MIGHT TOUCH YOUR
CELL PHONE AND IF YOU'VE TOUCHED
YOUR NOSE OR MONTH AND TOUCH
YOUR CELL PHONE, YOU MAY SHOW
THEM A PICTURE, TOUCH YOUR PHONE
AND THEY'LL TOUCH THAT AND THERE
IS A COVID-19 ON THAT PHONE,
THEY COULD TOUCH THAT AND THEN
TOUCH THEIR MOUTH OR NOSE AND
TRANSMIT IT TO THEMSELVES.
THAT HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES AND
IN EVERY SOCIAL INTERACTION AND
THAT'S ONE THING THAT CAN
HAPPEN.
AND THE CLOSER WE ARE TO PEOPLE,
THE MORE LIKELY THE VIRUS IS
GOING TO USE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES
TO GET FROM ONE PERSON TO
ANOTHER AND CONTINUE TO SPREAD.
>> Adrienne:  SO DR. BOGOCH, CAN
YOU JUMP IN THERE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AS DISGUSTING AS IT MIGHT SOUND,
EVEN THOUGH SOMEONE IS NOT
COUGHING OR SNEEZING, YOU ARE
STILL UNINTENTIONALLY SPITTING
AND GETTING SALIVA OUT OF OUR
MOUTHS AND INTO THE WORLD AROUND
US, WHETHER WE THINK WE ARE OR
NOT.
CERTAINLY, THAT CAN FALL ON TO
SURFACES AND PEOPLE CAN TOUCH
THOSE SURFACES AND TOUCH THEIR
EYES, NOSE OR MOUTH AND
INADVERTENTLY INFECT THEMSELVES.
EVEN IF SOMEONE IS INFECTED WITH
MINIMAL SYMPTOMS, THEY'RE ABLE
TO TRANSMIT THIS INFECTION TO
CLOSE CONTACTS, AS WELL.
>> Adrienne:  NEXT, CAN I LOOK
AFTER MY DAUGHTER'S DOG WITHOUT
WORRYING ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
INFECTION FROM THE DOG OR
INFECTING SOMEONE IN MY FAMILY?
>> I THINK WE'VE GOT TO BE
CAREFUL ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE NOT SHAKING EACH OTHER'S
HANDS.
WE'RE NOT GOING AROUND GIVING
EACH OTHER HIGH FIVES.
I REMEMBER WHEN NBA STOPPED
DOING THAT, BEFORE THE NBA WAS
CANNED.
CANCELED.
OF COURSE, DOGS AND CATS AND
PETS NEED LOVE AND NEED TO BE
CUDDLED, BUT IT'S PROBABLY BEST
FOR AS FEW PEOPLE TO DO THAT AS
POSSIBLE, JUST BECAUSE WE CAN
LIKELY TRANSMIT THE INFECTION
AND IT COULD GET ON THE FUR OF
THE ANIMAL AND TRANSMITTED TO
ANOTHER PERSON THAT WAY.
>> Adrienne:  LAST QUESTION, IS
THERE ANYTHING THE PUBLIC CAN DO
TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT HEALTH
WORKERS HAVE THE PROPER
PROTECTION THAT THEY NEED?
DR. MCCREADY?
>> IF PEOPLE HAVE PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THAT IS NEW
OR UNUSED AND A LOT OF PLACES IN
HOSPITALS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT.
>> Adrienne:  THANK YOU TO BOTH
OF YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Adrienne:  AS WE'VE
MENTIONED, WE'LL BE ASKING YOUR
QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-19 EVERY
NIGHT GOING FORWARD, SO SEND US
THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
WE KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF THEM
AND YOU CAN MESSAGE US DIRECTLY
ON INSTAGRAM@CBCTHENATIONAL.
NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL," AN
URGENT APPEAL TO CONSIDER LIQUOR
STORES ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
LONG LINES AND PANIC BUYING WHEN
P.E.I. CLOSED ITS DOORS.
SO WE LOOK THE TH HEALTH CONCERNS
AT PLAY HERE.
>> IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE A MOVIE
AT FIRST.
>> Adrienne:  WHO BETTER TO GIVE
US A PEP TALK FOR A PANDEMIC?
>> WELCOME BACK.
TODAY THE GOVERNMENT OF P.E.I.
REOPENED ONE OF ITS LIQUOR
STORES AFTER ALL LIQUOR STORES
WERE DEEMED NONESSENTIAL
SERVICES AND SHUT DOWN, LEAVING
SOME WORRIED ABOUT THE
CONSEQUENCES KAYLA HOUNSELL
EXPLAINS.
>> Reporter:  THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENED WHEN PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND ANNOUNCED IT WOULD CLOSE
GOVERNMENT-RUN LIQUOR STORES.
>> I'M DISAPPOINTED IN
ISLANDER'S RESPONSE.
>> ALCOHOL IS NOT CONSIDERED AN
ESSENTIAL SERVICE.
>> Reporter:  BUT THOSE WHO LIVE
WITH ALCOHOLISM SAY IT
ABSOLUTELY IS.
CAROL ARSEANU HAS BEEN
SOBRIETIER FOR FOUR AND A HALF
MONTHS.
>> IF I DID NOT HAVE BE DOCTORS
MONITORING ME, I COULD HAVE HAD
A STROKE OR HEART ATTACK.
>> Reporter:  P.E.I.'S CHIEF
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER LATER
APOLOGIZED AND TODAY REOPENED
ONE LIQUOR STORE.
BUT IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND
LABRADOR, THE DOORS REMAINED
SHUT WITH TELEPHONE AND ONLINE
ORDERS AVAILABLE.
ONTARIO, QUEBEC AND NOVA SCOTIA
ARE KEEPING LIQUOR STORES OPEN,
AT LEAST FOR NOW.
>> THERE ARE THOSE IN NOVA
SCOTIA WHOSE HEALTH REQUIREMENTS
NEED ACCESS TO THIS PRODUCT.
WE KNOW THERE ARE FAMILY
SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE
LIVING IN DIFFICULT
CIRCUMSTANCES, WHETHER IT'S
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE,
THAT THE RESTRICTION OF THIS
PRODUCT COULD ESCALATE THAT.
>> Reporter:  ADDICTION'S EXPERT
UNDERSCORE THE SERIOUS HEALTH
IMPLICATIONS OF WITHDRAWAL.
>> WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN
DEATH IF THEY ARE CLOSED DOWN
AND WE WILL SEE SERVICES FOR
PEOPLE WITH ALCOHOL ADDICTION
BECOME OVERWHELMED AND OVERRUN.
>> Reporter:  ERS, TWO, COULD BE
OVERRESIDENT.
>> PEOPLE MAY TURN TO
NON-BEVERAGE ALCOHOL.
EVEN WHEN THE NON-BEVERAGE
ALCOHOL STARTS TO DISAPPEAR HERE
LIKE HAND SANITIZER AND THINGS
LIKE THAT, PEOPLE TURN TO MORE
RISKIER FORMS OF ALCOHOL AND WE
SAW EXAMPLES OF THAT IN SARS,
PEOPLE CONSUMING ANTIFREEZE.
>> I HOPE THEY MAKE THE RIGHT
DECISION, NOT JUST FOR
ALCOHOLICS BUT EVERYONE IN LINE,
MAYBE, FOR ONE OF THE FEW CARE
BEDS AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET
ONE.
>> Reporter:  THEY AGREE THAT
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO JUDGE BUT
OFFER EMPATHY IN THE SAFEST WAY
POSSIBLE.
KAYLA HOUNSELL, CBC NEWS,
HALIFAX.
>> Adrienne:  NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," A LITTLE HOPE AND A
LITTLE LAUGH FROM MARK CRITCH.
PLUS, A FIRST DANCE IN THE AGE
OF COVID-19.
THEIR MOMENT AHEAD IN TONIGHT'S
"MOMENT."
BUT FIRST, YOU'VE SEEN THEIR
FACES EVERYDAY FOR MORE THAN TWO
WEEKS NOW AND THEY ARE CANADA'S
CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS AND
THEY'VE BECOME NEW KINDS OF
UNWHITTING CELEBRITYING DURING
THIS CRISIS, INSPIRING T-SHIRTS,
FAN ACCOUNTS AND EVEN A SONG OR
TWO.
[ * ]
[ * ]
>> Adrienne:  SOME EVEN WANT TO
DRESS LIKE THEM.
>> ALBERTA'S CHIEF MEDICAL
OFFICER WORE A SMOKING LILY
DRESS AND OUR EMAIL BOX WENT
INSANE.
>> Adrienne:  THAT DRESS IS NOW
SOLD OUT, IN CASE YOU'RE
WONDERING AND DURING THESE
UNCERTAIN TIME, THEY ARE PART OF
OUR ROUTINE, GIVING US THE
REASSURANCE WE WILL GET
>> FOR MANY HEALTHCARE WORKERS,
THIS BRINGS UP MEMORIES, AND
HERE IS ONE CASE.
>> Reporter:  DISINFECTING AFTER
EVERY PATIENT IS THE NEW REALITY
FOR DR. JAVAD ALOU.
AS A FRONT-LINE WORKER, HE KNOWS
HE'S HIGH RISK FOR COVID-19.
>> IT'S HARD TO ACCEPT WE MAY BE
AT HIGH RISK THAN THE AVERAGE
GENERAL PUBLIC WHO CAN AFFORD TO
STAY AWAY.
WE CAN'T.
EVERYDAY WE'RE BACK HERE.
>> Reporter:  DR. ALOU KNOWS
THAT'S PART OF THE JOB.
HE WORKED DURING SARS AND THAT'S
HOW HE ENDED UP IN THIS CLINIC.
>> THE DOCTOR I WORKED WITH DIED
OF SARS AND HE ENDED WITH IT
FROM A PATIENT HE TOOK CARE OF.
>> Reporter:  HE WAS ASKED TO
FILL IN AT THIS CLINIC AND THREE
OF THE FOUR DOCTORS HOSPITALIZED
AND ONE IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
>> ONE DAY, THE NURSE CAME IN
CRYING, SAYING HE'S PASSED AWAY
AND SO, WE ALL KNEW THAT THE
PERSON THAT THEY HAD BEEN
WORKING WITH FOR SO LONG WASN'T
GOING TO BE COMING BACK AFTER
SARS.
AND THERE WAS A STRONG BOND
BETWEEN THE PATIENTS INHERITED
AND THIS IS A RELATIONSHIP THAT
LASTED UNTIL TODAY AND SOMETHING
THAT HAS BROUGHT US TOGETHER,
RECOGNISING THE COMMON HUMANITY
AND THE COMMON RISK IN GETTING
CARE WHEN WE NEED IT AND GIVING
CARE WHEN WE CAN.
>> THEY TOLD ME MY OFFICE WAS
OFFICIALLY CLOSED.
>> Reporter:  NOW WHEN DR. ALOU
MEETS HIS PATIENTS, HE REMEMBERS
A LESSON HE HAD.
>> I REMEMBER THIS ONE MAN AND
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I MET HIM
AT THE PEAK OF SARS.
I DID AN ANNUAL EXAMINATION,
SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO
DO, WE'RE DEFERRING THEM,
SAYING, YOU'RE WELL AND LET'S
LEAVE THAT ASSESSMENT FOR LATER.
DURING THE EXAMINATION, I
REALIZED HE HAD CANCER.
THERE I WAS WEARING FULL GEAR
WITH THE MASKS, GOWN AND GLOVES,
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THIS
HORRIBLE AND TELL HIM, HI, I
KNOW WE JUST MET, BUT I THINK
YOU HAVE CANCER.
THEN I HAD TO PLAN FOR HIM TO
GET HIS CARE.
>> Reporter:  THE MAN HAD HIS
SURGERY THREE DAYS LATER AND
SURVIVED.
HE'S STILL ONE OF DR. ALOU'S
PATIENTS TODAY.
>> EVERY TIME I SEE HIM AND HIS
FAMILY, I REMEMBER WHAT HE WENT
THROUGH DURING THAT TIME AND
RIGHT NOW, IT MAKES ME WORRY
ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE WON'T BE
TAKING CARE OF BECAUSE WE'RE SO
DISTRACTED BY COVID RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter:  THE LESSON ABOUT
SARS IS AN IMPORTANT LESSON
TODAY.
>> Adrienne:  THE "MOMENT" IS UP
NEXT AND PEOPLE MUST STAY HOME
RIGHT NOW TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF
THIS CORONAVIRUS.
BUT BEING APART DOESN'T HAVE TO
MEAN BEING ALONE.
AS MARK CRITCH OF 22 MINUTES
REMINDS US, WE ARE RESILIENT AND
PROBLEM SOLVERS.
HERE HE IS FOR "THE NATIONAL."
>> BACK WHEN THIS WHOLE PANDEMIC
THING STARTED, MY WIFE TWEETED,
TO AVOID THE CORONAVIRUS, DON'T
TOUCH YOUR FACE AND TO AVOID
CORONAVIRUS PANIC, DON'T TOUCH
YOUR FACEBOOK AND COULDN'T HAVE
BEEN MORE RIGHT ABOUT HOW WRONG
ABOUT HOW THINGS WOULD SEEM.
EITHER THEY THOUGHT COVID-19 WAS
NO BIG DEAL OR THOUGHT THAT THIS
WAS THE END OF THE WORLD.
IT ALL SEEMED LIKE A MOVIE AT
FIRST AND IT WASN'T HAPPENING
AND TOM HANKS GOT IT AND WHAT,
COVID, NOT COOL AND SOPHIE
GREGOIRE-TRUDEAU GOT IT AND
WHAT?
HOW?
REALLY.
REMEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS AND
NOT THE DAYS OF CONCERTS AND
RESTAURANTS BUT TEACHER STRIKES
AND RAILROAD BLOCKADES, BACK
BEFORE A PACKAGE OF TOILET PAPER
COST MORE THAN A BARREL OF OIL
AND I STARTED LIMITING THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE I WOULD MEET UP
WITH, JUST ONE OR TWO PEOPLE AT
A TIME TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE WE
HAD FRIENDS.
IT'S FRUSTRATING, BUT THE BEST
THING WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS
NOTHING.
IF WE SELF-ISOLATE, WE CAN BEAT
THIS THING.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT
ISOLATION DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN
YOU'RE ALONE.
YOUR SENIORS, OFTEN THE MOST
IGNORED CITIZENS HAVE BEEN ON
LOCKDOWN.
THE NORTH POND MANOR OPENED UP
TO GET ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH
LOVED ONE.
THIS IS A UNIQUE TIME IN
HISTORY.
YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO BE A HERO
BY STAYING HOME AND LETTING THE
REAL HEROES DO THEIR JOBS.
FOR THE PAST FEW NIGHTS PEOPLE
OF VANCOUVER HAVE TAKEN TO THEIR
BALCONIES AND WINDOWS TO APPLAUD
HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHEN THE
SHIFT CHANGE HAPPENS AT
7:00 P.M.
[ * ]
>> OUR ARTISTS SOME OF THE FIRST
PEOPLE WE TURN TO DURING
TRAGEDIES, THEY PUT ON CONCERTS
AND RAISE MONEY AND OUR SPIRITS.
BUT MOST OF THE ARTISTS I KNOW
HAVE HAD GIGS CANCEL BECAUSE OF
THE OUTBREAK.
SO WHAT DID ALLEN DOYLE DO WHEN
HE FOUND HI HIMSELF AT THE TOP OF
THE CHARTS WITH NO ONE TO PLAY
FOR?
HE WENT BUSTING ON FACEBOOK.
EVERY NIGHT, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
TUNED IN FOR A SUPPERTIME SING
ALONG AND HE'S RAISED $20,000 SO
FAR.
WE MAY BE SEPARATED RIGHT NOW,
BUT IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'LL GET
THROUGH THIS THING TOGETHER.
AS ISOLATED AS WE ARE, THE BEST
THING TO DO IS TO REMIND EACH
OTHER WE'RE NOT ALONE.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND EACH
OTHER.
>> Adrienne:  JOSH ANDAS AND ANASTA
AND ANASTACIAS' WEDDING PLANS
WERE DISRUPTED SO THEIR FRIENDS
HAD TO GET CREATIVE AND THAT IS
OUR "MOMENT."
>> WE GOT IN OUR LIMO.
>> AS WE STARTED APPROACHING, WE
WERE, LIKE, I NE KNOW THAT FACE,
THAT FACE AND WE STARTED
REALIZES, THOSE ARE OUR FRIENDS
FROM CHURCH WE COULD NOT INVITE
AND LINED UP ON THE STREETS.
THEY WERE IN THEIR CARS,
SEPTEMBER THEIR SOCIAL DISTANCE
AND HONKING AND CHEERING AND
SCREAMING.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> SOME MADE, LIKE, HANDMADE
SIGNS AND HAD SPARKLERS FROM
PREVIOUS WEDDINGS.
>> AND THEY SAID, YOU SHOULD
HAVE A FIRST DANCE.
>> THEY ALL, BASICALLY, TURNED
ON THE RUE T RADIO TO THE SAME
STATION, CARS LINING THE STREET
AND THERE WE ARE, DANCING IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
>> IT WAS SO GREAT.
>> IT WAS THE WORLD'S BEST
SURPRISE PARTY.
>> Adrienne:  TO KIDDING.
SO IT IS STARTING TO FEEL LIKE
WE'RE ALL LIVING THROUGH WHAT
WILL ONE DAY BE A THICK CHAPTER
OF A HISTORY BOOK AND HERE IS
HOPING A COUPLE OF PAGES ARE
RESERVED FOR THE CREATIVITY AND
KINDNESS.
THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR MARCH
25th.
GOODNIGHT.
