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>> Ian: TONIGHT, STERN WARNINGS
FOR CANADIANS -- STAY HOME
AND KEEP YOUR DISTANCE.
>> THE ADVICE IS GETTING
STRONGER AND STRONGER.
WITH THAT STRONGER ADVICE WILL
BE COMING MORE AND MORE
PENALTIES IF
PEOPLE DON'T LISTEN.
>> Ian: THE MESSAGE FROM HEALTH
MINISTER IS CLEAR BUT IT'S CLEAR
THAT NOT EVERYONE IS LISTENING.
>> I'M SCARED BECAUSE I THINK I
HAVE COVID.
>> Ian: CANADA'S TROUBLE WITH
TESTS.
WHY MANY PRESUMPTIVE CASES STILL
AREN'T GETTING TESTED.
>>> OUR MEDICAL PANEL IS HERE TO
ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
VIRUS AND HOW TO PROTECT
YOURSELF.
PLUS --
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>> Ian: CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO
KEEP
BUSINESSES BUZZING AND LITTLE
FEET MOVING.
>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>>> APPEALING TO PEOPLE'S SENSE
OF COMMUNICATE, THEY HAVE BEEN
ASKED TO SELF-ISOLATE AND THOSE
WITHOUT TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES
FROM OTHERS.
BUT NOT EVERYONE HAS BEEN
ANSWERING THE CALL.
AND NOW OFFICIALS IN SOME
PROVINCES
AREN'T JUST ASKING ANYMORE.
>> THEY ARE NOT RECOMMENDATIONS.
YOU MUST FOLLOW THOSE
GUIDELINES.
>> YOU'RE DEALING WITH A DEADLY
VIRUS.
AND THIS BEHAVIOUR IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
>> OUR COURSE OF MEANS COULD BE
APPLIED.
>> Ian: MORE COARSER MEANS ARE
NOW BEING
CONTEMPLATED BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TOO AS SOME PEOPLE
CONTINUE TO CONGREGATE AND IT
CLAIMS MORE LIVES.
SINCE YESTERDAY, EIGHT MORE
PEOPLE HAVE SUCCUMBED TO
COVID-19, THE TOTAL DEATHS IN
CANADA NOW 20.
AT LEAST 130 NEW CASES EMERGING
TODAY, THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL TO
MORE THAN 1,400.
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO EFFORTS TO
PROTECT CANADIANS HERE WE HAVE
BREAKING NEWS ON THE 2020 TOKYO
OLYMPICS.
CANADA IS THE FIRST COUNTRY TO
SAY WE'RE NOT GOING.
LIEN YEUNG IS JOINING US WITH
THE LATEST.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT,
IAN, WE HAVE JUST HEARD FROM
TEAM CANADA.
THEY WILL NOT BE SENDING
ATHLETES TO THE SUMMER GAMES IN
TOKYO.
THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
RELEASED A STATEMENT.
INSTEAD THEY ARE URGENTLY
CALLING ON THE I.O.C. TO
POSTPONE THE GAMES FOR ONE YEAR.
THEY SAY THAT IT'S NOT SAFE FOR
ATHLETES, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE
BROADER COMMUNITY IF THEY
CONTINUE TRAINING.
THIS COMES AFTER THE
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
HAS SAID CANCELLING THE GAMES IS
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEY MAY POSTPONE BUT THEY MAY
ALSO LOOK AT OTHER POSSIBILITIES
TO MAKE THE JULY 24th START
DATE POSSIBLE.
THE COMMITTEE HAS GIVEN A
DEADLINE OF FOUR WEEKS TO DECIDE
AND THE C.O.C. SAYS THAT IT
APPRECIATES HAVING THAT
TIMELINE.
SO FAR ATHLETES HAVE HAD A MIXED
RESPONSE OF THE I.O.C.'S PLAN.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM HAILE HAYLEY
WICKENHEISER, AND A I.O.C.
MEMBER HERSELF.
AND THE SHE CALLED THEIR INTENTION
TO GO AHEAD WITH THE GAMES
SEVERAL DAYS AGO " INSENSITIVE."
>> THEY'RE PUTTING SPORT ABOVE
HEALTH AND HUMANITY.
THE ATHLETES OF THE WORLD CANNOT
TRAIN.
THE FACILITIES ARE CLOSED.
BUT MUCH MORE THAN THAT, THEY'RE
WORRIED ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES
BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE AND WE
SHOULDN'T BE THERE.
>> Reporter: OTHERS LIKE
QUÉBEC'S BRENT LACATOSE IN
WHEELCHAIR RACING, HE WANTED TO
SEE THE GAMES POSTPONED BUT IT'S
CHALLENGING.
WE'RE JUST ABOUT FOUR MONTHS
AWAY FROM THE GAMES AND THE
ATHLETES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN
THE BEST SHAPE OF THEIR LIVES.
SINCE THE START OF THE FIRST
MODERN OLYMPICS THE GAMES HAVE
ONLY BEEN CANCELLED THREE TIMES
DURING THE WORLD WARS SO THE
OLYMPIC COMMITTEE IS HESITANT TO
CANCEL BUT THEY MAY HAVE TO
POSTPONE AS WE COULD SEE MORE
OLYMPIC COMMITTEES COMING OUT TO
SAY THAT TEAM CANADA IS
SAYING -- THE FIRST TEAM TO DO
IT -- THEY WON'T GO TO THE GAMES
IF THEY'RE HELD THIS SUMMER.
>> Ian: TO THIS POINT, LIEN,
WHAT REACTION ARE WE SEE
SOMETHING.
>> Reporter: QUICK REACTION ON
TWITTER AND SOME OF THE ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATIONS SAYING THEY
SUPPORT.
SO WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL.
AND CYCLING CANADA IS SAYING
YES.
AND AN OLYMPIAN WHO IS A RACE
WALKER SAYS THAT "THE RIGHT
DECISIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS THE
EASIEST TO MAKE.
REALLY PROUD OF TEAM CANADA."
AND HEARING FROM ONTARIO'S
HILLARY STILLINGWORTH AND THANK
YOU TO TEAM CANADA FOR MAKING
THAT DECISION.
SO THE RESPONSE IS QUITE
SUPPORTIVE AT THIS POINT, IAN.
>> Ian: THANK YOU.
>>> THE ESCALATING OUTBREAK MAY
CALL
FOR AN ESCALATING RESPONSE FROM
OTTAWA AND CANADIANS.
ASHLEY BURKE EXPLAINS THE TOOLS
THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOLD
US TODAY THEY'RE PREPARED TO
USE.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT
HAS BEEN ASKING CANADIANS TO
FOLLOW ITS ADVICE, BUT THE DAYS
OF ASKING MAY SOON BE OVER.
>> THE ADVICE IS GETTING
STRONGER AND STRONGER AND WITH
THAT STRONGER ADVICE WILL BE
COMING MORE AND MORE PENALTIES
IF PEOPLE DON'T LISTEN.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE
EXAMPLES OF CANADIANS NOT
LISTENING LIKE THIS SCENE IN
VANCOUVER.
PEOPLE CLEARLY NOT SOCIAL
DISTANCING, SOME CALLING THE
TWO-METRE RULE OVERKILL.
BUT CANADA'S TOP HEALTH
OFFICIALS WARN THAT IT'S NOT.
>> IT IS NOT ANNECK GET OL
EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE USING TO
MAKE OUR
DECISIONS.
IT IS SCIENCE.
>> THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND
WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IT RIGHT
NOW.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT
SAYS THAT IT WILL BE WATCHING
CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
IT'S WAITING TO SEE IF CANADIAN
SNOWBIRDS AND TRAVELLERS
RETURNING HOME ACTUALLY
SELF-QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS.
>> YOU DO NOT STOP FOR GROCERIES
AND THAT YOU DO NOT GO VISIT
YOUR NEIGHBOURS OR YOUR FRIENDS.
THAT YOU REST IN YOUR HOUSE FOR
14 DAYS -- NO EXCEPTIONS.
>> Reporter: IF THEY DON'T
LISTEN TO THAT ADVICE, THE
HEALTH
MINISTER COULD DROP THE HAMMER
USING THE QUARANTINE ACT.
>> LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR --
WE WILL USE EVERY MEASURE IN
OUR TOOLBOX AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE.
WE HAVE MEASURES THAT COULD
INCLUDE MONETARY PENALTIES UP TO
AND INCLUDING CRIMINAL
PENALTIES.
>> Reporter: SOME PROVINCES
AND TERRITORIES ARE ALREADY
TURNING TO THE POLICE FOR
ENFORCEMENT.
THIS NEW MEASURE WOULD MEAN A
MORE UNIFORM APPROACH ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
THE BIGGEST AND THE FINAL STEP
WOULD BE THE PRIME MINISTER
INVOKING THE EMERGENCY ACT.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: THERE ARE MANY THINGS
THAT ARE BEING DONE AND CAN BE
DONE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AT THE
MUNICIPAL LEVEL AND AT THE
PROVINCIAL LEVEL.
THE FEDERAL EMERGENCIES ACT IS A
SIGNIFICANT STEP THAT CAN AND
SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN WE'VE
EXHAUSTED ALL OTHER STEPS.
>> Reporter: THE LONGER PEOPLE
IGNORE THE GUIDELINES, THE
CLOSER THE GOVERNMENT GETS TO
TAKING EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES.
BUT THERE'S STILL ONLY SO MUCH
THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO.
PEOPLE NEED TO DO THE REST.
ASHLEY BURKE, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> Ian: THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS
ARE STILL STRANDED ABROAD, BUT
OTTAWA IS COOPERATING WITH THE
AIRLINES AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
TO TRY TO GET THEM HOME.
>> I JUST WANTED TO COME HOME AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> IT WAS JUST REALLY, REALLY
HARD, BUT FINALLY WE MADE IT.
SO THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.
>> Ian: A FLIGHT FROM IRAQ
-- MOROCCO ARRIVED THIS MORNING
WITH
SEVERAL HUNDRED CANADIANS
ABOARD.
AIR CANADA IS EXPECTED TO
OPERATE TWO MORE IN THE COMING
DAYS.
MORE THAN 30 FLIGHTS ARE IN THE
WORKS FOR CANADIANS IN PERU,
SPAIN, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR AND
HONDURAS.
AND THE GOVERNMENT HAD
ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT --
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
WILL BE RECALLED ON TUESDAY AT
NOON SO THAT WE CAN PASS
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION THAT WILL
PUT OUR PLAN INTO MOTION.
>> Ian: THE HOUSE WILL BE BACK
IN SESSION BRIEFLY ON TUESDAY,
BUT WITH JUST 32 M.P.s AND THE
SPEAKER.
ENOUGH THOUGH TO PASS AN
EMERGENCY ECONOMIC AID PACKAGE.
PARLIAMENT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED
UNTIL APRIL.
ALREADY ADDING PENALTIES FOR
BREAKING SOCIAL DISTANCING RULES
IS QUÉBEC.
AS AINSLIE McCLELLAN REPORTS,
THE HOPE IS THAT POLICE
INTERVENTION IS NOT NECESSARY
BUT THE PARTY, ANY PARTY IN THE
PROVINCE, IS NOW OFFICIALLY
OVER.
>> Reporter: THE LIST OF
PUBLIC SPACES AND BUSINESSES
OPEN
TO QUÉBECERS IS SHRINKING BY THE
DAY.
PLAYGROUNDS AROUND MONTRÉAL,
CLOSED.
ALL SCHOOLS AND DAYCARES TO
REMAIN CLOSED TO MAY 1.
AND AS OF MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ALL
SHOPPING MALLS AND HAIRDRESSERS
AND BEAUTY SALONS AND RESTAURANT
DINING ROOMS ACROSS THE PROVINCE 
ALSO MUST CLOSE.
THIS IS ON TOP OF A DECREE
FRIDAY NIGHT BANNING ALL
INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GATHERINGS OF
ANY SIZE.
MONTRÉAL POLICE HAVE RECEIVED
ALREADY 80 CALLS FROM CITIZENS
OF THOSE SUSPECTED OF VIOLATING
THE BAN.
POLICE ASK QUÉBECERS TO NOT JAM
THE
SWITCHBOARDS WITH THESE REPORTS
AND THERE WILL BE POWER TO BREAK
UP GATHERINGS AT THEIR
DISCRETION.
911.
>> WHEN WE SEE THEM TOGETHER, WE
WILL ASK FOR PEOPLE TO GET
SEPARATED AND TO RESPECT THE
INSTRUCTIONS.
>> Reporter: BUT POLICE CAN HAND
OUT A $1,000 FINE OR DETAIN
PEOPLE IF THEY DO NOT COMPLY.
IN QUÉBEC CITY POLICE BROKE UP
ABOUT A DOZEN GATHERINGS LAST
NIGHT.
POLICE SAID THAT MOST PEOPLE
COOPERATED BUT ONE PERSON
WAS ARRESTED AND HELD OVERNIGHT
TO FACE FINES FOR BREAKING THE
PEACE AND ASSAULTING A
POLICE OFFICER.
THESE ARE EXTRAORDINARY
CIRCUMSTANCES ACCORDING TO
CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER JULIUS
GRAY.
>> POLICE HAVE TO USE DISCRETION
BUT IT MAY HAVE TO ARREST SOME
PEOPLE.
IT'S A CLEAR AND OBVIOUS REASON
AND AN EMERGENCY.
NOW ONE THING THAT YOU HAVE TO
REMEMBER AND I THINK THAT IT'S
ESSENTIAL -- THE CHARTER REMAINS
IN FORCE.
>> Reporter: PREMIER FRANÇOIS
LEGAULT SAYS THAT ARRESTS WILL
BE THE EXCEPTION.
>> WE WANT TO USE POLICE AND THE
FORCE ONLY IN VERY FEW
EXCEPTIONS IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE
ANY KIND OF CHAOS NOW IN OUR
SOCIETY.
>> Reporter: AND HE'S COUNTING
ON QUÉBECERS TO TAKE THE MEASURE
SERIOUSLY SO POLICE DON'T HAVE
TO INTERVENE.
AINSLIE MacLELLAN, CBC NEWS,
MONTRÉAL.
>> Ian: NOVA SCOTIA BECAME THE
LAST
PROVINCE TO DECLARE A STATE OF
EMERGENCY OVER COVID-19 AND
ALONG WITH THAT ENACTED SOME OF
THE STRICTEST MEASURES IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> YOU WALK TO EXERCISE, NOT TO
SOCIALIZE.
STAY IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD.
WALK AROUND THE BLOCK OR DOWN
THE STREET.
>> Ian: GATHERINGS ARE LIMITED
TO NO MORE THAN FIVE PEOPLE.
THOSE ENTERING THE PROVINCE, NOT
JUST FROM ABROAD BUT THE REST OF
CANADA WILL BE CHECKED AND TOLD
TO ISOLATE.
AND INDIVIDUALS WHO REFUSE
SELF-ISOLATION OR SOCIAL
DISTANCING CAN BE FINED $1,000.
WE'RE JOINED NOW BY
DR. LYNORASAXINGER, AN
INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST
FROM UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA.
THEY'RE TALKING TOUGH NOW ABOUT
PEOPLE WHO INSIST ON GETTING
TOGETHER WITH GROUPS AND
ENCROACHING ON THAT TWO-METRE
DISTANCE.
FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, WHAT'S
THE BEST WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO
COMPLY?
>> I THINK THAT WHAT WE WILL SEE
IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
DOING A GREAT JOB ALREADY.
THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME
PEOPLE MAY NOT YET BE FULLY
AWARE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS SO
THAT'S A PIECE.
BUT THEN I THINK THAT THERE'S
ANOTHER GROUP OF
PEOPLE WHO REALLY DON'T FEEL OR
SEE THE RISK YET.
OF COURSE, ONCE WE START SEEING
INCREASING NUMBER OF CASES AND
PEOPLE GOING TO THE I.C.U., THE
RISK WILL BECOME A LOT MORE
OBVIOUS AND PEOPLE MIGHT CHANGE
THEIR BEHAVIOUR.
BUT ULTIMATELY I THINK WE HAVE
TO TRY TO TARGET THAT GROUP A
LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BECAUSE
THAT'S GETTING A BIT TOO LATE
FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING.
>> Ian: SO MAYBE PEOPLE HERE
WILL HAVE TO SEE EXAMPLES CLOSE
TO THEM.
YOU HAVE SEEN EXAMPLES IN OTHER
PARTS OF THE WORLD?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND I THINK THAT THERE WAS ONE
CASE THAT I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO
MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW
ABOUT.
IS THAT OVER ONE HALF OF THE
SOUTH
KOREAN EPIDEMIC CAN BE TRACED TO
ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD A FEVER
AND WENT TO A BUFFET AND THEN
WENT TO A LARGE RELIGIOUS
GATHERING.
AND THE CONTACTS OF THAT
INDIVIDUAL WERE SUBSEQUENTLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR A HUGE PART OF
THEIR EPIDEMIC, OVER 50% OF IT.
AND I THINK THAT NO ONE WANTS TO
BE THAT PERSON.
AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE
RECOGNIZE THAT ACTIONS AS SIMPLE
AS GOING OUT TO EAT WHEN YOU'RE
FEELING A LITTLE BIT OFF OR
GOING TO A CHURCH WHEN YOU FEEL
A LITTLE BIT OFF CAN HAVE HUGE
CONSEQUENCES.
>> Ian: THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE.
STAND BY, WE'LL TALK TO YOU
LATER ON IN THE HOUR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Ian: WITH SOME B.C. RESIDENTS
ENJOYING THE SPRINGTIME WEATHER
A LITTLE TOO MUCH, VANCOUVER'S
MAYOR SAID THAT TOMORROW THE
CITY WILL BE MOVING ON ITS OWN
TO FORCE PEOPLE TO KEEP THEIR
DISTANCE.
>> NEW BY-LAWS THAT AUTHORIZE
ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES TO
ANYONE VIOLATING THESE ORDERS.
LIKE I SAID, THE TIME FOR ASKING
IS OVER.
>> Ian: THE LINE BETWEEN KEEPING
ACTIVE DURING THE CRISIS AND
KEEPING SAFE IS SUPPOSED TO BE
DRAWN AT A DISTANCE OF TWO
METRES.
TINA LOVGREEN ASKED AN
MEDICAL EXPERT ABOUT
WHAT YOU CAN DO OUTDOORS WHILE
STAYING SAFE.
>> Reporter: THIS ISN'T
USUALLY HOW PAUL WITTS PRACTICES
HIS SKILLS, NEITHER IS MAKING
BASKETS WHERE THERE'S NO RIM.
>> IMAGINING THAT THERE'S A HOOP
THERE AND TRYING TO GET SOME
IMAGINARY SHOTS UP.
>> Reporter: THE VANCOUVER
PARK BOARD TOOK THOSE AWAY AND
THEY'RE
CLOSING DOWN SKATE PARKS AND
VOLLEYBALL AND TENNIS COURTS
TOO.
IT'S EVEN REMOVING THE ICONIC
LOGS WHERE THE BEACH-GOERS LEAN
AGAINST BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T
GETTING THE MESSAGE.
THIS WEEKEND AS THE SUN HIT THE
PAVEMENT, PEOPLE SWAMPED TO THE
PARKS, PRACTISING EVERYTHING BUT
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
>> YOU SEE PEOPLE IN BIG GROUPS
AND, YOU KNOW, NOT KEEPING THAT
DISTANCE.
SO IT'S A LITTLE WORRISOME
SOMETIMES.
>> Reporter: AND ALSO
TROUBLING -- SOME PEOPLE IN
VANCOUVER DECIDED TO HAVE A BOAT
PARTY.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, THAT'S NOT
OKAY.
>> YOU LIKE TO THINK THAT IT'S A
MISINFORMATION, MISUNDERSTANDING
THING AS OPPOSED TO WILLFUL
IGNORANCE.
>> Reporter: SO WHAT IS
ALLOWED?
CAN YOU GO FOR A WALK,
A BIKE RIDE OR A HIKE?
>> SURE, AS LONG AS YOU KEEP
THAT DISTANCE, ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: BUT WHEN THE
SEAWALL GETS JAMMED LIKE THIS
AND YOU CAN'T KEEP TWO METRES
BETWEEN AND YOU OTHERS IT'S TIME
TO TURN AROUND.
WHAT ABOUT CATCHING UP ON A
BENCH?
>> IF YOU'RE REALLY TIRED AND
YOU SUFFER FROM SOME CONDITION
OR YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN FOR
SAFETY, YOU KNOW, OKAY.
BUT WHEN YOU REALLY DON'T NEED
TO, JUST DON'T.
>> Reporter: THE POINT IS TO
AVOID TOUCHING SURFACES AND
THAT'S WHY PLAYGROUNDS ARE
CLOSED AND WHY PLAYING TEAM
SPORTS LIKE BASKETBALL OR SOCCER 
ISN'T A GOOD IDEA.
>> AGAIN, THOSE ARE SURFACES
THAT NOW YOU'RE EXCHANGING A
FRISBEE AND A BALL AND THAT
COULD EASILY CARRY THE VIRUS, SO
NO.
>> Reporter: AND WHY PICNICS,
EVEN IF YOU'RE TWO METRES APART
AREN'T RECOMMENDED.
>> INADVERTENTLY THEY'RE
TOUCHING THE SAME SURFACE AS
ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL AND THAT CAN
SPREAD THE VIRUS.
>> Reporter: SO NO SLEEPOVERS
OR HAVING FRIENDS OVER FOR
DINNER OR HOUSE PARTIES UNLESS
IT'S OVER THE PHONE LIKE THIS.
TO STAY ACTIVE BUT AWAY FROM
OTHERS.
TINA LOVGREEN, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Ian: CANADA STARTED TO RAMP
UP TESTING FOR COVID-19, TRYING
TO INCREASE CAPACITY WITH A
GROWING NUMBER OF DRIVE-THRUS
AND WALK-IN SITES.
ACCORDING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH
AGENCY OF CANADA, CLOSE TO
90,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TESTED.
BUT AS KAREN PAULS EXPLAINS,
ACCESS TO THE TEST MAY DEPEND ON
WHERE YOU LIVE.
>> Reporter: CONSTRUCTION
CREWS ARE PUTTING UP A NEW
CORONAVIRUS TESTING SITE IN
DOWNTOWN MONTRÉAL.
BY TOMORROW, PEOPLE CAN SHOW UP
WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT ON FOOT
OR IN THEIR CARS.
IF THEY QUALIFY, THEY'LL BE SENT
TO A HEATED TENT TO GET THE
TEST.
>> THE MAIN GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CAN AUGMENT THE NUMBER
OF TESTS THAT WE -- THE
SCREENING TESTS THAT WE CAN DO A
DAY.
>> Reporter: DRIVE-THRU TESTING
IS ALSO HAPPENING IN WINNIPEG
AND OTTAWA, AMONG OTHER CITIES.
BUT IN SEVERAL PROVINCES THE
TESTS MAY BE HARD TO COME BY.
>> I'M SCARED BECAUSE I THINK
THAT I HAVE COVID.
>> Reporter: GORDON MOE SAYS
THAT HE DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS AFTER
FLYING THROUGH THE VANCOUVER
AIRPORT SIX TIMES IN THE LAST
MONTH, CARING FOR HIS
92-YEAR-OLD STEP-DAD AS HE
UNDERWENT HIP SURGERY.
>> I SPENT 10, 11 HOURS IN THE
PRINCE GEORGE HOSPITAL WITH
VARIOUS MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
AND IF I'M SICK, I HAVE INFECTED
HIM.
>> Reporter: MOE'S CAN'T GET
TESTED BECAUSE IN B.C. ONLY
HIGH-RISK PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE,
INCLUDING FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS AND RESIDENTS OF
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES.
OTHER PROVINCES ARE ALSO
LIMITING WHO GETS THE TEST.
>> THERE'S A GLOBAL CHALLENGE
WITH GETTING THE SUPPLIES AND
THE MATERIALS AND THE TESTING
KITS AND SO ON.
>> Reporter: THIS SCIENTIST
SAYS THAT THE PANDEMIC COULD
LAST FOR MONTHS, SO TOUGH
CHOICES
HAVE TO BE MADE BUT --
>> I WOULD LOVE FOR EVERYBODY TO
BE TESTED SO THAT WE KNOW HOW
FAR THIS DISEASE IS
TRANSMITTING.
>> Reporter: SOON AFTER KYLA
LEE RETURNED FROM A LEGAL
CONFERENCE IN OHIO SHE STARTED
TO COUGH, HAD CHEST PAINS AND
GOT A FEVER.
>> I SAW A DOCTOR OVER THE CLOUD
M.D. APP AND THEY SAID
ESSENTIALLY THAT I AM A
PRESUMPTIVE CASE OF CORONAVIRUS.
>> Reporter: LEE LIVES IN
VANCOUVER SO SHE WON'T GET
TESTED.
BUT SHE'S OKAY WITH THAT.
>> BUT THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THE
TESTS ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE
SHOULD BE SAVING THE TESTS FOR.
>> Reporter: LEE SAYS THAT
ANYONE WITH MILD SYMPTOMS SHOULD
DO WHAT SHE'S DOING -- STAY AT
HOME.
KAREN PAULS, CBC NEWS, WINNIPEG.
>> Ian: CBC NEWS HAS A TEAM
TRACKING EVERY CONFIRMED CASE
HERE IN CANADA AND WE HAVE PUT
TOGETHER ALL OF THAT DATA IN A
SPECIAL ONLINE INTERACTIVE.
AND YOU CAN ALSO FIND ANSWERS TO
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.
JUST GO TO
CBC.CA/CORONAVIRUSTRACKER.
>>> IN THE UNITED STATES, A
NEARLY TWO TRILLION DOLLAR
STIMULUS PACKAGE WAS DEFEATED IN
THE SENATE TONIGHT BUT
NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE AS THE
TOLL OF THIS VIRUS GROWS.
TONIGHT THE U.S. HAS MORE THAN
33,000 CONFIRMED CASES AND MORE
THAN 400 DEATHS.
MORE THAN 100 MILLION AMERICANS,
THAT'S ALMOST A THIRD OF THE
POPULATION, HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO
SHELTER IN PLACE.
DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO REASSURE
THEM TONIGHT BUT AS PAUL HUNTER
TELLS US, MANY STATE AND LOCAL
OFFICIALS DON'T SEEM CONVINCED.
>> Reporter: AT THE LATEST
DRIVE-THRU TESTING SITE IN
HARD-HIT NEW JERSEY TODAY, HUGE
LINEUPS AND LONG WAITS TO BE
SWABBED.
WITH MULTIPLE STATES SAYING THAT
THEY'RE NOW DESPERATE FOR MORE
TESTING SITES, MORE PROTECTION,
MORE VENTILATORS AND MORE
HOSPITALS.
TO THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY A
FORCEFUL PLEA FROM THE MAYOR OF
NEW YORK.
>> IF THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T ACT,
PEEL WILL DIE WHO WOULD HAVE
LIVED OTHERWISE MUCH.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT DONALD
TRUMP SAYS THAT HE'S ORDERED
MOBILE HOSPITALS TO THE THREE
HARDEST HIT STATES, INCLUDING
NEW YORK.
AND UNDERLINED THE MEDICAL
GEAR SUPPLIED TO THOSE IN NEED
BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
>> President Donald Trump: FOR
THOSE WORRIED AND AFRAID PLEASE
KNOW THAT AS LONG AS I AM YOUR
PRESIDENT, YOU CAN FEEL
CONFIDENT THAT YOU HAVE A LEADER
WHO WILL ALWAYS FIGHT FOR YOU,
AND I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL WE
WIN.
THIS WILL BE A GREAT VICTORY.
>> Reporter: STILL, IT'S SO
BAD RIGHT NOW THAT VOLUNTEERS
ARE MAKING PROTECTIVE MASKS OUT
OF CLOTH WHILE STATES FACE
BIDDING WARS TO BUY PROPER
MASKS.
>> WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST EACH
OTHER.
WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST OTHER
COUNTRIES.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A
WIDE WILD WEST, I WOULD SAY, OUT
THERE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS AS
REPUBLICAN SENATOR RAND PAUL
TODAY TESTED POSITIVE FOR
CORONA.
A HANDFUL OF COLLEAGUES ARE NOW
SELF-ISOLATING INCLUDING
REPUBLICAN SENATOR AND TRUMP
CRITIC MITT ROMNEY.
>> President Donald Trump:
ROMNEY IS IN ISOLATION?
>> YES.
>> President Donald Trump:
GEE, THAT'S TOO BAD.
>> Reporter: AND WHILE SOME
100 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ON
BROAD ORDERS TO STAY AT HOME,
CONSIDER WASHINGTON, D.C., THIS
AFTERNOON.
CROWDS DEFYING ALL ADVICE.
THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK --
>> IT'S ARROGANT, IT'S
SELF-DESTRUCTIVE, AND IT'S
DISRESPECTFUL TO OTHER PEOPLE.
AND IT HAS TO STOP AND IT HAS TO
STOP NOW.
>> Reporter: U.S. LAWMAKERS,
MEANWHILE, SPENT THE DAY TRYING
TO FINANCE A TRILLION DOLLAR AID
PACKAGE FOR THE U.S. ECONOMY,
THEY FAILED, BUT TALKS CONTINUE.
PAUL HUNTER, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Ian: AROUND THE WORLD THERE
ARE
NOW MORE THAN 300,000 CASES AND
MORE THAN 14,000 PEOPLE HAVE
DIED.
AND COUNTRY AFTER COUNTRY ARE
TRYING TO PREVENT THIS PANDEMIC
FROM GETTING WORSE.
TODAY GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA
MERKEL BANNED MOST PUBLIC
GATHERINGS OF
MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE.
THEN SHE LEARNED OF A DOCTOR WHO
TREATED HER FRIDAY HAS TESTED
POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS SO SHE'S
NOW IN QUARANTINE HERSELF.
IN A FEW HOURS PEOPLE IN GREECE
WILL BE ON LOCKDOWN.
LEAVING HOME UNLESS IT'S
NECESSARY WILL BE BANNED.
PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO CARRY I.D.
WHEN THEY ARE OUT.
>> WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AT
THE BEACH WAS NOT OKAY.
>> Ian: AFTER CALLING OUT
BEACH-GOERS FOR IGNORING SOCIAL
DISTANCING THIS WEEKEND,
AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER
ANNOUNCED A SWATH OF CLOSURES
STARTING ON MONDAY.
AMONG THEM BARS, GYMS, CINEMAS
AND PLACES OF WORSHIP.
IN ITALY, THE DEATH TOLL JUMPED
AGAIN TODAY BY NEARLY 700,
BRINGING THE TOTAL TO MORE THAN
5,000.
BUT THERE WAS A GLIMMER OF HOPE.
THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES ROSE BY
THE SMALLEST PERCENTAGE SINCE
MID-FEBRUARY.
AND ON THIS MOTHER'S DAY IN THE
U.K., A MESSAGE FROM PRIME
MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON, VISITING
YOUR MOM COULD PUT HER AT RISK
AND STAY AWAY FROM EVERYONE IN
PUBLIC OR STRICTER MEASURES
COULD COME.
>> STAY TWO METRES APART.
IT'S NOT SUCH A DIFFICULT THING.
DO IT.
>> Ian: IRAN SAYS IT HAS THE
VIRUS UNDER CONTROL BUT EXPERTS
SAY THAT THE COUNTRY IS UNIQUELY
AT RISK.
>> IF THESE PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
TAKEN SERIOUSLY, THEN THIS CAN
LEAD TO THREE AND A HALF MILLION
PEOPLE DEAD.
>> Ian: STILL AHEAD, WHAT'S
GOING ON INSIDE IRAN AND HOW
WILL IT AFFECT THE REST OF THE
WORLD?
>>> PLUS, WILL WEARING GLOVES
KEEP YOU SAFE?
>> IT MAY BE GIVING PEOPLE A
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY.
>> Ian: AND YOUR QUESTIONS AND
OUR EXPERTS FROM RISKS TO
PREGNANT WOMEN TO WHETHER YOU
CAN LET OTHERS PET YOUR DOG.
WE GET ANSWERS FOR Y
>> Ian: NIXED IN WITH THE
ANXIETY AND THE SHIFTING NORMS
THAT THIS PANDEMIC CREATES ARE
SO MANY QUESTIONS ON HOW TO STAY
SAFE AND HEALTHY.
AND TO HELP TO ANSWER SOME OF
THEM WE'RE TURNING TO A TEAM OF
DOCTORS EVERY NIGHT WITH YOUR
QUESTIONS.
AND TONIGHT LET'S BRING IN
DR. LYNORA SAXINGER, AN
INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA.
AND DR. CURRY FROM DELTA
HOSPITAL JUST OUTSIDE OF
VANCOUVER HERE IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA.
AND DR. CURRY, LET'S START WITH
YOU.
AT WHAT POINT OF FEELING ILL
SHOULD SOMEONE DECIDE THAT IT'S
TIME TO GO TO A HOSPITAL?
>> SO WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
WE'RE EXPECTING A LOT OF VISITS
AND A LOT OF BUSINESS IN OUR
HOSPITAL.
SO UNLESS YOU'RE FEELING
SUBSTANTIALLY ILL, WE'RE
ADVISING YOU TO TREAT
RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS AS IF THEY
COULD BE COVID AND STAY HOME.
THE REASON TO COME TO THE
HOSPITAL IS SHORTNESS OF BREATH,
SO FEELING THAT YOU HAVE RUN A
MARATHON AND ALL YOU'RE DOING IS
SITTING ON YOUR COUCH OR A CHEST
PAIN OR A CHEST DISCOMFORT.
IF IT FEELS LIKE A RESPIRATORY
INFECTION THAT YOU'VE HAD
BEFORE, THEN I WOULD TRY TO STAY
AT HOME.
AND PROBLEMS BREATHING ARE A
HALLMARK THAT YOU COULD HAVE A
MORE SEVERE CASE.
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, DR. SAXINGER,
FOR A FRONTLINE WORKER LIKE A
GROCERY STORE CLERK OR A BUS
DRIVER, THERE ARE QUESTIONS
ABOUT HOW
THEY CAN KEEP THEIR FAMILY SAFE
WHEN COMING HOME FROM WORK?
>> RIGHT.
SO PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO
INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC A LOT
MORE HAVE TO DO THE
SAME CORE THINGS BUT WITH A LOT
MORE ATTENTION AND INTENSITY.
SO FREQUENT HANDWASHING AND AT
LEAST EVERY HOUR, IF NOT MORE
OFTEN.
WIPING DOWN HIGH-TOUCH SURFACES
THAT PEOPLE COME INTO CONTACT
WITH, THAT YOU COME INTO CONTACT
WITH FREQUENTLY WITH AN
APPROPRIATE HOUSEHOLD
DISINFECTANT OR A BLEACH
SOLUTION.
THIS IS GETTING INTO AN EXCESS
OF CAUTION BUT IT'S A
CONSIDERATION POTENTIALLY.
I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE AREN'T
-- ARE CHOOSING TO CHANGE
CLOTHES SOY THAT
THE CLOTHES THEY WORE OUT AND
ABOUT ARE NOT THE CLOTHES THEY
COME INTO THE HOUSE WITH AND
THEY PUT THOSE INTO THE WASH.
AND AN EXCESS OF CAUTION SEEMS
REASONABLE AND WE WANT TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE.
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, DR. CURRY,
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
QUESTION NOW AND WHAT ARE THE
RISKS TO PREGNANT WOMEN AND THE
FETUS AND WOMEN WHO HAVE
CONCEIVED DURING THIS TIME?
>> SO, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
IT APPEARS FROM VERY PRELIMINARY
RESEARCH THAT THE VIRUS DOES NOT
PASS FROM PREGNANT WOMEN TO
THEIR FETUSES.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
IN TERMS OF PREGNANT WOMEN, THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM DURING PREGNANCY
TUNES ITSELF DOWN SO THAT MAY
MAKE PREGNANT WOMEN A LITTLE BIT
MORE VULNERABLE TO AN INFECTION
LIKE THIS.
FORTUNATELY, PREGNANT WOMEN DO
TEND TO BE YOUNGER AND THAT
HAS DATA SUPPORTING THAT WOMEN
SEEM TO BE A LITTLE LESS
AFFECTED BY THIS THAN MEN.
SO WOMEN SHOULD FOLLOW THE SAME
ADVICE AS FOR EVERYONE ELSE, BUT
PERHAPS BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
MINDFUL OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AND
SELF-ISOLATING UNTIL THE
FREQUENCY AND THE AMOUNT OF THIS
VIRUS IN THE COMMUNITY
DIMINISHES.
>> Ian: DR. SAXINGER, WE'RE
GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
PETS IN
THIS TIME OF THE PANDEMIC AND
HERE'S ONE OF THEM.
CAN I LET OTHERS PET MY DOG IF
I'M ON A WALK?
>> THIS QUESTION IS WHETHER OR
NOT SOMEONE WHO HAS A VIRUS ON
THEIR HANDS CAN TRANSMIT IT TO
YOUR PET AND YOU PICK IT UP WHEN
YOU PET YOUR PET.
THIS SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY REMOTE
POSSIBILITY.
THINGS LIKE FABRIC ARE MORE
POROUS MATERIALS ARE NOT AS GOOD
AS TRANSMITTING VIRUS BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T COME OFF THE SURFACE AS
EASILY.
BUT I THINK THAT IN TERMS OF
GENERAL PRECAUTIONS, AND BECAUSE
WHENEVER PEOPLE
GET CLOSE TO DOGS AND EVERYONE
GETS TANGLED UP, IT MIGHT BE
BEST TO MAINTAIN A PHYSICAL
DISTANCING FOR YOUR PET AND
AS WELL AS FOR YOURSELF.
BUT IF SOMEONE DOES PET YOUR
PET, I DON'T THINK THAT YOU HAVE
TO PANIC.
EVERYONE SHOULD WASH THEIR HANDS
WHEN THEY COME IN THE HOUSE
THOUGH.
>> Ian: WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE
LEFT AND THAT WILL GO QUICKLY
BUT I WANT TO FINISH BY ASKING
EACH OF YOU THIS, STARTING WITH
YOU, DR. CURRY.
A LOT OF ANXIETY OUT THERE ON A
PART OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE WATCHING THIS AND
FEELING NERVOUS TONIGHT?
>> SO FOR MOST PEOPLE THIS IS
GOING TO BE A FAIRLY MILD
ILLNESS.
SO THE IMPACTS OF THIS VIRUS CAN
BE MITIGATED BY SOCIAL ISOLATING
AND FOLLOWING THE
ADVICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
LIFE IS GOING ON BUT WE'LL FACE
CHALLENGES IN THE SHORT TERM.
>> Ian: DR. SAXINGER, A LAST
WORD TO YOU.
>> I THINK THAT IT'S A VERY
STRANGE CALM BEFORE THE STORM
TIME RIGHT NOW AND PEOPLE ARE
TENDING TO GET VERY FOCUSED ON
DETAILS AND WORRIED ABOUT THEM.
I SAY WHAT WE SHOULD DIRECT OUR
ATTENTION TO IS DOING THE THINGS
THAT WE NEED TO DO AND FOCUSING
ON HOW TO KEEP OUR SOCIAL
COHESION AND OUR SPIRITS UP AS
WE START GOING INTO THIS UNKNOWN
TOGETHER.
AND SO DON'T PANIC, BE RESOLUTE.
>> Ian: AS ALWAYS, I KNOW THAT
BOTH OF YOU, ALL OF OUR EXPERTS
ARE SO BUSY AND WE APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU, IAN.
>> Ian: AS WE MENTIONED WE'LL BE
ASKING YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT
COVID-19 EACH NIGHT ON "THE
NATIONAL" GOING FORWARD.
SO KEEP SENDING US THE QUESTIONS
THAT YOU HAVE.
YOU CAN MESSAGE US DIRECTLY ON
INSTAGRAM AT CBCTHENATIONAL OR
YOU CAN SEND US
AN EMAIL TO THENATIONAL@CBC.CA.
>>> NOW HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION
THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ASKING -- SHOULD THEY BE WEARING
GLOVES WHEN THEY GO OUT IN
PUBLIC?
DR. SAMIR GUPTA TACKLES THAT ONE
FOR US.
>> SO I DO SEE PEOPLE WEARING
SURGICAL GLOVES OUT THERE ON THE
STREET.
AND MY PATIENTS HAVE ASKED ME IF
THEY SHOULD BE DOING THIS.
AND MY ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION
HAS ALWAYS BEEN NO.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT
I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE WEARING
THESE GLOVES FOR THE WRONG
REASON.
CORONAVIRUS DIDN'T GET INTO OUR
BODIES THROUGH OUR HANDS.
IN FACT, OUR SKIN IS JUST AS
GOOD, IF NOT A BETTER
BARRIERNESS THAT VIRUSES
THAN ANY MANMADE GLOVE THAT YOU
CAN BUY.
THE WAY IT GETS INTO OUR BODY IS
THROUGH MUCOUS MEMBRANES, THE
EYES, THE NOSE AND THE MOUTH.
NOW THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE
AVERAGE PERSON TOUCHES THEIR
FACE ABOUT 20 TIMES AN HOUR SO
THAT CORONAVIRUS WHICH IS ON
VARIOUS DIFFERENT SURFACES GETS
TRANSFERRED TO PEOPLE'S HANDS
AND WITHOUT THEM THINKING ABOUT
IT, IT GOES ON TO THEIR FACE.
WEARING GLOVES DOESN'T CHANGE
THAT.
IN FACT, THE CORONAVIRUS ON
VARIOUS SURFACES WILL STICK TO
THE GLOVE JUST AS WELL, IF NOT
BETTER THAN IT WOULD STICK TO
YOUR HAND.
SO THE GLOVE DIDN'T PREVENT THAT
TRANSMISSION.
IN FACT, IT MAY GIVE PEOPLE A
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY AND THEY
MIGHT TOUCH EVEN MORE SURFACES
BUT AGAIN THEN STILL TRANSFER
THAT
CORONAVIRUS BACK TO THEIR FACE.
THE WAY THAT I USE GLOVES AS A
HEALTH CARE WORKER IS IF I'M
GOING TO SEE A PATIENT WITH
CORONAVIRUS, I'LL START BY
WASHING MY HANDS.
THEN I'LL PUT ON MY GEAR,
INCLUDING MY GLOVES.
AND THEN I'LL GO INTO THE
PATIENT ROOM AND I'LL INTERACT
WITH THAT PATIENT.
I'LL COME OUT, TAKE OFF MY GEAR,
DISPOSE OF MY GLOVES AND THEN
I'LL WASH MY HANDS AGAIN.
SO THE GLOVES REALLY ARE MEANT
FOR A SINGLE USE AND NOT
DESIGNED FOR PROLONGED USE OR
DAILY USE.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS TO STOP
TOUCHING YOUR FACE.
BECAUSE WE ALL TEND TO SLIP UP,
IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP WASHING
YOUR HANDS AND THINK OF IT AS
EACH TIME YOU WASH YOUR HANDS
YOU'RE PUTTING ON A FRESH PAIR
OF GLOVES.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO CONTROL
YOUR HANDS, STICK THEM IN YOUR
POCKETS AND LEAVE THEM THERE.
>> Ian: STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL," CHALLENGING TIMES
CALLS FOR A BIT OF CREATIVITY.
HOW SOME CANADIAN BUSINESSES ARE
OPERATING IN THIS TIME OF
COVID-19.
BUT, FIRST...
>>> HERE'S HOW TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS
ARE USING SOCIAL DISTANCING TO
CAPTURE THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY
WITH THEIR PORCH PORTRAITS.
>> THIS IDEA CAME UP FROM MY
WIFE, ACTUALLY, WHO AFTER I LOST
A COUPLE OF MY GIGS DUE TO
COVID-19, SHE SAID YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU SHOULD DO TO MAKE SOME MONEY
IS TO DO FAMILY PORTRAITS
THROUGH THEIR WINDOWS.
>> I LIKED THE IDEA SO MUCH THAT
IT'S A WAY TO CONNECT WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN ISOLATION AND
PRACTISING SOCIAL DISTANCING.
AND A WAY TO CREATE A HAPPY
MOMENT FOR THEM MAYBE IN AN
OTHERWISE DREARY TIME.
>> I JUST COME UP TO THEIR
WINDOW, KNOCK, CALL THEM ON
SPEAKER PHONE AND GIVE SOME
DIRECTION AND SNAP A FEW SHOTS
AND ON MY WAY.
NOT EVERYBODY IS LOOKING SAD.
PEOPLE ARE SMILING AND HAVING A
GOOD TIME.
>> JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE OUT
THERE AND HAVING A GREAT TIME AT
IT AND 
>> Ian: TEAM CANADA SAYS THAT
THEIR LET'S WILL NOT ATTEND THE
2020 OLYMPICS IN TOKYO IF NOT TO
POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC.
THE I.O.C. DECLARED TO TAKE FOUR
WEEKS TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE
GAMES SCHEDULED FOR JULY.
AUSTRALIA TELLING ITS ATHLETES
TO PREPARE FOR A POSTPONED
OLYMPICS.
CANADA IS HOPING FOR THE SAME.
>>> MANY OF THE EARLY CANADIAN
CASES OF THIS CORONAVIRUS HAVE
BEEN LINKED TO TRAVEL TO IRAN.
IT HAS MORE THAN 21,000
CONFIRMED CASES.
ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD.
AND EXPERTS SAY THAT NUMBER IS
ALMOST CERTAINLY UNDERREPORTED.
TERENCE McKENNA TAKES US
INSIDE OF THE OUTBREAK THERE FOR
AN UPCLOSE LOOK AT HOW IT
UNFOLDED.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE VIEW
THAT THE REGIME WOULD LIKE YOU
TO SEE.
BEAUTIFUL TRANQUIL CITIES,
PEOPLE LINING UP IN
AN ORDERLY FASHION TO HAVE THEIR
TEMPERATURE CHECKED AT
ROADBLOCKS.
ALL IMAGES OF A SITUATION WELL
IN HAND -- REINFORCED BY THE
SOOTHING COMMENTARY OF A
DESIGNATED GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: NOT QUITE.
NOT ONLY DOES THE SUPREME LEADER 
ALI KHOMEINI NOT MANAGE THE
SITUATION WELL
FROM THE BEGINNING, HE, IN FACT,
DENIED THAT THERE WAS ANY
PROBLEM.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: HE SAID THAT THE
OUTBREAK WAS A HOAX, PROPAGANDA
FROM IRAN'S ENEMIES.
TODAY HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT
WAS REAL BUT LIKELY PLANTED IN
IRAN BY THE UNITED STATES.
IRANIAN-AMERICANS COVER IRAN FOR
THE BRITISH NEWSPAPER "THE
INDEPENDENT."
HE SAYS THAT THE REGIME HAD
FIRST PROVIDED TWO EXPLANATIONS
FOR THE OUTBREAK.
>> ONE IS THAT IT WAS PROPAGANDA
AIMED AT BESMIRCHING IRAN AND
CHINA AND SO ON.
AND THE OTHER IS THAT IT'S SOME
SORT OF BIOWEAPON.
AND YOU HEAR THAT FROM PEOPLE,
LOONIES ON ALL SIDES AROUND THE
WORLD, INCLUDING IN IRAN.
>> Reporter: BUT SOON THERE
WAS UNDENIABLE EVIDENCE FROM THE
HOLY STEAL OF QOM THAT THE
OUTBREAK WAS UNDERWAY.
CELLPHONE VIDEO EMERGED OF
COFFINS BEING HURRIDLY BURIED AT
THE CEMETERY AND DEATHS BEING
COVERED UP.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT ROUHANI
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WAS A
PROBLEM, BUT SUGGESTED IT WAS
NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH TO
REQUIRE ANY QUARANTINE.
IN FACT, HE ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO
VOTE IN THE FEBRUARY 21st
ELECTIONS.
>> THE REGIME WAS A DISASTER IN
THE WAY THAT IT HANDLED IT.
>> Reporter: CANADIAN
JOURNALIST GRAHAM
WOOD COVERS IRAN FOR "ATLANTIC"
MAGAZINE.
>> SO IF IT HAD EARLY ON JUST
SAID
THAT THE CITY OF QOM NEEDS TO BE
CONTAINED, WE HAVE TO PRACTISE
EXTREME SOCIAL DISTANCING AND,
PLEASE, PLEASE, DO NOT GO OUT IN
THE STREET TO VOTE, THEN THEY
WOULD HAVE
PROBABLY SLOWED DOWN THE
EPIDEMIC AND MAYBE BOUGHT
THEMSELVES SOME TIME TO NOT BE
COMPLETELY PARALYSED BY IT.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: THEN CAME THE
INFAMOUS SCENE WITH IRAN'S
DEPUTY HEALTH MINISTER TRYING TO
PLAY DOWN THE OUTBREAK WHILE
COUGHING AND SWEATING ON CAMERA.
IT WAS SOON REVEALED HE HAD
CONTRACTED COVID-19.
>> AND THAT GAVE PEOPLE AN
INDICATION THAT MAYBE THE
GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE THIS IN
HAND IF THE PERSON WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR FIGHTING THE
VIRUS IS STANDING THERE COUGHING
ON HIS COLLEAGUES AND SWEATING
AROUND THEM.
AND PROBABLY INVOLVED IN A SUPER
SPREADER EVENT HIMSELF ON
CAMERA.
>> Reporter: THE FOUNDER OF
THE NATIONAL IRANIAN-AMERICAN
COUNCIL...
>> WHEN YOU HAVE A GOVERNMENT
THAT AT A TIME OF CRISIS, AT A
TIME OF A PANDEMIC, AND THERE
ISN'T PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND
TRUST IN WHAT THEY SAY AND WHAT
THEY DO, THEN THAT JUST MAKES
THE PANDEMIC AND THE CRISIS
AROUND IT ALL THE MORE
DANGEROUS.
>> Reporter: SURE ENOUGH, THE
VIRUS STARTED SPREADING THROUGH
THE UPPER RANKS OF THE IRANIAN
GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE VICE
PRESIDENT WHO SAT JUST FEET FROM
THE PRESIDENT AT A LEADERSHIP
MEETING.
THEN A VERY SENIOR MEMBER OF THE
COUNCIL THAT CHOOSES THE SUPREME
LEADER DECIDE OF THE VIRUS, AND
THE NUMBER OF THOSE DEAD IN THE
UPPER RANKS BECAME LARGE.
>> SO I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO
A CASE WHERE A LOT MORE PEOPLE
IN IRAN HAVE IT, BUT THE ONES
THAT STAND OUT ARE THE ONES WHO
GET THE TEST.
AND THE ONES WHO TEND TO GET THE
TEST GO TO THE FRONT
OF THE LINE TO GET THE TEST AND
ARE THE POLITICAL ELITE.
>> Reporter: OVER THE YEARS
THERE HAS BEEN A DISTINCTIVE
CHARACTERISTIC OF IRANIAN
SOCIETY THAT MAKES IT ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO A PANDEMIC.
THE DEVOTION OF INTENSE
RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS ON DISPLAY
AT LOCAL SHRINES.
>> THIS IS ALMOST PERFECTLY WHAT
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO
DURING A CONTAGIOUS EPIDEMIC
THAT IS TOUCHING YOUR FACE,
TOUCHING PIECES OF METAL THAT
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN
TOUCHING.
SO THE RITUALS FOR HUNDREDS OF
YEARS THERE ARE WELL DESIGNED TO
SPREAD A VIRUS LIKE THIS.
SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME -- SOME
IMAMS WHO HAVE SAID KEEP ON
DOING THIS, KEEP ON DOING THIS,
GOD LIKES IT AND HE'LL PROTECT
YOU.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT
ANNOUNCED THAT BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC THAT THE RELIGIOUS
SHRINES WOULD BE CLOSED.
THE LOCAL IMAMS WOULD HAVE NONE
OF IT.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> THIS IS TREMENDOUSLY
DANGEROUS.
WE HAVE NOW A STUDY FROM A
LEADING UNIVERSITY IN IRAN THAT
SAYS THAT IF THESE PRECAUTIONS
ARE NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY, THEN
THIS CAN LEAD TO A PANDEMIC
INSIDE OF IRAN THAT WOULD LEAVE
3.5 MILLION PEOPLE DEAD.
>> Reporter: SEVERAL TRUE
BELIEVERS RECORDED THEMSELVES
LICKING THE GATES OF A SHRINE,
SUPPOSEDLY TO CLEAN OFF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> IT SHOWS I THINK THE DANGER
OF FUNDAMENTALISM IN IRAN AS
WELL AS OTHER PLACES WHERE
EXTREMISTS FEEL THE NEED TO
ASSERT THEMSELVES.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT
PUT OUT PROPAGANDA IMAGES
SHOWING MEN WITH FOGGING
MACHINES SUPPOSEDLY DISINFECTING
ENTIRE STREETS, WHICH IS MOST
EXPERTS
REGARD AS USELESS IN FIGHTING
THIS VIRUS.
MEANWHILE HORRIFIC VIDEOS BEGAN
APPEARING ON IRANIAN SOCIAL
MEDIA, SHOWING THE REAL DEPTH OF
THE CRISIS.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: IN THIS ONE,
RECORDED IN THE QOM MORGUE, THE
DEAD ARE PILED UP IN BODY BAGS
ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE THERE'S
NO PLACE TO PUT THEM.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> THEY'VE GOT A TERRIBLE
PROBLEM THERE.
>> Reporter: THIS WEEK U.S.
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO
ANNOUNCED THAT IN SPITE
OF THE PANDEMIC THE UNITED
STATES WAS INCREASING SANCTIONS
AGAINST IRAN.
MANY SEE THAT AS A GRAVE MISTAKE
THAT COULD HURT THE REST OF THE
WORLD.
>> IF THIS VIRUS IS ALLOWED TO
FESTER AND GROW IN ANY OTHER
COUNTRY, THE RISK OF THAT
SPREADING ELSEWHERE IS
SIGNIFICANT.
VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT.
NOW WE KNOW QUITE CLEARLY THAT
IN THIS GLOBALIZED WORLD WITH
THIS AMOUNT OF INTERACTION THAT
THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS ANYWHERE
ACTUALLY CONSTITUTES A THREAT TO
HUMANITY EVERYWHERE.
>> Reporter: IRAN MARKED THE
PERSIAN NEW YEAR ON FRIDAY, AN
OCCASION THAT USUALLY INVOLVES
FAMILY CELEBRATIONS AND PERHAPS
A VISIT TO THE CEMETERY TO
HONOUR DEPARTED LOVED ONES.
INSTEAD, THE CELEBRATIONS ARE
CANCELLED AND TRIPS TO THE
CEMETERY ARE RESERVED FOR NEW
BURIALS OF FAMILY MEMBERS.
TODAY THE IRANIAN DEATH TOLL
REACHED 1,685.
TERENCE McKENNA, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: EVEN IN DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES WE'RE NOT SURE THAT
THE DRASTIC STEPS TO SLOW THE
SPREAD OF COVID-19 WILL BE
ENOUGH TO KEEP THE HEALTH CARE
SYSTEMS FROM BEING OVERRUN.
NOW IMAGINE THE RISKS IN THE
WORLD'S OVERCROWDED REFUGEE
CAMPS.
MARGARET EVANS EXPLAINS.
>> Reporter: THE FRONTLINE OF
HUMAN MISERY.
IT WINDS ITS WAY AROUND JUST
ABOUT EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE.
BUT HOW DO YOU FIGHT YET ANOTHER
THING WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY ON
YOUR KNEES?
>> 20,000 PEOPLE ARE LIVING HAD
IN CONFINED SPACE WHERE IS
THERE'S NO ACCESS TO THE TOILET,
TO WASHING POINTS.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO
SELF-QUARANTINE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE MOIRA
REFUGEE CAMP IN GREECE.
ALREADY A PETRI DISH OF AILMENTS
EASY TO PASS FROM ONE TO THE
OTHER.
>> THERE'S PEOPLE GATHERED --
>> Reporter: SHE IS WITH
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS AND SAYS
IF IT HITS POPULATIONS LIKE THIS
ONE, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
DECIMATE.
>> I'M VERY, VERY CONCERNED THAT
IT WILL SPREAD AND WHATEVER
MEASURES THAT WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE
ENOUGH.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE MORE
THAN 70 MILLION FORCIBLY
DISPLACED PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD.
N.G.O.s LIKE "SAVE THE
CHILDREN" ARE ASKING DONOR
GOVERNMENTS NOT TO FORGET THEM.
>> THE POPULATIONS THAT HAVE
BEEN REALLY BATTERED BY WEAK
HEALTH SYSTEMS, BY POOR PUBLIC
HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY ARE
REALLY MOST AT RISK AT THE
MOMENT.
>> Reporter: NOT AS EASY TO
HELP THOUGH WHEN SO MANY
COUNTRIES ARE BATTENING DOWN THE
HATCHES.
THIS IS SYRIA'S STRICKEN IDLIB
PROVINCE.
MORE THAN ONE MILLION REFUGEES
HUDDLED UP AGAINST TURKEY'S
BORDER.
AID GROUPS ARE ONLY NOW GETTING
TEMPERATURE KITS.
>> WE HOPE THAT THE NUMBER OF
WILL BE INCREASED.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS RAISING
THE ALARM ABOUT A VIRUS IS A
CHALLENGE WHEN PEOPLE ARE FACED
WITH CONFLICT.
>> THE HUGE REACTION OF ONE
VIRUS IS SOMETHING VERY SMALL IN
COMPARISON WITH THE CRISIS WITH
THE MISERY AND THE SHELLING AND
KILLING.
>> Reporter: IT ALL COMBINES
TO FUEL A VIRUS THAT PREYS ON
THE WEAK.
MARGARET EVAN, CBC NEWS, LONDON.
>> Ian: HERE AT HOME, SMALL
BUSINESSES HAVE FELT SOME BIG
IMPACTS.
SOME HAVE HAD TO LAY OFF STAFF
AND OTHERS HAVE CLOSED.
NEXT, ONE WOMAN WHO CHANGED HER
WHOLE BUSINESS MODEL TO M
>> Ian: THE CORONAVIRUS FORCED
MANY CANADIAN BUSINESSES TO
CLOSE DOWN.
FOR THE ONES THAT ARE STILL OPEN
THERE'S A NEW LEVEL OF BEING
OPEN.
FOR SOME BUSINESSES SURVIVAL
MEANS GETTING CREATIVE, LIKE
USING TECHNOLOGY TO KEEP IN
CONTACT WITH CLIENTS.
TASHAUNA REID HAS AN EXAMPLE.
>> Reporter: FOR MANY CANADIAN
BUSINESSES, PRESSING PAUSE ON
WORK IT IS NOT REALLY AN OPTION.
AND FOR JEN NEILS WHO I AM ABOUT
TO SPEAK WITH, WELL, SHE'S HAD
TO LEARN TO
ADAPT HER BUSINESS PRETTY
QUICKLY.
>> HEY, JEN.
>> HELLO, HOW ARE YOU?
MY NAME IS JEN NEILS AND I'M THE
OWNER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT
LITTLE REBELS MUSIC AND
DEVELOPMENT.
LITTLE REBEL MUSIC AND
DEVELOPMENT IS ON COGNITIVE
LEARNING AND YOU DO IT ALL TO
MUSIC.
YOU HAVE A GROUP OF
SIX TO 12 KIDS, MOSTLY
NEIGHBOURHOOD KIDS, THAT COME
TOGETHER INTO ONE HOME AND THEN
WE AS TEACHERS ARRIVE AT THEIR
HOME WITH ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOUR
CLASSES OR THESE SESSIONS LOOK
LIKE NOW?
>> SO FOR REST OF THE MONTH
WE'RE ALL ONLINE.
HAVING A BATH, WHICH IS SO
TIMELY.
WASH YOUR HANDS, WASH YOUR FACE,
DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 71 CLASSES
THAT WE TEACH A WEEK.
SO THOSE 71 CLASSES NOW HAVE
THEIR OWN
PRIVATE CLASS WITH THEIR OWN
PRIVATE TEACHER ON INSTAGRAM.
>> Reporter: THE COMPANY HAD
TO ISSUE SOME
REFUNDS TO PARENTS WHO JUST
AREN'T INTERESTED IN AN ONLINE
SESSION.
BUT FOR SOME PARENTS LIKE AMY
O'BRIEN, IT'S BEEN A BIG HELP.
HEY, AMY, IT'S TASHAUNA FROM
CBC.
>> HI, HOW ARE YOU?
>> Reporter: I KNOW THAT YOU
AND YOUR HUSBAND HAVE BEEN
FORCED TO WORK FROM HOME.
HOW IS THAT GOING FOR YOU GUYS?
>> IT HONESTLY HAS BEEN A LITTLE
BIT TRICKY, BUT WE'RE
TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK.
BOTH OF US OUR JOBS RELY ON
BEING ON CALLS AND MEETINGS A
LOT.
I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS.
THE OLDEST IS AVERY AND SHE'S
ALMOST 4 YEARS OLD.
AND MY LITTLE ONE IS
DEVIN AND SHE'S 16 MONTHS.
>> Reporter: TELL ME A BIT
ABOUT HOW THEY RESPONDED TO
THEIR MUSIC LESSONS?
>> BOTH OF MY GIRLS LOVE MUSIC
IN GENERAL.
SO WHEN THEY HEAR MUSIC THEY
RIGHT AWAY WANT TO GET UP AND
DANCE.
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SO EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT IN
PERSON, THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY
PERCEPTIVE AND SO REALLY HAPPY.
>> AND WE'RE MISSING OUR KIDS
AND MISSING THEIR FACES AND MISS
SEEING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
BUT WE STILL USE THEIR NAMES AND
WE STILL MAKE SURE THAT WE WAVE
HI TO EVERY SINGLE CHILD THAT WE
KNOW THAT IS IN OUR PERSONAL
CLASSES.
SO WE'RE STILL DOING OUR BEST TO
CONNECT IN THAT WAY.
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* REACH WAY UP TO THE SKY 
>> Reporter: IT'S CLEAR THAT
THE CORONAVIRUS IS CHANGING THE
WAY THAT WE WORK.
BUT IT IS NOT
STOPPING CANADIANS FROM GETTING
WORK DONE.
>> * NOW WITH YOUR HANDS 
>> Reporter: TASHAUNA REID,
CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Ian: NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL"...
>> * COME OVER TO THE WINDOW 
* MY LITTLE DARLING 
>> Ian: A ROUSING ROUND OF A
CANADIAN CLASSIC BELTED OUT ON
BALCONIES IS OUR "MOMENT."
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* IT'S TIME THAT WE BEGAN TO
LAUGH AND CRY *
>> Ian: SOME MUSICAL RELIEF
TONIGHT IN MONTRÉAL.
FOLK SINGER
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT LIVESTREAMED
THIS PERFORMANCE FROM A BALCONY
AND PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD SANG
ALONG.
YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED THAT THE
SONG IS "SO LONG MARY ANN."
BY MUSIC LEGEND LEONARD COHEN.
AND THE GOAL IS TO STAY
CONNECTED IN OUR INCREASINGLY
ISOLATED WORLD.
THEIR MOMENT OF HARMONY IS OUR
"MOMENT."
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>> * SO LONG MARY ANN 
>> EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A
CALMNESS ON THE STREET, I THINK
THERE'S A LOT OF TENSION INSIDE
AND A LOT OF UNKNOWNS AND A LOT
OF ANXIETIES AND FEARS.
>> THE SINGING FEELS GOOD BUT
THEN SINGING TOGETHER FEELS EVEN
BETTER.
>> THERE'S SOMETHING POWERFUL
ABOUT THAT THAT MAKES US FEEL
TOGETHER.
AND THIS IS A TIME WHEN
WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NEED
TO FEEL THAT WAY.
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HOPEFULLY IT WILL INSPIRE PEOPLE
TO PLAY MUSIC OVER THIS TIME
IN THEIR OWN HOMES OR ON THEIR
BALCONY.
PICK UP A GUITAR, PICK UP AN
INSTRUMENT, SING WITH YOUR KIDS.
* UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN 
>> SINGING SONGS BY GREAT
CANADIAN ARTS LIKE LEONARD
COHEN.
LET'S WRITE THE NEXT CANADIAN
SONG.
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* ALL AGAIN 
[Applause]
>> Ian: ISOLATED IN OUR HOMES,
CONNECTED ONLINE AND SINGING
TOGETHER, ALL SOUNDS FANTASTIC.
WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS WHAT'S
NEXT, WHAT IS THE NEXT KIND OF
WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY ONLINE
GATHERING HERE DURING THIS TIME
OF COVID?
I GUESS THAT WE'LL FIND OUT.
THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
SUNDAY, MARCH 22nd.
GOODNIGHT.
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