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>> Ian: GOOD EVENING, I'M IAN
HANOMANSING.
ACROSS CANADA A SLOW REOPENING
HAS BEGUN.
>> IT'S NICE TO FEEL LIKE YOU
CAN WALK INTO AN OPEN SPACE AND
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A TICKET
FOR IT.
>> Ian: BUT EXPERTS URGE
CAUTION, WARNING THE VIRUS IS
STILL OUT THERE.
>> IT WOULD COME ROARING BACK IF
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
>> Ian: CBC NEWS HAS LEARNED
THAT THE NOVA SCOTIA SHOOTER HAD
A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT MANY
REAL OFFICERS DID NOT.
>> HE HAS AN ADVANTAGE, ANY WAY
THAT YOU CUT IT.
>> Ian: SHOULD PEOPLE OVER 70
KEEP ISOLATING UNTIL THERE'S A
VACCINE?
OUR DOCTORS ANSWER THAT AND MORE
OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
>>> PLUS A STREET TRANSFORMED
FROM GRIM, SHUTTERED STOREFRONTS
TO WORKS OF ART.
>> WHAT WE'VE ASKED ALL OF THE
ARTISTS TO DO IS TO CONVEY
MESSAGES OF HOPE.
>> Ian: THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>>> AFTER WEEKS OF WATCHING THE
NUMBERS AND HOPING FOR THAT
CURVE TO FLATTEN, CANADIAN
PROVINCES ARE NOW STARTING TO
TAKE SOME CAUTIOUS STEPS
FORWARD.
BY TOMORROW JUST ABOUT EVERY
PROVINCE WOULD HAVE LOOSENED
THEIR COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS IN
SOME WAY, BUT NOT ALL IN THE
SAME WAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, PLACES LIKE QUÉBEC,
ONTARIO AND MANITOBA ARE LETTING
MORE BUSINESSES OPEN.
SASKATCHEWAN AND P.E.I. ARE
AMONG THE PROVINCES ALLOWING
MORE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
AND OTHERS ARE EASING PHYSICAL
DISTANCING RESTRICTIONS.
AS TALIA RICCI SHOWS US, ALL OF
THAT HAS SOME EXCITED AND OTHERS
WORRIED.
>> Reporter: A NEW WEEK AND A
BIT MORE MOVEMENT AS PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY SLOWLY REOPEN.
>> IT WAS WONDERFUL TO GET OUT
OF MY PLACE, FREEDOM.
>> Reporter: FOR SOME IN
ALBERTA, THAT LOOKED LIKE A
WEEKEND GAME OF GOLF OR A WALK
IN THE DOG PARK.
>> TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE AND
TO BE OFF-LEASH AND PLAY WITH
HIS FRIENDS.
AND TO JUST GET THE FRESH AIR --
IT'S LIKE MUCH NEEDED.
>> Reporter: IN ONTARIO,
GARDEN CENTRES AND LANDSCAPING
BUSINESSES WILL REOPEN TOMORROW.
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE QUICKLY
MAKING CHANGES TO MAKE SURE THAT 
THEIR OPERATION IS SAFE.
>> WE'RE TAKING SEPARATE CARS TO
THE JOB SITE TO ENSURE DISTANCE.
WE'RE NOT SHARING ANY TOOLS.
WE HAVE HANDWASHING STATIONS
ON-SITE.
>> Reporter: IN HARDEST HIT
QUÉBEC, RETAIL STORES OUTSIDE OF
MONTRÉAL WITH AN OUTDOOR
ENTRANCE WILL BE ALLOWED TO
REOPEN TOMORROW.
ELEMENTARY STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF
MONTRÉAL WILL BE GOING BACK TO
CLASS IN A WEEK.
PROMPTING WARNINGS FROM SOME
EXPERTS.
>> IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY
DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE ONE THING
THAT WE KNOW FROM
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELING IS THAT
CHILDREN REPRESENT A HUGE
VECTOR.
THEY GET THEIR HANDS ON
EVERYTHING, THEY CATCH
EVERYTHING.
>> Reporter: B.C. DIDN'T FULLY
LOCKDOWN ITS ECONOMY, BUT
OFFICIALS THERE ARE PROMISING
DETAILS THIS WEEK ON HOW IT
WILL REOPEN WHAT IS RESTRICTED.
>> WE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH
OPENING UP DIFFERENT SECTORS
UNTIL WE'RE READY.
>> A LOT OF EMBRACING --
>> Reporter: COLIN FURNESS
SAYS CAUTION IS KEY.
WE AREN'T OUT OF THE WOODS YET.
>> IT WOULD COME ROARING BACK IF
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
>> Reporter: BUT STILL IN THIS
NEWLY REOPENED HALIFAX PARK,
THERE'S A SENSE OF NEWFOUND
FREEDOM.
>> IT'S NICE TO FEEL THAT YOU
CAN WALK INTO OPEN SPACE AND
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A TICKET
FOR IT.
>> Reporter: WHILE REGIONS
START UP DIFFERENT SECTORS AT
DIFFERENT TIMES, THE PRIME
MINISTER SAYS THAT ALL SHOULD
AGREE ON ONE THING --
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: OPENING GRADUALLY,
OPENING CAREFULLY AND REMAINING
EXTREMELY VIGILANT.
>> Reporter: TALIA RICCI, CBC
NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Ian: THE KEY TO REOPENING IS
KEEPING THE COVID CASE COUNT
DOWN.
TONIGHT CANADA'S TOTAL CONFIRMED
NUMBERS IS JUST BELOW 60,000,
PUSHED THERE BY A HUGE JUMP IN
QUÉBEC.
IT ADDED MORE THAN 2,200 CASES
ADDED MORE THAN 2,200 CASES
TODAY, BUT MORE THAN HALF OF
THEM ARE FROM LAST MONTH.
THEY WEREN'T ADDED IN PREVIOUSLY
BECAUSE OF A TECHNICAL PROBLEM.
>>> THE MUCH ANTICIPATED
MADE-IN-CANADA RAPID TEST FOR
COVID-19 HAS RUN INTO A PROBLEM
AND IT'S NOW BEING RECALLED.
ASHLEY BURKE WITH THE NEW
CONCERN ABOUT THE SPARTAN CUBE.
>> IT'S GOING TO REVOLUTIONIZE
HEALTH CARE.
>> Reporter: HEALTH OFFICIALS
CALLED IT A GAME-CHANGER, THE
SPARTAN CUBE.
A PORTABLE DEVICE THAT DETECTS
COVID-19 IN UNDER AN HOUR.
BUT IT HIT A SETBACK.
>> THE PATHWAY OF INNOVATION
WILL HAVE SOME BUMPS AND I THINK
THAT IS ONE OF THOSE BUMPS.
>> Reporter: SPARTAN PITCHED
THE PRODUCT A MONTH AGO AS A WAY
TO HELP RURAL AND
REMOTE COMMUNITIES.
>> YOU CAN'T ALWAYS WAIT TO SEND
RESULTS TO A CENTRAL LAB.
THIS WILL GIVE REALLY FAST
RESULTS AND EASE THE BURDEN OF
TESTING.
>> Reporter: PROVINCES,
INCLUDING QUÉBEC, PRE-ORDERED
THE TEST BY THE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS.
ONTARIO ORDERED ALMOST A
MILLION.
BUT DURING TRIALS
HEALTH CANADA FOUND THAT THE
RESULTS WERE NOT RELIABLE.
>> THE DEVICE PERFORMED VERY
WELL IN A LABORATORY SETTING.
IT WAS IN THE REAL-LIFE SETTING,
IN THE CLINICAL SETTING, WHERE
IT DIDN'T PERFORM WELL.
>> Reporter: THE MACHINE
ITSELF WORKS.
IT'S A SWAB THAT IS THE ISSUE.
SPARTAN ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IT
FOR ORAL D.N.A. TESTING.
>> THEIR SWAB IS FOR YOUR MOUTH
AND, THEREFORE, IT CANNOT FIT
ALL THE WAY UP INTO YOUR NOSE.
AND YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO
PRETTY HIGH UP IN THE NOSE.
YOU HAVE SEEN THOSE LONG SWABS.
BECAUSE OF THAT THEIR SWAB
SYSTEM IS NOT ABLE TO PICK UP
EVERYTHING.
YOU CAN ONLY SWAB
THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR NOSE OR THE
INSIDE OF YOUR MOUTH.
>> Reporter: A PROBLEM THAT
THEY BELIEVE IS FIXABLE BUT IT
IS GOING TO TAKE MORE TIME.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAID THAT
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PUSH UP THE
PROCESS IN THE PUSH TO SAVE
LIVES.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WHETHER WE DO THAT
QUICKLY THERE WILL BE NEW FACTS
THAT COME IN AND SITUATIONS THAT
EVOLVE THAT WILL REQUIRE SHIFTS
IN OUR POSTURES.
>> Reporter: ALL OF THIS SHOWS
THE TRIAL-AND-ERROR OF FIGHTING
A PANDEMIC, AND THE DIFFICULTY
OF
MOVING FAST DURING TIMES OF
GREAT URGENCY.
ESPECIALLY NOW THAT TESTING IS
SUCH A KEY PART OF PROVINCES'
REOPENING PLANS.
ASHLEY BURKE, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> Ian: THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO
ANNOUNCED TODAY MORE MONEY IS
COMING FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP
CANADIANS TO GET THESE SERVICES
ONLINE.
BECAUSE AS BRIAR STEWART
EXPLAINS, AS THIS PANDEMIC DRAGS
ON, THE NEED WILL JUST GROW.
>> Reporter: FOR TIM BANG,
YOGA HAS BECOME A BIG PART OF
LIFE.
THE FORMER ADDICT, WHO HAS BEEN
IN RECOVERY FOR SIX YEARS, KNOWS
WHAT IT IS TO STRUGGLE WITH
MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW THE
PANDEMIC COULD IMPACT IT.
>> THIS SORT OF THING WOULD HAVE
GAVE ME EVERY REASON TO, YOU
KNOW, TO GO TO THOSE COPING
MECHANISMS THAT I USED.
>> Reporter: BANG IS MEETING
WITH STUDENTS AND RECOVERY
GROUPS ONLINE AND BELIEVES THAT
CONNECTION, EVEN A VIRTUAL ONE,
IS CRUCIAL.
>> I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE DO KEEP THAT
CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER, EVEN
THROUGH THIS, BECAUSE, I MEAN,
WE ARE LITERALLY ALL GOING
THROUGH A TRAUMATIC THING RIGHT
NOW.
>> Reporter: LAST MONTH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED A
SITE CALLED "WELLNESS TOGETHER"
TO HELP CONNECT CANADIANS TO
MENTAL HEALTH HELP.
AND TODAY THE PRIME MINISTER
COMMITTED TENS OF MILLIONS TO
DEVELOP MORE SERVICES.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WHETHER YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR STRATEGIES TO MANAGE STRESS
OR SUPPORT FROM A PROFESSIONAL,
THIS WILL BE A RESOURCE FOR YOU.
>> Reporter: THE JOB LOSSES
AND UNCERTAINTY AND GRIEF HAVE
TAKEN A TOLL ON PEOPLE'S MENTAL
HEALTH.
LAST MONTH PSYCHOLOGISTS WITH
MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH CANADA
SURVEYED 1,800 PEOPLE.
THEY SAY THAT ONE ALARMING
FINDING IS THAT PEOPLE REPORTING
HIGH ANXIETY QUADRUPLED FROM 5%
TO 20% SINCE COVID-19.
>> I THINK WHAT IS NOT
SURPRISING IS THE PREDICTION
THAT DEPRESSION WILL GET WORSE.
I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE GIVEN
THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WITH
CONTINUED SOCIAL ISOLATION WE'RE
DOING LESS.
>> Reporter: LAST MONTH LESLIE
LUKES, A PSYCHOLOGIST, PUT OUT
TO OTHERS IN HER PROFESSION TO
OFFER FREE PHONE SESSIONS.
MORE THAN 200 SIGNED UP AND THE
CALLS AND THE CONCERNS FLOODED
IN.
>> HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO
LAST?
IF I GO OUT TO GET GROCERIES FOR 
MY CHILDREN, AM I GOING TO BRING
HOME
COVID-19 AND GET THEM SICK?
I WANT TO GO TO SEE MY PARENTS
BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT INFECTING
THEM.
>> Reporter: EXPERTS BELIEVE
THAT THE LONGER THIS ALL GOES
ON, THE MORE MENTAL HEALTH COULD
DETERIORATE, WHICH IS WHY THEY
SAY THAT THE SUPPORT NEEDS TO BE
IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.
BRIAR STEWART, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Ian: AND THE RACE FOR A
COVID-19 VACCINE IS
INTENSIFYING.
ANITA BATHE IS LOOKING WHERE WE
ARE AT TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: IAN, VACCINES
USUALLY TAKE 10 TO 15 YEARS, BUT
NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO WAIT THAT
LONG.
SO THIS RACE IS UNPRECEDENTED.
ONLY NINE OUT OF AROUND 100
GROUPS SEEM TO BE MAKING MAJOR
PROGRESS MOVING ON TO THE NEXT
STAGE.
A BRITISH-BASED PHARMACEUTICAL
GIANT CLAIMS THAT IT WILL KNOW
BY JUNE OR JULY WHETHER THE
RESEARCHERS AT OXFORD WILL HAVE
A VACCINE BY THE END OF THE
YEAR.
BUT SAFETY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CONCERNS WITH HAVING TO FAST
TRACK.
>> THE ETHICITY OF THE VACCINE
IN TERMS OF GENERATING STRONG
ANTIBODY RESPONSES IS PROBABLY
GOING TO BE OKAY.
THE REAL QUESTION IS WHETHER THE 
SAFETY PROFILE IS GOING TO BE
FINE.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY THE MAIN
FOCUS OF THE CLINICAL STUDIES.
>> Reporter: A LOT OF
CHALLENGES HERE.
RESEARCHERS ARE STARTING FROM
SCRATCH KNOWING VERY LITTLE
ABOUT THE VIRUS.
SO SOME ARE EYEING TREATMENT OF
PEOPLE ALREADY INFECTED WITH
COVID, RATHER THAN VACCINES AS
SOMETHING MORE ATTAINABLE IN THE
NEAR FUTURE.
IN FACT, TODAY THE PRIME
MINISTER GAVE A VANCOUVER
COMPANY $175 MILLION FOR ITS
RESEARCH.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED
ANTIBODIES THAT COULD BE USED IN
DRUGS TO TREAT THIS VIRUS.
THIS NEW FUNDING WILL HELP THEM
TO CONTINUE THEIR VITAL WORK AND
WILL SUPPORT HUMAN TRIALS
BEGINNING AS EARLY AS JULY.
>> Reporter: BUT IF AND WHEN A
VACCINE IS DEVELOPED, THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGE MAY BE
MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTING
TO BILLIONS WORLDWIDE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER BEEN
DONE BEFORE.
ONE THING THAT IS CLEAR -- IT'S
UNLIKELY THAT ONE VACCINE WILL
BE ENOUGH.
IAN?
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING
TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER
IN THE HOUR.
THANK YOU, ANITA.
>>> THE CANADIAN FORCES
SNOWBIRDS FLEW OVER PARTS OF NEW
BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA TODAY,
A START OF A CROSS-COUNTRY TOUR
TO THANK CANADIANS DOING THEIR
PART TO FIGHT COVID-19.
AND ALL OF THIS WAS ALSO A
CHANCE TO HONOUR THE VICTIMS OF
THIS WEEK'S MILITARY HELICOPTER
CRASH AND THE NOVA SCOTIA MASS
SHOOTING.
FLYING OVER C.F.B. SHEARWATER
AND THE COMMUNITY OF PORTAPIQUE.
TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT DEADLY
RAMPAGE IN NOVA SCOTIA WE'RE
LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE
ADVANTAGE THAT THE GUNMAN MAY
HAVE HAD ON THE ROAD AND HOW HIS
REPLICA RCMP VEHICLE WAS
EQUIPPED WITH SOMETHING THAT
CONSTABLE STEVENSON DIDN'T HAVE.
THOMAS DAIGLE EXPLAINS.
>> Reporter: THE FIERY WRECK
THAT THE NOVA SCOTIA GUNMAN LEFT
BEHIND TELLS ONLY PART OF THE
STORY OF THE CRASH THAT CAME
JUST MOMENTS BEFORE.
>> HE HAS AN ADVANTAGE.
ANYWAY THAT YOU CUT IT, IT
DOESN'T MATTER WHERE HE HITS THE
CAR.
>> Reporter: LOOK CLOSELY AT
THE FRONT OF THE KILLER'S MOCK
MOUNTIE CRUISER CAUGHT ON
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO DURING HIS
RAMPAGE.
THE CAR WAS EQUIPPED WITH A
BLACK PUSH BAR.
THE KIND OF ACCESSORY THAT
ALLOWS OFFICERS TO CLEAR
AWAY BROKEN DOWN VEHICLES OR
PUSH CARS OFF THE ROAD IN A
HIGH-SPEED CHASE.
SOMETIMES IT'S JUST USED TO
MOUNT POLICE LIGHTS AND SIRENS.
BUT FOR THE KILLER IT MAY HAVE
SERVED AS A WEAPON AT A KEY
INSTANT.
>> THE GUNMAN WAS TRAVELLING
SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 2 AT THAT
TIME.
AT THAT POINT BOTH VEHICLES
COLLIDED HEAD-ON.
>> Reporter: WHEN THE
ATTACKER'S VEHICLE CRASHED WITH
CONSTABLE HEIDI STEVENSON'S
PATROL CAR, HER VEHICLE HAD NO
PUSH BAR, A FACT THAT THE RCMP
HAS NOW CONFIRMED TO CBC NEWS.
>> THINGS CAN ACTUALLY BE USED
AS A
BATTERING RAM.
SO IT DEPENDS WHO IS DRIVING
THEM.
>> Reporter: PROVINCIAL POLICE
IN ONTARIO AND NEWFOUNDLAND AND
LABRADOR EQUIP ALL MARKED PATROL
VEHICLES WITH PUSH BARS.
SOME MUNICIPAL FORCES, INCLUDING
THOSE IN HALIFAX AND MONTRÉAL,
DO NOT.
THIS DEADLY CRASH IN SASKATOON
IN 2017 CAME AFTER A POLICE
CHASE.
AN INQUEST LATER RECOMMENDED
OFFICERS BE GIVEN ACCESS TO
ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT FOR HIGH-RISK
VEHICLE STOPS.
INCLUDING PUSH BARS.
THE MOUNTIES TELL US AMONG THEIR
588 VEHICLES IN NOVA SCOTIA,
THEY DO NOT HAVE A COUNT OF THE
NUMBER OF CARS CURRENTLY
EQUIPPED WITH PUSH BARS.
THIS FORMER DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
SAYS THEY'RE UNCOMMON AND THE
GUNMAN CAME PREPARED.
>> BECAUSE HE HAD OUTFITTED HIS
VEHICLE WITH A PUSH BAR STANDS
TO REASON THAT HE MIGHT HAVE
EXPECTED ANY TYPE OF ROADBLOCKS
OR HAVING TO GO THROUGH FENCES.
>> Reporter: NO ONE KNOWS
WHETHER EXTRA EQUIPMENT COULD
HAVE SAVED LIVES THEN, BUT IT
MAY LEAD TO NEW QUESTIONS NOW.
THOMAS DAIGLE, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: LET'S TURN TO FORT
McMURRAY, ALBERTA, NOW WHERE
ALL EVACUATION ORDERS HAVE BEEN
LIFTED.
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS
ARE NOW CONFRONTING THE FLOOD
DAMAGE PRECISELY FOUR YEARS
AFTER THE COMMUNITY WAS
DEVASTATED BY WILDFIRES.
THE EMOTION OF IT ALL AND THE
VOICES OF THE PEOPLE THAT RAFFY
BOUDJIKANIAN MET TODAY.
>> Reporter: YOU CAN STILL
SMELL THE MUD IN TODD STILWELL'S
PERSONAL AUTO SHOP.
>> MY PERSONAL CAR IS THERE.
OUR EQUIPMENT.
>> Reporter: HE COULD BE OUT
MORE THAN $100,000.
AND HE'S JUST FOUND OUT THAT HIS
BUSINESS INTERRUPTION INSURANCE
DOES NOT INCLUDE DAMAGE FROM
FLOODWATERS.
>> I DON'T HAVE THE WORDS THAT I
WANT TO SAY FOR THIS, BECAUSE
THEY'RE NOT NICE.
I'M VERY FRUSTRATED.
>> Reporter: A FEELING THAT
MANY IN FORT McMURRAY SHARE AS
THEY BEGIN A LONG RECOVERY.
THIS RAFT DEVICE CAUSED TWO
RIVERS TO OVERFLOW, DISPLACING
THOUSANDS.
IT TOOK A WEEK TO THAW AND IT
LEFT BEHIND NOTHING BUT TROUBLE.
>> IT'S SAD TO SAY THAT THERE
WILL BE A LOT OF BUSINESSES
SHUTTING THEIR DOORS, A LOT OF
PEOPLE MOVING AWAY.
>> Reporter: BUT RESIDENTS ARE
TRYING TO RALLY.
>> I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 51 YEARS
NOW AND I'LL STICK AROUND.
>> Reporter: AND TO HELP EACH
OTHER.
THIS GYM MUSTERED AN ENTIRE
BATTALION OF VOLUNTEERS FOR
CLEANUP.
>> IT'S GOING TO HURT IN THE
SHORT TERM, BUT GROW IN THE
LONG.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT HAPPENING
ALREADY HERE.
>> Reporter: STILWELL TOO HAS
FOUND A
SIGN THAT NOT ALL IS LOST.
AN UNTOUCHED MOMENTO FROM 2016.
>> THESE WERE ISSUED TO US AFTER
THE WILDFIRE, FORT McMURRAY
STRONG HARD HATS.
>> Reporter: THE CITY'S MAYOR
SAYS THAT HE KNOWS THAT MANY ARE
OUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS AND ARE UNINSURED.
>> WE NEED THE HELP OF THE
PROVINCE AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
I'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR DAYS
NOW, EVER SINCE I SAW THE EXTENT
OF THE DEVASTATION.
VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE COVERAGE.
SO THIS COULD PUT PEOPLE IN
FINANCIAL RUIN.
>> Reporter: AND HE EXPECTS
THE PROVINCE TO TAKE A HARD LOOK
AT HOW IT MONITORS WATER LEVELS.
MANY HAD ONLY A FEW MINUTES
WORTH OF WARNING TO ESCAPE THIS
FLOOD AND LEFT MUCH BEHIND TO
JUST MAKE IT OUT ALIVE.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN, CBC NEWS,
FORT McMURRAY.
>> Ian: WELL, LET'S HEAD TO THE
UNITED STATES NOW WHERE
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TALKED
AGAIN TONIGHT ABOUT MOVING
AMERICA PAST THE PANDEMIC, EVEN
THOUGH COVID-19 IS STILL VERY
PRESENT.
PAUL HUNTER GOES INSIDE TRUMP'S
VIRTUAL TOWN HALL ON GETTING
BACK TO WORK.
>> Reporter: SET IN THE GRAND
LITERALLY PRESIDENTIAL LINCOLN
MEMORIAL, TONIGHT TURNED INTO A
TV STUDIO FOR FOX NEWS.
IT WAS DONALD TRUMP'S LATEST
CHANCE TO FRAME THE U.S.
RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS
CRISIS HIS WAY.
>> President Donald Trump: WE
NEVER HAD A MORE BEAUTIFUL SET
THAN THIS, DID WE?
>> Reporter: IT WAS BILLED AS
A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL WITH
QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT SENT
IN VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
ON REOPENING THE U.S. ECONOMY --
TRUMP SEEMED TO SUGGEST THAT
IT'S VITAL TO DO SO.
CAREFULLY, BUT QUICKLY.
>> President Donald Trump:
PEOPLE WANT TO GET BACK TO WORK
AND MAKE A LIVING AND THEY'RE
AFRAID THEIR JOBS ARE NOT GOING
TO BE THERE.
>> Reporter: IT COMES AMID
GROWING PRESSURE FOR SOME U.S.
STATES TO NOW REOPEN.
THIS IS THE CAPITOL BUILDING IN
MICHIGAN LAST WEEK.
A STATE WITH THE HIGHEST
COVID-19 DEATH RATES IN AMERICA.
DEMONSTRATIONS LIKE THAT
CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
THIS IS CALIFORNIA YESTERDAY.
HERE'S THE KENTUCKY CAPITOL.
THIS IS BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.
BUT EVEN AS SOME STATES DO
REOPEN, MEDICAL EXPERTS WARN TO
REOPEN TOO MUCH TOO SOON RISKS
REIGNITING THE SPREAD OF THE
VIRUS.
>> President Donald Trump: I
USED TO SAY 65,000 AND NOW I'M
SAYING 80 OR 90 --
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE AS THE
U.S. DEATH TOLL CLIMBS EVER
HIGHER, TRUMP TONIGHT PREDICTING
IT WILL HIT 90,000, HE ALSO
STOOD BY HIS SUPPORT FOR THE
ANTI-VIRAL
DRUG HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
IT WAS DEEMED UNSAFE FOR USE
AGAINST COVID EVEN BY HIS OWN
AUTHORITIES, THE DEMANDS TONIGHT
--
>> President Donald Trump:
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY DIE, WE'D
SAY WE WOULD RATHER NOT SEE
PEOPLE GET WELL, BECAUSE THEY
THINK I'M GOING TO GET CREDIT
IF, YOU KNOW, IF
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE WORKS.
>> Reporter: AND HE SEEMED TO
SURPRISE EVEN HIS INTERVIEWERS
WITH A PREDICTION A COVID-19
VACCINE IS CLOSE AT HAND.
>> President Donald Trump: WE
ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE A VACCINE AT THE
END OF THE YEAR, BY THE END OF
THE YEAR TO HAVE A VACCINE.
>> Question: BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR?
>> President Donald Trump: WE
THINK THAT WE'LL HAVE A VACCINE
BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
>> Ian: PAUL, BACK TO COVID AND
THE U.S. ECONOMY AND WHY TRUMP
IS SO KEEN ON A SPEEDY
REOPENING.
>> Reporter: WELL, BECAUSE THE
ELECTION IS NOW PRECISELY JUST
SIX MONTHS AWAY --
NOVEMBER 3rd.
THROUGHOUT HIS TIME IN OFFICE
DONALD TRUMP HAS TOUTED THE ONCE
STRONG U.S. ECONOMY AS HIS BIG
SUCCESS STORY.
ITS HEALTH WAS DEEMED KEY TO ANY
CHANCE THAT
TRUMP HAS AT RE-ELECTION.
FOR NOW THAT'S GONE --
ABSOLUTELY IT'S CRITICAL TO GET
PEOPLE BACK TO WORK SAFELY, TO
PUT MONEY IN POCKETS AGAIN.
BUT FOR TRUMP THE STAKES ARE
ALSO SUPREMELY POLITICAL.
AND HE KNOWS IT.
IAN?
>> Ian: THANKS, PAUL.
NOW AS FOR THE ORIGINS OF
COVID-19, THE U.S. PRESIDENT HAS
SAID THAT THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT
IT FIRST INFECTED SOMEONE IN A
LAB IN WUHAN, CHINA, AND NOT AT
A PUBLIC MARKET.
TODAY PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU WAS
ASKED WHETHER HE HAS THE SAME
ASSESSMENT.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: IT IS TOO EARLY TO
DRAW FIRM CONCLUSIONS AND,
INDEED, OUR FOCUS REMAINS ON HOW
WE'RE WORKING TO PROTECT
CANADIANS.
>> Ian: THE U.S. DIRECTOR OF
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SAID LAST
WEEK THAT IT AGREED WITH
SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENTS THAT THE
VIRUS PROBABLY WASN'T MANMADE
BUT IT IS LOOKING INTO WHETHER
IT RESULTED FROM A LABORATORY
ACCIDENT.
>>> THERE ARE ALSO QUESTIONS
ABOUT HOW THE VIRUS SPREAD IN
CHINA.
PRESIDENT TRUMP BLAMES THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND CHINA IS
BLAMING THE U.S.
FOR A SECOND WAVE THAT PROMPTED
A PARTIAL LOCKDOWN OF MILLIONS.
WENDY MESLEY ON THE WAR OF
WORDS.
>> WE DISCOVERED A NEW VIRUS --
>> IT'S DANGEROUS.
>> WE'RE A MESS.
>> Wendy: MOCKERY -- IT'S JUST
PART OF THE LATEST MESSAGE
CHINESE STATE MEDIA IS SPREADING
ONLINE TO PAINT THEMSELVES AS
THE HEROES AND ACCUSE THE U.S.
OF SPREADING COVID-19.
THERE'S NOW A NEW OUTBREAK IN
THE CITY OF HARBIN.
11 MILLION PEOPLE ARE ON PARTIAL
LOCKDOWN.
AND THE MESSAGE?
PATIENT ZERO CAME FROM THE U.S.
SOUND FAMILIAR?
DURING THE WUHAN OUTBREAK, SOME
CHINESE OFFICIALS SPREAD THE
CONSPIRACY THAT THIS AMERICAN
WOMAN WAS THE SOURCE OF THE
VIRUS AFTER SHE TRAVELLED TO THE
WORLD MILITARY GAMES IN WUHAN.
IT WAS QUICKLY SHOT DOWN, BUT
CHINESE DIPLOMATS STILL PUSH THE
NARRATIVE.
VANESSA MULTER HAS BEEN
RESEARCHING THE CHINESE
CAMPAIGN.
>> THE NARRATIVE IS THAT CHINA
IS NOT AT FAULT FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS, THAT CHINA IS
HELPING THE WORLD, THAT THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE A
GREAT JOB AT THEIR RESPONSE AND
INSTEAD SHOULD SHIFT BLAME
COMPLETELY TO THE UNITED STATES.
>> Wendy: FROM THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE WORLD, DONALD TRUMP HAS
LAUNCHED HIS OWN VERSION OF THE
BLAME GAME.
THIS WEEK HE FLOATED THE
OPPOSITE CONSPIRACY -- MAYBE
CHINA SPREAD THE VIRUS
INTENTIONALLY.
>> President Donald Trump:
THEY COULD HAVE CONTAINED IT AND
THEY WERE EITHER UNABLE TO OR
THEY CHOSE NOT TO.
>> Wendy: AND NOW REPUBLICAN
ADS ARE FLOODING FACEBOOK SAYING
THINGS LIKE "CHINA LIED" AND
"WHAT ELSE IS CHINA HIDING?"
MANY USING IT AS A FUNDRAISING
TOOL.
AND IT'S REACHED THOUSANDS OF
AMERICANS.
>> IT IS JUST A HUGE WASTE OF
SOMETIME TO BE BLUNT.
>> Wendy: SENIOR SCIENTISTS
ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
I ASKED HIM WHY THIS MATTERS.
>> IT MATTERS HUGELY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL WANTING THIS
TO END AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
AND THE DEGREE TO WHICH THIS
KIND OF POLITICALIZATION GETS IN
THE WAY, IT REALLY HURTS PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD.
>> Wendy: SO IF YOU COULD
SPEAK TO THE LEADER OF CHINA AND
THE U.S. AS A SCIENTIST, WHAT
WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM?
>> MAKE OUR JOBS EASIER AND LET
US GET ON WITH SAYING WHAT WE
NEED TO SAY, DOING WHAT WE NEED
TO DO.
>> Wendy: BUT IT'S UNLIKELY
THAT THE TWO LEADERS ARE
LISTENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO
POINT FINGERS AT EACH OTHER AT
LEAST UNTIL NOVEMBER'S
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
WENDY MESLEY, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Ian: VOLUNTEERS ARE BEING
CALLED IN TO HELP CANADIAN CARE
HOMES STRETCHED TO THE LIMITS.
>> I'M BEGGING THEM TO COME.
WE REALLY NEED THE HELP.
>> Ian: AHEAD ON "THE NATIONAL,"
YOU'LL HEAR FROM EXHAUSTED
WORKERS AND THE PEOPLE NOW
JUMPING INTO ACTION.
>>> AND WE LOOK AT YOUR CHANCES
OF GETTING COVID-19 WHILE
EXERCISING OUTDOORS.
>> JUST A REALLY, REALLY SMALL
THING TO DO IN ORDER TO
POTENTIALLY PROTECT SOMEONE
ELSE.
>> FOR US...
>> Ian: THE VIEW ABOVE NOVA
SCOTIA AND A VERY SINCERE THANK
YOU FROM BELOW.
>> T
>> Andrew: WHEN IT COMES TO
AVOIDING COVID-19, DON'T TOUCH
YOUR FACE IS GENERALLY SHORTHAND
FOR DON'T TOUCH YOUR EYES, NOSE
OR MOUTH.
BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR EARS?
>> CERTAINLY THE EARS ARE A
MUCOUS MEMBRANE AND, YOU KNOW,
CERTAINLY IT COULD BE POSSIBLE.
>> Andrew: YOU CAN THINK OF
THOSE MUCOUS MEMBRANES AS DOORS
FROM THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR BODY TO
THE INSIDE.
SO THOSE ENTRY POINTS -- EYES,
NOSE, MOUTH AND EARS.
AND, SURE, THERE ARE A FEW BELOW
THE BELT BUT --
>> IF WE MADE THE LIST OF THE
ORDER OF PROBABILITY THAT IT
WOULD COME IN ON, ON HEAD, LET'S
KEEP IT THERE -- THE EARS
WOULD BE LAST.
>> Andrew: THAT'S BECAUSE MOST
PEOPLE DON'T GENERALLY TOUCH
THEIR EARS ALL THAT OFTEN.
THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE INSIDE IS
NOT SUPER EXPOSED LIKE IT IS
WITH YOUR EYES.
THERE'S NO ACTIVE AIR FLOW.
YOUR NOSE IS LIKE A VACUUM
CLEANER.
YOUR EARS?
NOT SO MUCH.
>> BUT I GUESS IT IS POSSIBLE.
IT IS A MUCOUS MEMBRANE.
>> Ian: OKAY, READY TO MOVE ON?
THE WARMER WEATHER MAY HAVE YOU
WONDERING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY
EXERCISING OUTDOORS.
BRIAR STEWART LOOKS AT THE
POSSIBLE RISKS AND BENEFITS.
>> Reporter: WHEN NEIL
JOHNSTON HEADS OUT FOR A RUN
THESE DAYS THERE'S ONE PIECE OF
GEAR THAT HE ISN'T WITHOUT.
>> IT'S A REALLY, REALLY SMALL
THING TO DO IN ORDER TO
POTENTIALLY PROTECT SOMEONE
ELSE.
>> Reporter: WHILE IT MAKES
HIS BREATHING MORE LABOUROUS HE
STARTED WEARING THE MASK AFTER
HE SAW A SERIES ONLINE AROUND
WHAT IS CALLED
"RESPIRATORY SIGNATURE."
>> IT'S MORE OF A CONSIDERATION
FOR OTHERS THAN MYSELF.
I KNOW THAT THE MASK WON'T DO
ME ANY AMOUNT OF GOOD INHALING
OTHER PEOPLE'S SIGNATURE.
>> Reporter: LAST MONTH THE
BELGIAN RESEARCHER ILLUSTRATED
THAT RESPIRATORY DROPLETS
EXHALED FROM RUNNERS COULD
TRAVEL MORE THAN FOUR METRES
BEHIND THEM.
THE RESEARCH HASN'T BEEN PEER
REVIEWED OR PUBLISHED AND IT
SPARKED A LOT OF DEBATE.
IT DOESN'T ADDRESS HOW LIKELY IT
IS THAT SOMEONE COULD BE
INFECTED BY COVID-19 THIS WAY.
>> WE KNOW THAT IT ISN'T
IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT IT'S A LOT LESS LIKELY.
>> Reporter: HE'S A
MICROBIOLOGIST DOING COVID-19
TESTING.
HE SAYS THAT RESEARCH SHOWS THAT
THE VIRUS CAN REMAIN IN THE AIR
FOR SEVERAL HOURS BUT GET SPREAD
OUT THROUGH VENTILATION.
CHANCES FOR YOU'RE OUTSIDE AND
SOMEONE RUNS BY YOU YOU'RE ONLY
NEAR THEM FOR A SHORT TIME.
AND EVEN IF THEY DID HAVE
COVID-19, SCIENTISTS STILL DON'T
KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE VIRUS NEEDS
TO BE CONCENTRATED IN THE AIR
FOR SOMEONE TO BECOME INFECTED.
GIVEN THE UNLIKELIHOOD OF
BECOMING INFECTED WHILE OUT FOR
A WALK, PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO
EXERCISE.
THESE RESEARCHERS ARE SURVEYING
HUNDREDS TO FIND OUT JUST HOW
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS HELPING
PEOPLE COPE.
>> WHILE WE'RE STATING THAT
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND DOING IT
OUTDOORS MIGHT BE BETTER FOR
MENTAL HEALTH, WE'RE ALSO
REALISTIC TO FOLLOWING MEDICAL
HEALTH OFFICER GUIDELINES TO
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE
CERTAIN LOCATIONS WHERE THAT'S
GOING TO BE MORE CHALLENGING.
>> Reporter: SUCH AS A CROWDED
PATH ON A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY,
WHICH IS WHY EVEN WITH THE MASK
THAT NEIL JOHNSTON TRIES TO KEEP
HIS DISTANCE.
BRIAR STEWART, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
(*)
>> Ian: TIME NOW FOR SOME OF
YOUR COVID-19 QUESTIONS.
AND JOINING US TONIGHT IS
DR. MICHAEL CURRY, AN E.R. DOC
IN DELTA, B.C., JUST OUTSIDE
VANCOUVER.
AND DR. SAMIR GUPTA, A
RESPIROLOGIST IN TORONTO.
WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU.
HERE WE ARE RELAXING
RESTRICTIONS IN A LOT OF PLACES
AND THAT IS KIND OF OUR THEME
FOR SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS.
SO, DR. CURRY, LET ME BEGIN WITH
YOU.
AS PROVINCES BEGIN TO OPEN, DO
SENIORS AND/OR THOSE WITH
UNDERLYING ISSUES NEED TO STAY
INSIDE UNTIL THERE'S A VACCINE?
>> IT'S ALL ABOUT BALANCING THE
RISK, IAN.
TO KEEP THE RISK ABSOLUTELY AS
LOW AS POSSIBLE, PEOPLE WHO ARE
MORE VULNERABLE TO IT MAY WANT
TO ISOLATE THEMSELVES AND MAY
WANT TO TRY TO LIMIT CONTACT AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
BUT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A
SOCIAL COST AND JUST IN TERMS OF
DOING YOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES OF
LIVING, LIKE GETTING GROCERIES,
THERE IS GOING TO BE A NEED FOR
SOME DEGREE OF SOCIAL
INTERACTION.
SO THE OLDER AND THE SICKER YOU
ARE, THE MORE VULNERABLE YOU
ARE, AND PROBABLY THE MORE
PRECAUTIONS YOU WANT TO TAKE.
LIMIT THE VENTURES OUTSIDE TO
GET GROCERIES AND WHEN OUTSIDE,
PRACTISING GOOD HYGIENE WILL
KEEP THE RISK DOWN TO A LOW
LEVEL.
>> Ian: NOW TO A COUPLE
QUESTIONS ABOUT PHYSICAL
DISTANCING, BOTH WITHIN
CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS.
AND, DR. GUPTA, HOW SHOULD
SOCIAL DISTANCING WORK ON
TRANSIT AS
THINGS START TO OPEN UP?
>> I THINK THAT THE KEY ON
TRANSIT REALLY IS HAVING LESS
PEOPLE ON EVERY SUBWAY CAR OR
STREETCAR, YOU KNOW, OR BUS.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU LIMIT
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE YOU CAN
ALSO JUST BLOCK OFF SEATS TO
ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT
PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
SOME PLACES THEY HAVE SOMETHING
CALLED AN AMBASSADOR WHO
ACTUALLY WORKS FOR THE AUTHORITY
WHO IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THAT
AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE
DISTANCING.
YOU WANT PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS
AND YOU WANT TO ENSURE HAND
HYGIENE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF
HIGH TOUCH SURFACES.
SO IDEALLY YOU HAVE ACCESS TO
HAND SANITIZER AT EVERY ENTRY
POINT AND EXIT POINT.
AND THE OTHER PIECE AS IT RAMPS
UP AND PEOPLE GO
BACK TO WORK IT'S GOING TO BE
REALLY TOUGH IN THE MORNING AND
EVENING RUSH HOURS, SO IT WOULD
BE GOOD IF WORKPLACES HAD
ROTATED START AND END TIMES SO
WE CAN SEE AN EASING OF THOSE
CRUNCH TIMES.
>> Ian: GOOD ADVICE.
DR. CURRY, ANOTHER DIFFICULT
ENVIRONMENT FOR SOCIAL
DISTANCING -- HOW SHOULD IT BE
MANAGED FOR KIDS WHEN THEY GO
BACK TO SCHOOL?
>> WELL, THAT'S DEFINITELY GOING
TO BE A CHALLENGE.
I THINK THAT SOME OF THE KEY
THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO ARE TO
TRY TO KEEP THE CLASS SIZES AS
SMALL AS POSSIBLE.
SO LIKE DR. GUPTA MENTIONED WE
MAY WANT TO STAGGER CLASS TIMES.
ALSO TRYING TO KEEP PHYSICAL
DISTANCE WITHIN THE CLASSROOM AS
BEST AS CAN BE DONE.
AND THE OTHER ISSUE IS PROBABLY
TRYING TO MINIMIZE INTERACTION.
SO YOUNGER CHILDREN THAT TEND TO
GET EDUCATED IN ONE ROOM MIGHT
BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO RETURN
TO THE CLASSROOM THAN STUDENTS
IN HIGH SCHOOL OR POST-SECONDARY
EDUCATION WHERE YOU HAVE A WHOLE
NEW GROUP OF STUDENTS WITH EVERY
CLASS.
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, ONE LAST
QUESTION WITH VERY LITTLE TIME,
BUT I WANT TO TOUCH ON ONE PART
OF IT.
DR. GUPTA, WHAT IS THE ROUGH
TIMELINE FOR A VACCINE TO COME
OUT FOR MASS PRODUCTION?
SO LET'S FOCUS ON THE PRODUCTION
PART OF IT.
>> YEAH, THE PRODUCTION CAN TAKE
A LONG TIME, ACTUALLY,
PARTICULARLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
IN THIS CASE BILLIONS OF DOSES.
SO TRADITIONALLY WE PRODUCE
VACCINES EITHER IN CHICKEN EGGS,
FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE FLU
VACCINE.
OR IN SOWS THAT WE CULTURE.
AND YOU'VE GOT TO PRODUCE IT,
YOU'VE GOT TO HARVEST IT, PURIFY
IT, THAT TAKES TIME.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT AMONG THE
ALMOST 100 VACCINES BEING
TESTED FOR NOVEL CORONAVIRUS,
SOME ARE MESSENGER VACCINES.
AND THEY WORK DIFFERENTLY.
INSTEAD OF GIVING A PIECE OF
PROTEIN, YOU ARE GIVING GENETIC
MATERIAL
THAT GOES INTO THE HUMAN CELLS
AND STIMULATES OUR OWN CELLS TO
PRODUCE THE PROTEIN THAT THEN
TRIGGERS THE IMMUNE RESPONSE.
AND THE ADVANTAGE OF THAT
APPROACH IS THAT YOU CAN
ACTUALLY MASS PRODUCE THOSE
KINDS OF VACCINES VERY QUICKLY.
SO IF ONE OF THOSE ARE EFFECTIVE
WE'LL HAVE LESS OF AN ISSUE ON
THE MASS PRODUCTION SIDE.
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, A LOT OF
PEOPLE CHEERING ON A LOT OF
SCIENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD FOR
SURE.
THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU.
AND AS YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE A
REGULAR VIEWER OF THE SHOW, WE
ASK YOUR
QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-19 EVERY
NIGHT.
SO SEND THEM TO US.
YOU CAN MESSAGE UNITED STATES
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>>> NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL," A
CALL FOR HELP ANSWERED AT A
CANADIAN CARE HOME.
>> WE'VE BEEN BLESSED, VERY
BLESSED, TO HAVE THE EXTRA HELP
AND SUPPORT.
OUR ANGELS WERE STARTING TO GET
TIRED.
>> Ian: WE LOOK AT THE DIRE
SITUATION INSIDE AND WHY THEY'RE
STILL DESPERATE FOR MORE
ASSISTANCE.
>>> AND LATER HOW THE UNITED
KINGDOM BECAME ONE OF THE WORST
OUTBREAKS IN EUROPE, SHIFTING
STRATEGIES AND A VIEW FROM THE
FRONT LINES.
(*)
>> Ian: ONTARIO REPORTED AT
LEAST 44 COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS
TODAY OF RESIDENTS IN LONG-TERM
CARE HOMES.
THAT MAKES ALMOST 1,000 NOW
ACROSS MORE THAN 80 FACILITIES.
THE CHALLENGES FOR THE STAFF
INSIDE ARE CLEAR -- OVERWORKED
AND THINNED OUT BY THEIR OWN
ILLNESSES AND CARING FOR
VULNERABLE RESIDENTS WHO ARE
ISOLATED FROM FAMILY.
DAVID COMMON SHOWS US ONE HOME
THAT GOT SOME MUCH-NEEDED HELP.
>> Reporter: GERALDINE
STRINGER HAS BEEN LOCKED DOWN,
THE VIRUS RACING THROUGH HER
HOME.
SHE HASN'T BEEN ALLOWED OUT IN
FIVE WEEKS.
>> I'VE BEEN VERY ALONE.
AND I KNOW THAT MY NEIGHBOURS
HAVE BEEN VERY ALONE.
I HEARD THEM CALLING FROM THE
DOORP.
THAT'S OUR LIMIT TO BE THE
OUTSIDE WORLD.
>> Reporter: TORONTO'S
WELLESLEY CENTRAL PLACE HAS BEEN
IN DEEP TROUBLE.
SO MANY STAFF BECAME SICK THAT
AT ONE POINT ONE IN FIVE
EMPLOYEES WERE LEFT ABLE TO
WORK.
TO THE RESCUE CAME DOZENS OF
HOSPITAL WORKERS SENT FROM
TORONTO'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH
NETWORK.
>> WE'RE HEARING ABOUT IT IN THE
MEDIA AS TO THE CONDITIONS THAT
LONG-TERM CARE IS IN RIGHT NOW.
BUT YOU DON'T REALIZE IT UNTIL
YOU ACTUALLY GET HERE AND YOU
ACTUALLY DO THE WORK.
>> Reporter: MOHAMMED IS AN
R.N. AND A HOSPITAL CLINICAL
CARE MANAGER, STUNNED BY WHAT
HE'S NOW SEEING IN LONG-TERM
CARE.
>> THESE GUYS NEED ALL THE HELP
THAT WE CAN GET.
THE FACT THAT THESE GUYS HAVE
BEEN TRYING AND PUSHING AND
PUSHING AND PUSHING AND HOPING
FOR A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT.
>> Reporter: HOWEVER, LIGHT
HAS ALSO BEEN EXTINGUISHED.
AT LEAST 16 RESIDENTS HAVE DIED,
A TOLL MADE HEAVIER UNTIL HELP
ARRIVED.
>> NORMALLY I'D FIND MYSELF IN
THE O.R. SHADOWING SURGEONS OR
TALKING TO RESIDENTS.
BUT I FOUND THAT HAVING THIS
KIND OF ONE-ON-ONE CARE WITH
PATIENTS, GETTING TO GREET THEM
EVERY MORNING IS JUST SO
REWARDING.
>> Reporter: A.J. SHAW IS
HOPING TO BE A SURGEON.
IN HIS FINAL YEAR OF MEDICAL
SCHOOL HE'S NOW FEEDING, BATHING
AND TOILETING THE VULNERABLE,
INCLUDING THE 30 PLUS INFECTED.
>> RIGHT NOW WE WOULD HAVE ONE
P.S.W. FOR THE WHOLE WARD OF 30
OR 40 PATIENTS IF NOT FOR THE
VOLUNTEERS.
TO ME THAT'S CRAZY.
>> Reporter: UP UNTIL THE
VOLUNTEER HOSPITAL WORKERS
ARRIVED, MANY REGULAR STAFF WERE
WORKING AT LEAST
12-HOUR DAYS.
THE STRESS OF TAKING CARE OF THE
RESIDENTS AND FIGHTING THE
DISEASE ADDING UP FOR REGISTERED
PRACTICAL NURSE ELLA MARK-GUACA.
>> IT WAS HARD.
AT ONE POINT I WANT TO GO TO
THIS RESIDENT BUT THEN THERE'S
ANOTHER RESIDENT THAT NEEDS THE
CARE.
THEN YOU HAVE TO PRIORITIZE.
AND THEN AT SOME POINT EVEN AT
THE BACK OF THE MED ROOM I LIKE
CRIED BECAUSE I'M LIKE I WANT TO
DO SOMETHING MORE FOR THEM.
BUT IS THERE SOMETHING MORE THAT
I CAN DO?
>> Reporter: THE ADDED STAFF
IS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE, NOT A
PERMANENT ONE, IN A SECTOR LONG
SUFFERING FROM STAFF SHORTAGES.
>> I WORK LIKE SEVEN DAYS A
WEEK.
I HAVE NOT TAKEN ANY BREAK.
>> Reporter: MARCIA CLAYTON
HOPES THAT MORE WILL JOIN HER IN
THE FUTURE AS A PERSONAL SUPPORT
WORKER AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT
WILL MAKE THE ROLE MORE
APPEALING.
>> AND I AM HOPING THAT THIS
WILL ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO
TAKE UP THE P.S.W. COURSE.
I'M BEGGING THEM TO COME.
WE REALLY NEED THE HELP.
>> Reporter: FOR GERALDINE,
THE TEAM HAVE QUITE LITERALLY
BEEN LIFE SAVERS.
>> WE'VE BEEN BLESSED, VERY
BLESSED, TO HAVE THE EXTRA HELP
AND SUPPORT.
OUR ANGELS WERE STARTING TO GET
TIRED.
>> Reporter: COVID HAS BEEN
THE GREAT REVEALER OF THE STATE
OF LONG-TERM CARE IN THIS
COUNTRY AND THE SPOTLIGHT OF
THOSE STRUGGLING ON THE
FRONTLINES.
DAVID COMMON, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Ian: SO MUCH TO THINK ABOUT
IN THAT STORY.
WHILE KEEPING AN ACCURATE
ACCOUNT OF THE NUMBER OF LIVES
TAKEN BY COVID-19, CBC NEWS IS
ALSO GATHERING STORIES ABOUT THE
PEOPLE THAT NUMBER REPRESENTS.
IT'S A SERIES WE'RE CALLING
"LIVES REMEMBERED."
AND TONIGHT A LONG-TIME FRIEND
TELLS US ABOUT COSTUME DESIGNER
RAY BUCHANAN.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS JILLIAN
CAMPBELL, A.K.A. KLONDIKE KATE.
I'M AN ENTERTAINER.
I AM SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE MET
RAY BUCHANAN.
WE LOST HIM TO THE CORONAVIRUS A
DAY AFTER HIS BIRTHDAY.
HE WAS 90 ON THE 25th OF
MARCH.
AND HE WAS SO SPECIAL.
WHEN I MET HIM AT WHAT'S
COSTUMES IN 1967, I AUDITIONED
FOR A SHOW IN DAWSON CITY AND
RAY MADE ME THIS FABULOUS
COSTUME.
I MEAN, I'D NEVER HAD ANYTHING
SO PRETTY.
IT WAS RED VELVET AND THERE WAS
A GOLD STREAM DOWN THE FRONT AND
I HAD LONG GLOVES.
AND HE MADE ME A FEATHER BOA.
I HAD JUST LEFT A VERY UNHAPPY
RELATIONSHIP -- FIVE YEARS
MARRIED.
BUT I HAD TWO WONDERFUL LITTLE
BOYS.
AND I SAID I'VE GOT TO FIND
SOMEWHERE TO LIVE.
AND I TOLD HIM AND I EXPLAINED
TO HIM AND HE SAID, OH, YOU COME
AND LIVE AT MY HOUSE.
HE ALWAYS SAID THAT WE WERE
SISTERS.
AND I SAID WELL I'M THE YOUNGER
ONE.
BUT, ANYWAY, WE ALWAYS SAID THAT
WE WERE SISTERS.
HE STARTED MAKING ALL OF MY
GOWNS FOR DAWSON CITY AND THE
GASLIGHT AND WHEN I WAS KLONDIKE
KATE OF EDMONTON.
EVERY TIME I CAME OUT ON STAGE
THERE
WERE GASPS BECAUSE THESE
OUTFITS, COSTUMES, WERE SO
ELABORATE.
HE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH AND HE GAVE
ME A CAREER.
HE DID EVERYTHING FOR ME.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING.
HE MEANT EVERYTHING.
HE EVEN USED TO CUT MY HAIR IN
THE
BACK GARDEN.
AND WE WERE PLANNING A REALLY
LOVELY 90th BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR
HIM BUT, OF COURSE, HE GOT SICK.
EVERY DAY WE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS
GOING TO MAKE IT, WE REALLY
THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GOING TO
MAKE IT, BUT HE DIDN'T.
>> Ian: A TRIBUTE TO RAY
BUCHANAN AS PART OF A SERIES OF
STORIES THAT CBC NEWS IS TELLING
"LIVES REMEMBERED" FEATURING
CANADIANS TAKEN BY COVID-19.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE THE STORY
OF SOMEONE THAT YOU LOST TO THIS
VIRUS, REACH OUT TO US AT
covid@cbc.ca.
>>> NEXT WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
AT HOW THE OUTBREAK IN THE U.K.
BECAME ONE OF THE DEADLIEST IN
EUROPE.
>> THERE'S A TIDAL WAVE COMING
AND EITHER YOU CAN IGNORE IT,
AND IT COMES AND IT WASHES YOU
ALL AWAY.
OR YOU CAN QUICK BUILD UP A
WALL.
>> Ian: AND A CANADIAN DOCTOR
WORKING IN A BRITISH HOSPITAL
SHARES HER PERSPECTIVE ON HOW
TH
>> Ian: EVERY COUNTRY HAS ITS
OWN STORY ABOUT THE PANDEMIC AND
THE WAY IT'S BEING HANDLED.
BRITAIN TOOK THE EASY APPROACH
OF KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON.
TURNS OUT THAT MAY HAVE COST
LIVES.
THE U.K. IS CURRENTLY REPORTING
MORE THAN 185,000 CASES AND MORE
THAN 28,000 DEATHS.
NOW AS MARGARET EVANS EXPLAINS,
IT'S CLOSING IN ON BECOMING THE
DEADLIEST OUTBREAK IN EUROPE.
>> Reporter: BIRD SONG -- ABLE
FOR ONCE TO PIERCE THE NOISY DIN
THAT IT NORMALLY COMPETES WITH
IN THE BRITISH CAPITAL.
IT'S NOT STRONG ENOUGH THOUGH TO
CALM THE INTERNAL DIALOGUE OF A
NATION WHOSE FIGHT AGAINST
COVID-19 HAS BEEN AN ERRATIC
ONE.
>> WE SHOULD BE GOING ABOUT OUR
BUSINESS AS USUAL.
>> THERE'S BEEN A CONFIRMATION
OF THE
FIRST DEATH OF CORONAVIRUS HERE
IN THE U.K.
>> THE RISK LEVEL IS RAISED FROM
LOW TO MODERATE --
>> Reporter: AT THE END OF
FEBRUARY AND IN EARLY MARCH THE
GOVERNMENT'S MESSAGE WAS VERY
MUCH "BUSINESS AS USUAL" UNTIL
IT WASN'T.
>> THE QUEEN LEFT BUCKINGHAM
PALACE --
>> GETTING THE MASKS, GETTING
THE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO THE
FRONT LINE IS MISSION CRITICAL.
>> I MUST LEVEL WITH THE BRITISH
PUBLIC, MORE FAMILIES, MANY MORE
FAMILIES, ARE GOING TO LOSE
LOVED ONES BEFORE THEIR TIME.
>> Reporter: TODAY THE COUNTRY
LOOKS LIKE IT MAY WELL SUFFER
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF
CORONAVIRUS DEATHS IN EUROPE.
>> I THINK THAT THE DECISION WAS
MADE QUITE EARLY IN MARCH TO
GIVE UP ON CONTAINMENT AND TO
ASSUME THIS VIRUS WAS
UNSTOPPABLE AND EVERYONE WOULD
GET IT.
>> Reporter: GLOBAL PUBLIC
HEALTH EXPERT DEBBIE SWEDEHAR
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT
SQUANDERED TIME.
FIRST BY TOYING WITH THE IDEA OF
HERD IMMUNITY, GIVING INTO A
KIND OF FATALISM.
>> THERE'S A TIDAL WAVE COMING
AND EITHER YOU CAN IGNORE IT AND
IT COMES AND WASHES YOU ALL
AWAY.
OR YOU CAN QUICKLY BUILD UP A
WALL THROUGH TESTING, TRACING.
>> Reporter: IN EARLY MARCH
AFTER ITALY HAD BEGUN LOCKING
DOWN HUGE TRACTS OF THE COUNTRY,
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ABANDONED 
THE GOAL OF WIDE-SCALE TESTING.
AND THE PRIME MINISTER BORIS
JOHNSON WAS BOASTING.
>> I THINK THAT THERE WERE A FEW
CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS.
AND I SHOOK HANDS WITH EVERYBODY
YOU'LL BE PLEASED TO KNOW AND I
CONTINUE TO SHAKE HANDS.
>> Reporter: WHEN THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGINISATION DECLARED A
GLOBAL PANDEMIC ON MARCH 12th,
JOHNSON WARNED THE UNITED
KINGDOM TO PREPARE FOR MANY LOST
LIVES.
BUT HE DIDN'T ORDER A LOCKDOWN
UNTIL MARCH 23rd.
IN THE INTERIM, BIG EVENTS LIKE
THE ANNUAL RACE AT CHELTENHAM
WENT AHEAD.
>> WE KNOW THAT VIRUSES EXPLOIT
DELAYS.
>> Reporter: IN THE MIDST OF
THIS THOUGH THERE'S BEEN A LOVE
STORY BETWEEN THE BRITISH PEOPLE
AND
THEIR NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE.
LONG NEGLECTED IN TERMS OF
FUNDING BUT STILL STANDING.
DR. AMON SANDHU IS A CANADIAN
WHO CAME TO STUDY MEDICINE HERE.
NOW AN ACUTE CARE DOCTOR AT AN
N.H.S. HOSPITAL, SHE FINDS
HERSELF IN THE EYE OF THE
COVID-19 STORM, WORKING AN
EMERGENCY SHIFT, THREE DAYS ON,
THREE DAYS OFF.
>> HI, MARGARET.
>> HI, DR. SANDHU.
>> Reporter: EVEN THE DAILY
SHOP POINTS TO A PROFOUNDLY
WORRIED WORLD, WHERE WORRIES
OVER HER PATIENTS' SAFETY NOW
MUST EXTEND TO HER FAMILY'S AND
HER OWN.
>> THE ANXIETY HAS BEEN THERE
THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH.
AND THE FEAR HAS BEEN THERE THE
WHOLE WAY THROUGH.
>> Reporter: DESPITE
ASSURANCES BACK IN FEBRUARY AND
MARCH, BRITAIN HAS CONSISTENTLY
STRUGGLED TO MEET THE DEMANDS
FOR PROTECTIVE GEAR AND TO
EXPLAIN WHY, ESPECIALLY WHEN A
GOVERNMENT PANDEMIC SIMULATION
EXERCISE FOUR YEARS AGO
HIGHLIGHTED BIG GAPS.
MORE THAN 100 HEALTH CARE
WORKERS HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS
HERE IN THE U.K.
DR. SANDHU DOESN'T WANT TO TALK
POLITICS, BUT SHE ADMITS ANGER
CAN COME WITH ANXIETY.
>> I THINK THAT A LOT OF US FELT
THAT WAY.
AND WE FELT THAT OUR SAFETY WAS
BEING COMPROMISED.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE STARTED TO
SEE MORE P.P.E. COMING THROUGH,
WHICH IS VERY POSITIVE.
BUT, I MEAN, THIS WOULD HAVE
BEEN KIND OF HELPFUL BACK THREE
OR FOUR WEEKS AGO.
>> Reporter: THE PANDEMIC, OF
COURSE, HAS PROMPTED NOT JUST A
HEALTH CRISIS BUT AN ECONOMIC
ONE.
MANY PEOPLE WATCHING THEIR
DREAMS DISAPPEAR.
IT'S ONE REASON, SAYS PHYSICIAN
AND CONSERVATIVE M.P. LUKE
EVANS, THAT THE GOVERNMENT
INSISTS ITS TIMING HAS BEEN
RIGHT.
>> IF WE ACTED TOO EARLY, THEN
YOU HAVE THE PROBLEM OF CRUSHING
THE ECONOMY.
WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO
PREVENT THE N.H.S. FROM BEING
OVERRUN, SAVE AS MANY LIVES AS
YOU POSSIBLY CAN, WHILE NOT
CRUSHING YOUR ECONOMY.
TO MAKE A JUDGMENT CALL IN THE
MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC IS REALLY,
REALLY DIFFICULT.
>> Reporter: THERE'S
RELUCTANCE TO JUDGE A FIGHT NOT
YET OVER BUT BRITAIN HAS FAR
SURPASSED WHAT OFFICIALS CALLED
THEIR BEST CASE SCENARIO OF
20,000 COVID-19 DEATHS.
AND CRITICS SAY THAT
ACCOUNTABILITY
AND TRANSPARENCY ARE KEY TO
MAINTAINING PUBLIC TRUST.
BORIS JOHNSON IS REPORTED TO
HAVE MISSED FIVE MEETINGS ON THE
CORONAVIRUS THREAT BY BRITAIN'S
SPECIAL SECURITY COMMITTEE EARLY
IN THE YEAR.
AND EIGHT CALLS OR MEETINGS WITH
EUROPEAN UNION LEADERS ABOUT IT.
ALISTER CAMPBELL WAS AN ADVISOR
TO THE FORMER BRITISH LABOUR
PRIME
MINISTER TONY BLAIR.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHEN THIS
THING WAS STARTING, AND IT WAS
BEGINNING TO GET CLOSER AND
CLOSER AND CLOSER,
I THINK THAT THERE WAS A REAL
COMPLACENCY.
>> Reporter: THE PRIME
MINISTER HAS EMERGED FROM HIS
OWN PRIVATE BATTLE WITH COVID-19
TO SAY IT'S STILL TOO SOON TO
LIFT THE LOCKDOWN.
BUT NOT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
EFFORTS TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE
WIDE-SCALE TESTING AND TRACING
EARLIER DISMISSED ARE NOW
UNDERWAY.
BUT DEBBIE SWEDEHAR SAYS IT'S
NOT ROBUST ENOUGH YESTERDAY,
THAT BRITAIN IS STILL PLAYING
CATCH-UP AFTER SEVEN WEEKS OF
LOCKDOWN.
>> IT'S LIKE GROUNDHOG DAY IN MY 
MIND WHERE LIKE IT KEEPS
REPEATING THE DELAY.
WHEN NO ONE SEEMS TO
UNDERSTAND THAT TIME IS THE
CURRENCY.
>> Reporter: SO NOT TO BE
WASTED.
MARGARET EVANS, CBC NEWS,
LONDON.
>> Ian: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
TONIGHT'S "MOMENT."
BUT, FIRST, IN VANCOUVER SOME
SHUTTERED STOREFRONTS HAVE BEEN
GETTING A MAKEOVER.
A GROUP OF LOCAL ARTISTS IS
TURNING THEM INTO MURALS.
>> WE ASKED ALL OF THE ARTISTS
TO CONVEY MESSAGES OF HOPE, YOU
KNOW, IMAGES THAT CAN SPARK JOY,
CELEBRATE RESILIENCE.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT
INTERPRETATIONS OF THAT.
BUT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN REALLY
BEEN POSITIVE AND REALLY AMAZING
SO FAR.
>> Ian: WITH DONATED SUPPLIES,
EACH PIECE TAKES HOURS TO
CREATE.
ABOUT 40 HAVE BEEN DONE SO FAR.
AS FOR THE REACTION?
>> THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN
AMAZING.
THE ARTISTS JUST TELLING US ON
THE STREETS THAT PEOPLE ARE
HONKING AT THEM AND CHEERING FOR
THEM AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT
THEY REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT
THEY'RE DOING.
>> Ian: THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL
BENEFIT -- BREAK-INS AND
VANDALISM HAVE BEEN DETERRED
BECAUSE THE HOPE IS THAT PEOPLE
DON'T WANT TO DAMAGE A BEAUTIFUL
WORK OF ART.
>> Ian: IT BEGAN AS A TRIBUTE TO
CANADIANS ON THE FRONTLINES OF
COVID-19, BUT THE SNOWBIRDS
CHOSE TO FLY OVER TWO
COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR TODAY,
AND THIS SHOW OF SUPPORT TOOK ON
A WHOLE NEW MEANING.
IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT TWO WEEKS
FOR NOVA SCOTIA.
AND TODAY'S FLY-OVER WAS A
MOMENT TO COME TOGETHER FOR
THOSE IN THE SNOWBIRDS AND THOSE
WATCHING DOWN BELOW.
AND IT'S OUR "MOMENT."
(*)
>> TODAY WAS A VERY SPECIAL DAY
TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT TO THE RCMP.
AND FOR THE FRIENDS AND FAMILIES
AND
EVERYONE AFFECTED BY THE MASS
SHOOTING IN NOVA SCOTIA.
IT WAS AN HONOUR TO GO AROUND
AND TO HONOUR THE SIX MEMBERS
WHO WERE PART OF THE
CYCLONE INCIDENT ALSO.
>> MY GRANDFATHER FLEW WITH THE
SNOWBIRDS MANY YEARS AGO, SO IT
WAS SO AMAZING FOR MY HUSBAND,
SON AND I TO BE ABLE TO WATCH
THEM PAY TRIBUTE.
>> IT MADE US LOOK UP AND SAY,
WOW.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A TIME
WHEN WE ALL NEED TO LOOK UP.
AND TO BREATHE DEEPLY AND TO BE
ABLE TO SAY WOW ABOUT SOME
THINGS IN OUR LIVES.
>> IN A WAY A LITTLE
OVERWHELMING HOW SUPPORTIVE
PEOPLE FROM NOVA SCOTIA ARE FROM
US FLYING OVER AND HONOURING
US FLYING OVER AND HONOURING
THOSE PEOPLE.
>> Ian: TRYING TO THINK OF THE
NUMBER OF TIMES THAT I HAVE SEEN
THE SNOWBIRDS OVER THE YEARS AND
I THINK THAT EVERY TIME IT'S
BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH SOME KIND
OF FESTIVAL.
YOU KNOW, LIKE MAYBE A BIG
FOOTBALL GAME OR A SUMMER
FESTIVAL SOMEWHERE.
BUT NEVER THIS KIND OF
REMEMBRANCE OR MEMORIAL, YOU
KNOW, OR THE WAY AS THEY GO
ACROSS THE COUNTRY THEY WANT
PEOPLE TO -- AS WE HEARD FROM
THE WOMAN FROM TRURO -- TO LOOK
UP AND
TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHAT
WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH IN THE
LAST FEW WEEKS.
SO WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DO THAT AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>>> THAT IS THE NATIONAL FOR MAY
3.
GOODNIGHT.
