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>> Andrew: IT HAS ROCKED
CANADIANS' HEALTH, JOBS AND
SOCIAL LIFE IN JUST FIVE WEEKS.
>> COVID-19 CAN BE CHARACTERIZED
AS A PANDEMIC.
>> Andrew: TONIGHT, LIFE WITH
COVID-19 AND HOW WE GET PAST IT.
>> Adrienne: THAT RECKONING
STARTS WITH THE DEAD.
NOW 1,000 LOVED ONES AND
COUNTING.
SO MANY IN SENIORS HOMES.
>> EVERY TIME THE PHONE RINGS,
MY HEART STOPS.
>> Adrienne: FROM NEW HEROES
TO THE FRONT LINE TO NEW HOPE TO
SLOWING THE SPREAD.
>> WE ACTUALLY CALLED IT OFF.
>> Adrienne: AND THE URGENT
RACE FOR A VACCINE.
>> Andrew: WE'LL NEED THAT TO
FULLY UNLOCK THE ECONOMY.
TODAY SHOCKING NUMBERS AFFECTING
REAL PEOPLE.
>> MY GIGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.
>> Andrew: SO NEW MEASURES.
>> Adrienne: WHAT ABOUT THIS
FAMILIAR CALL OUT?
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: STAY HOME.
>> STAY HOME.
>> STAY THE BLAZES HOME.
>> Adrienne: WE ALL KNOW IT,
MOST ARE DOING IT, BUT ARE THE
RULES TOO MUCH?
>> PEOPLE ARE ASKING CAN I HAVE
A BEER WITH MY NEIGHBOURS?
>> Andrew: ON HEALTH, JOBS AND
HOW WE GET TOGETHER, CANADIANS
AND COVID-19.
>> Adrienne: HOW WE LIVE WITH
IT, HOW WE MOVE BEYOND IT AND
WHEN.
>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>>> GOOD EVENING, I'M ADRIENNE
ARSENAULT.
>> Andrew: AND I'M ANDREW
CHANG.
FOR ALL OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF
THIS PANDEMIC, THERE IS ONE
THING THAT WE KNOW FOR SURE --
IT'S IRREVERSIBLY CHANGED A LOT
OF LIVES.
>> Adrienne: LIKE THOSE
MOURNING THE MORE THAN 1,000
CANADIANS KILLED SO FAR HEALTH
CARE WORKERS WHO TRIED TO
SAVE THEM.
THE HEARTACHE IS AMPLIFIED IN
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES.
TODAY A DESPERATE PLEA FROM
QUÉBEC'S PREMIER, STRUGGLING
WITH A STAFF SHORTAGE FOR
SURGEONS TO STEP IN AND HELP TO
TAKE CARE OF SENIORS.
AND IN ONTARIO THERE'S A NEW
ACTION
PLAN TO TRY TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS
SPREAD.
SO TODAY ALONE MORE THAN 200 NEW
COVID-19 CASES WERE REPORTED
LINKED TO LONG-TERM CARE HOMES
IN ONTARIO.
ELLEN MAURO NOW WITH THE VERY
REAL FEAR THAT CREATES AMONG
FAMILIES AND CARE WORKERS.
>> THERE'S SO LITTLE THAT WE CAN
DO.
IT'S REALLY HARD.
>> Reporter: KAT CIZEK'S
FATHER, GERRY, MOVED INTO A
LONG-TERM CARE HOME JUST A
LITTLE MORE THAN SIX WEEKS AGO.
VISITS THAT USED TO LOOK LIKE
THIS, NOW MORE DISTANT.
>> EVERY TIME THE PHONE RINGS MY
HEART STOPS AND I WORRY ABOUT
WHAT NEWS IS COMING IN NEXT.
>> Reporter: HER FATHER IS
SYMPTOM FREE AND THERE'S NO
OUTBREAK AT HIS HOME.
STILL, AS THE DEATH TOLL MOUNTS
AT LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES,
CIZEK IS ANXIOUS.
>> THIS IS A BROKEN SYSTEM AND
THEY'VE BEEN SO SHORT STAFFED.
PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE ARE NOT
GETTING PAID ENOUGH.
THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE KINDS OF
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT THAT ANY OF
US WOULD EXPECT.
>> Reporter: TODAY PREMIER
DOUG FORD REVEALED MORE ABOUT
HIS PLAN TO HELP.
INFECTION CONTROL TEAMS ARE SET
TO BE DEPLOYED TO HIGH-RISK
HOMES WITHIN 48 HOURS.
RESIDENTS FROM OLDER HOMES MAY
BE RELOCATED TO HELP WITH
ISOLATING THE SICK AND ONTARIO
WILL WORK WITH OTTAWA TO BOOST
CARE WORKERS' WAGES.
>> WHEN WE GET HIT WITH THIS
CRISIS, YOU WAKE UP REAL QUICK.
AND THERE'S A LOT TO BE FIXED
DOWN HERE, I PROMISE YOU THAT,
AND WE WILL FIX IT.
>> Reporter: YESTERDAY FORD
ANNOUNCED CARE WORKERS WOULD NO
LONGER BE ALLOWED TO WORK AT
MULTIPLE HOMES.
THAT ORDER WILL ONLY LAST TWO
WEEKS FOR NOW.
CHARLENE STEWART'S UNION
REPRESENTS 60,000 HEALTH CARE
WORKERS.
>> THEY'RE FRIGHTENED.
THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT CATCHING
THE VIRUS THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT TAKING IT
HOME.
>> Reporter: DUANE SIMON WAS
WORRIED TOO, SO WORRIED THAT
HE'S TAKING HIS MOTHER OUT OF
HER CARE HOME WHERE FOUR
RESIDENTS HAVE DIED.
>> THIS IS A RESCUE MISSION FOR
ME.
I'VE GOT TO GET MY MOTHER OUT.
SHE HAS DEMENTIA, SO IT'S GOING
TO BE CHALLENGING LOOKING AFTER
HER, BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU
HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU'VE GOTTA DO.
>> Reporter: IT'S AN OPTION
THAT FEW MAY HAVE AND SIMON
DOESN'T KNOW IF HIS MOTHER HAS
THE VIRUS.
WHILE THEY AWAIT HER RESULTS,
THEY'LL BE ISOLATING AT HOME
TOGETHER.
ELLEN MAURO, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Andrew: WHAT'S HAPPENING,
OF COURSE, IN CARE HOMES NOW IS
BRINGING TO LIGHT ISSUES FROM
THE PAST.
IN ONTARIO THAT INCLUDES A
CHANGE MADE BEFORE THIS CRISIS
TO HOW THOSE FACILITIES ARE
INSPECTED.
JOHN LANCASTER WITH WHAT THE
PROVINCE IS SAYING TODAY ABOUT
WHAT OUR CBC NEWS INVESTIGATION
FOUND.
>> Reporter: A CBC NEWS
INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE
ONTARIO GOVERNMENT HAD
ESSENTIALLY STOPPED SO-CALLED
R.Q.I.s OR RESIDENT QUALITY
INSPECTIONS IN LONG-TERM CARE
HOMES.
THEY'RE DETAILED AND OFTEN WEEKS
LONG INSPECTIONS THAT CHECK
STAFFING LEVELS AND TRAINING AND
SAFETY STANDARDS, INCLUDING
INFECTION CONTROL MEASURES.
TODAY THE PROVINCE DEFENDED THE
DECISION.
>> WE MOVED TO A RISK-BASED
INSPECTION PROCESS REALLY TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE HOMES THAT
WERE AT HIGHEST RISK WERE
GETTING THE ATTENTION THAT THEY
NEEDED.
>> Reporter: INSPECTIONS ARE
GOING INTO MOST FACILITIES EVERY
YEAR, BUT OFTEN JUST FOR A FEW
DAYS AND ONLY TO INVESTIGATE
SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS.
WHICH IS NINE OF ONTARIO'S 626
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES THAT
WERE SUBJECTED TO FULL R.Q.I.s
LAST YEAR.
>> INFECTIONS ARE CRITICAL --
>> Reporter: SUE HILTON'S
MOTHER, RECOVERING FROM A LEG
INJURY IN HAGERSVILLE, ONTARIO,
COVID-19 HAS KILLED
19 PEOPLE THERE AND IT'S NOT
BEEN FULLY INSPECTED IN ALMOST
THREE YEARS.
>> WHEN YOU START RIPPING
FUNDING AWAY FROM HEALTH CARE,
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: AT THESE THREE
CARE FACILITIES IN ONTARIO,
COVID-19 HAS CLAIMED 81 LIVES.
NONE OF THE HOMES HAVE BEEN
FULLY BEEN INSPECTED IN AT LEAST
18 MONTHS.
THIS ADVOCATE SAYS THAT THE
PROVINCE HAS BETRAYED THE
RESIDENTS.
>> R.Q.I.s LOOK AT VERY
DIFFERENT KINDS OF ISSUES THAN
WHAT WOULD COME THROUGH, FOR
EXAMPLE, THROUGH COMPLAINTS OR
MANDATORY REPORTING.
IT'S WHAT KEEPS THE HOMES SORT
OF HONEST.
>> Reporter: THE ONTARIO
GOVERNMENT USED TO FULLY INSPECT
ALMOST EVERY CARE HOME EVERY
YEAR.
BUT THE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING
CARE HOMES URGED THE GOVERNMENT
TO STEP BACK, ARGUING HOMES ARE
OVERBURDENED WITH DOCUMENTATION
AND RESTRAINED BY RULES AND
INSPECTIONS.
SUE HILTON THINKS THAT R.Q.I.s
MAY HAVE HELPED TO MINIMIZE THE
SPREAD OF COVID-19.
>> THERE'S ONE THING THAT I
REQUEST WITH ALL OF THESE
RETIREMENT RESIDENCES AND NURSES
HOMES IS, WHERE ARE THE
INFECTION CONTROL SPECIALISTS?
>> Reporter: THAT'S ONE
MEASURE THAT R.Q.I.s ARE TO
ENSURE THAT ARE IN PLACE.
JOHN LANCASTER, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: THE COVID-19 CRISIS
IN QUÉBEC'S LONG-TERM CARE HOMES
TODAY PROMPTED A DESPERATE PLEA
TO DOCTORS.
>> WE NEED YOU TO DO THE BASIC
WORK.
I APPEAL TO YOUR SENSE OF DUTY
TO HELP US TO TAKE CARE OF THE
ELDERLY.
>> Reporter: FRANÇOIS LEGAULT
ESTIMATED THAT THERE'S A
SHORTAGE OF 2,000 NURSES AND
PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKERS BECAUSE
SO MANY HAVE FALLEN ILL.
THERE ARE OUTBREAKS IN 142
FACILITIES, BOTH PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC.
SO THE PREMIER MADE A SPECIAL
PLEA TO SURGEONS IN PARTICULAR
SINCE ELECTIVE SURGERIES HAVE
BEEN CANCELLED TO FREE UP BEDS
FOR PANDEMIC PATIENTS.
>> Adrienne: BACK IN ONTARIO,
ONE RESIDENT OF PARTICIPATION
HOUSE WAS KILLED, THAT SUPPORTS
ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
CHALLENGES.
IT DOESN'T GET THE SAME FUNDING
AS LONG-TERM CARE HOMES BUT AS
TASHAUNA REID SHOWS US, IT
SUFFERS THE SAME DIRE PROBLEMS.
>> Reporter: OF THE 42
RESIDENTS WHO CALL PARTICIPATION
HOUSE HOME, 37 TESTED POSITIVE
FOR COVID-19.
MANY OF THEM IMMUNOCOMPROMISED
OR WITH PHYSICAL OR
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
THIS MORNING RESIDENT MARTIN
SODLEY PASSED AWAY.
IN A STATEMENT HIS FAMILY
THANKED THE STAFF WHO WERE WITH
HIM IN HIS FINAL DAYS, SAYING
THAT HE PASSED PEACEFULLY
LISTENING TO MUSIC HE LOVED.
HE WAS A WONDERFUL SON, UNCLE,
AND THE BEST BROTHER ANYONE
COULD EVER ASK FOR.
AND ONE OF 12 CARE WORKERS WHO
TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 --
>> WE ARE HEARTBROKEN.
AND WE ARE SORRY THAT WE CANNOT
DO ANYTHING.
BUT EVEN IF WE WANTED TO,
THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE COULD DO
RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE HOME HAS BEEN
UNDERSTAFFED SINCE THE VIRUS
HIT.
WHEN RESIDENTS BEGAN SHOWING
SYMPTOMS IN EARLY APRIL, ALBANIA
SAYS THAT THE STAFF STARTED
ASKING FOR PROTECTIVE GEAR BUT
THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE MINISTRY
DIDN'T REQUIRE STAFF TO WEAR
THEM.
>> EVERY SINGLE DAY THERE'S ONE
OR TWO STAFF THAT WILL CALL IN
AND THEY SAY THEY'RE SICK AND
THEN RESIDENTS AS WELL.
>> Reporter: SCOTT KERR PULLED
HIS 21-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, EMILY,
FROM THE HOME.
SHE TESTED POSITIVE AND IS
RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL.
BUT HE'S WORRIED ABOUT OTHERS.
>> IT'S HEARTBREAKING.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE THESE
PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT GOING TO
PULL THROUGH THIS.
>> Reporter: EMILY'S DOCTORS
WON'T RELEASE HER UNTIL THE HOME
HAS MORE RESOURCES.
>> AND A PAINFUL ACTION THAT
WILL BE LEARNED IS THAT WE
REALLY NEED TO BE GIVING AS MUCH
FUNDING AND SUPPORT FOR THESE
CARE FACILITIES TO TAKE CARE OF
THESE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: TODAY THE PREMIER
OF ONTARIO SAID MORE HELP IS
COMING.
>> THE PEOPLE THAT STAYED THERE
AND THERE WAS LESS THAN A
HANDFUL, AND I JUST WANT TO
THANK THEM FOR STAYING AT THEIR
POST.
>> Reporter: ALBANIA SAYS THAT
SHE PLANS TO GET BACK TO WORK AS
SOON AS SHE CAN.
TASHAUNA REID, CBC NEWS,
MARKHAM, ONTARIO.
>> Andrew: NOW ACROSS CANADA,
THE NUMBER OF CASES OF COVID-19
HAS NOW SURPASSED 28,000.
AND WILE WE ARE STILL SEEING
MORE THAN A THOUSAND NEW CASES A
DAY,
THERE ARE ONCE AGAIN MORE
POSITIVE SIGNS TONIGHT.
THE COUNTRY'S EPIDEMIC CURVE
TELLS PART OF THAT STORY.
TODAY'S NUMBERS ARE SLIGHTLY
LOWER THAN YESTERDAY'S AND LOWER
THAN THE HIGH POINT RECORDED
EARLIER THIS MONTH.
STILL, AS THE CURVE APPEARS TO
FLATTEN, THE NUMBER OF DEATHS
REMAINS ON THE RISE.
CHRISTINE BIRAK EXPLAINS WHY AND
WHAT'S NEXT.
>> Reporter: THIS PANDEMIC
COULD HAVE GONE A COUPLE
DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT CANADIANS
ARE CLEARLY FLATTENING THE
CURVE, SAVING HOSPITALS FROM
BEING OVERRUN WITH SICK
PATIENTS.
STILL, OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE
HAVE NOW DIED FROM COVID-19,
HUNDREDS MORE THAN THE
GOVERNMENT HAD PREDICTED BY THIS
DATE.
LIKELY THE RESULT OF A SURGE IN
SENIORS DYING INSIDE OF
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES.
BUT DOCTORS SAY THAT WE'RE
HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, WE'LL
HIT A PLATEAU AND THEN WE'LL
START TO GO DOWN.
YOU ONLY KNOW THAT YOU PEAKED
WHEN YOU SEE IT IN THE REARVIEW
MIRROR.
>> Reporter: THIS OUTBREAK HAS
A LAG TIME.
THOSE WHO ARE LOSING THEIR LIVES
NOW BECAME SICK ABOUT TWO WEEKS
AGO.
AS THE NUMBERS OF NEW INFECTIONS
SLOWS DOWN, SO TOO WILL DEATHS.
>> WE'RE IN THE LUCKY POSITION
OF TRYING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S
NEXT WITHOUT HAVING GONE THROUGH
THE HELL THAT OTHER COUNTRIES
HAVE GONE THROUGH.
>> Reporter: BUT THE PRIME
MINISTER INSISTS THAT HELL COULD
STILL HAPPEN AND CANADIANS MUST
BE PATIENT.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: IT WOULD BE TERRIBLE
IF WE WERE TO RELEASE
RESTRICTIONS TOO EARLY AND FIND
OUT THAT WE'RE SUDDENLY BACK IN
ANOTHER BIG WAVE OF COVID-19.
>> Reporter: AFTER EASING
EARLY RESTRICTIONS, JAPAN
RECENTLY DECLARED A STATE OF
EMERGENCY AND IS NOW SEEING A
SPIKE IN DEATHS.
SO WHEN MIGHT IT BE SAFE FOR
PEOPLE TO COME OUT OF ISOLATION?
>> I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A
MEDICAL ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
IT'S A SOCIETAL JUDGMENT.
>> Reporter: RESEARCHERS ARE
NOW SPECULATING ON HOW CANADIANS
COULD RETURN TO A NEW NORMAL,
INCLUDING A GRADUAL RELEASE OF
PEOPLE FROM ISOLATION.
>> MY BEST GUESS IS THE FIRST
BATCH IS PEOPLE WHO ARE FAIRLY
YOUNG AND DON'T HAVE HEALTH
CONDITIONS.
BECAUSE WHILE THEY'LL GET
INFECTED, THEY'RE MUCH LESS
LIKELY TO GET VERY SICK OR DIE.
>> Reporter: CANADIANS HAVE
GIVEN SCIENTISTS AND THE
GOVERNMENT TIME TO FIND A NEW
PATH, BUT THERE WILL BE HARD
TURNS IN THE ROAD AHEAD.
CHRISTINE BIRAK, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: NOW MUCH OF THAT
ROAD AHEAD WILL DEPEND ON THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF CANADA'S
CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER.
TONIGHT DR. THERESA TAM WAS
ASKED ABOUT THAT TIMELINE DURING
A CBC NEWS VIRTUAL TOWN HALL.
>> THE FIRST THING AND OUR KEY
FOCUS IS REALLY REDUCING
TRANSMISSION TO A VERY LOW
LEVEL.
AND THAT MEANS TESTING.
THAT MEANS CONTACT TRACING AND
MAKING SURE THAT WE ISOLATE
CASES AND QUARANTINE THE
CONTACTS.
THAT MUST STILL CONTINUE.
EVEN IF WE GO PAST THE PEAK, WE
NEED TO MAINTAIN ALL OF THOSE
MEASURES, INCLUDING PHYSICAL
DISTANCING, FOR QUITE SOME TIME
BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF IMMUNITY
TO THIS COMPLETELY NOVEL VIRUS
IN CANADA.
>> Andrew: SO WHILE THIS WILL
BE OUR NEW NORMAL FOR SOME TIME,
DR. TAM DID APPLAUD CANADIANS
FOR THEIR EFFORTS MADE TOWARDS
FLATTENING THE CURVE.
>> Adrienne: THE GOVERNMENT
EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY TODAY FOR
EMERGENCY FINANCIAL HELP.
NOW SEASONAL WORKERS,
PART-TIMERS AND THOSE ON
CONTRACT CAN APPLY.
AND AS DAVID COCHRANE SHOWS US,
HELP CANNOT COME QUICKLY ENOUGH
FOR SOME.
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(singing)
>> Reporter: THIS IS JUST ONE
OF THE FIVE JOBS REBECCA GREY
WORKS WHEN THINGS ARE NORMAL.
SHE'S AN ASPIRING OPERA SINGER,
A PAID CHORAL PERFORMER, AN
USHER AT A CONCERT HALL.
SHE MAKES HER LIVING WORKING IN
CROWDS.
>> IT'S REALLY DRIED UP BECAUSE
THERE'S NO MORE CHURCH SERVICES,
THERE'S NO MORE CONCERTS.
MY GIGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.
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>> Reporter: SO WHEN THE
CROWDS WENT AWAY, SO DID MOST OF
HER INCOME, THE ONE JOB THAT SHE
COULD KEEP WAS TEACHING VIOLIN.
WHICH HAD TO MOVE ONLINE.
>> SO I'M MAKING $200 A WEEK
FROM THE TEACHING JOB, BUT $800
A MONTH DOES NOT COVER ANY KIND
OF BASIC LIVING EXPENSES HERE.
>> Reporter: IT WASN'T CLOSE
TO ENOUGH, BUT IT DISQUALIFIED
HER FROM GETTING FEDERAL AID
UNTIL NOW.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: IF YOU EARN $1,000 OR
LESS A MONTH, YOU WILL NOW BE
ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE CERB.
>> Reporter: THE GAP REBECCA
GRAY WAS FALLING THROUGH WAS ONE
OF SEVERAL THAT THE GOVERNMENT
IS CLOSING.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: IF YOU WERE EXPECTING
A SEASONAL JOB THAT ISN'T COMING
BECAUSE OF COVID-19, YOU'LL NOW
BE ABLE TO APPLY.
AND IF YOU'VE RUN OUT OF E.I.
SINCE JANUARY 1st, YOU CAN NOW
APPLY FOR THE CERB AS WELL.
>> Reporter: IT'S A LIFELINE,
EVEN IF IT ISN'T PERFECT.
>> THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
STEP AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT
FINALLY THEY'VE ADDRESSED SOME
OF OUR CONCERNS.
BUT THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE
THAT DYNAMIC OF EVERYONE IS
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, HOW
MUCH CAN I WORK SO I CAN STILL
GET THE BENEFIT.
>> Reporter: MISSING FROM THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT WAS HELP FOR
STUDENTS WHO DON'T QUALIFY FOR
SUPPORT RIGHT NOW.
THE PRIME MINISTER PROMISES THAT
WILL CHANGE AND THAT THE DETAILS
ARE COMING SOON.
DAVID COCHRANE, CBC NEWS,
OTTAWA.
>> Andrew: AS THAT MONEY HELPS
INDIVIDUAL CANADIANS THROUGH
THIS HARD TIME, WE ARE FINDING
OUT TONIGHT HOW HARD IT MAY
STILL BECOME.
STATSCAN ANNOUNCED THAT THE
ECONOMY SHRANK 9% IN MARCH, AND
THE BANK OF CANADA PROJECTS THAT
IT MAY CONTRACT AS MUCH AS 30%
BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.
THERE'S A GLIMMER OF HOPE, BUT
IT'S WELL DOWN THE LINE.
PETER ARMSTRONG EXPLAINS.
>> Reporter: YOU NEED LOOK NO
FURTHER THAN YOUR LOCAL MAIN
STREET TO SEE HOW HARD CANADA
HAS BEEN HIT.
THE CANADIAN ECONOMY HAS SHUT
DOWN.
THE DATA JUST CATCHING UP.
>> THERE ARE MANY, MANY
BUSINESSES THAT ARE CONCERNED,
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PAY
AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR
FATE WILL BE.
>> Reporter: GLOBAL G.D.P. IS
NOW EXPECTED TO FALL 3%.
IN WAY OF CONTRAST IT FELL JUST
1% DURING THE 2008 FINANCIAL
CRISIS.
IN CANADA, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
WILL FALL A STAGGERING 6.2%.
EVEN THE BANK OF CANADA ISN'T
SURE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
>> POLICYMAKERS CAN DO LITTLE
MORE THAN TO CUSHION THE BLOW.
>> Reporter: THE LOCKDOWN HAS
CLOBBERED JUST ABOUT EVERY
SECTOR, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE
THAT EMPLOY LOWER-INCOME
CANADIANS.
>> DIFFERENT GROUPS WITHIN
SOCIETY HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, HIT
MORE SERIOUSLY THAN OTHERS.
WE KNOW FROM THE EMPLOYMENT DATA
THAT WOMEN, YOUTH, AND
MINORITIES IN MANY CASES ARE
BEING HIT DISPROPORTIONATELY
HARD BY LAYOFFS AND FURLOUGHS.
>> Reporter: BUT IF YOU SQUINT
JUST RIGHT YOU CAN BEGIN TO SEE
WHAT A RECOVERY MAY LOOK LIKE.
ONCE THE HEALTH CRISIS SUBSIDES
THE ECONOMY WILL COME BACK TO
LIFE.
HERE LOCAL SHOPS AND BARS AND
WORKPLACES ALL HOPE TO REOPEN
EVENTUALLY.
IT WILL BE TO REBOUND.
>> Reporter: THE IMF SAYS THAT
A BLOCKBUSTER YEAR IS COMING,
THAT GLOBAL GROWTH WILL SOAR BY
5.8%.
CANADA'S G.D.P. WILL REBOUND BY
AN EYE-POPPING 4.2%, BUT THAT'S
STILL A YEAR AWAY.
>> IF YOU COULD FLIP A SWITCH
AND OPEN UP A STARBUCKS, IT'S A
LOT HARDER TO TELL PEOPLE TO GO
SHAKE HANDS AND GO TO A MOVE
-- MOVIE THEATRE.
>> Reporter: THIS PAST MONTH
HAS FELT LIKE A LIFETIME.
IT'S RESHAPED OUR
LIVES AND OUR ECONOMY IN WAYS
THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO
MEASURE YET.
PETER ARMSTRONG, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: SO THOSE CLOSURES
WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME.
TODAY BRITISH COLUMBIA EXTENDED
ITS STATE OF EMERGENCY.
>> THE CABINET TODAY REAFFIRMED
THE STATE OF EMERGENCY EXTENDING
IT FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS,
ENSURING THAT ALL BRITISH
COLUMBIANS STAY THE COURSE.
>> Adrienne: PREMIER JOHN
HORGAN SAYS THAT IT IS CRITICAL
THAT B.C. REMAINS COMMITTED TO
KEEPING NEW CASE NUMBERS LOW.
ON THE SAME DAY THAT THE
PROVINCE REACHED 75 TOTAL DEATHS
DUE TO COVID-19.
SASKATCHEWAN'S STATE OF
EMERGENCY WAS ALSO EXTENDED FOR
AT LEAST TWO WEEKS.
HOWEVER, PREMIER SCOTT MOE SAYS
THAT HE EXPECTS TO LAY OUT THE
GROUNDWORK FOR LIFTING SOME
RESTRICTIONS NEXT WEEK.
>> AND THESE ARE MAINLY
CONTRACTORS, PART-TIME WORKERS,
SEASONAL WORKERS.
CLEARLY, A LOT OF THAT WORK IS
NOT GOING TO BE DONE THIS YEAR.
>> Adrienne: HALIFAX IS
CUTTING NEARLY 1,500 JOBS AND
CANCELLING SUMMER PROGRAMMES AS
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
GRAPPLE WITH SHORTFALLS FROM THE
PANDEMIC.
WINNIPEG ALSO ANNOUNCED ALMOST
700 LAYOFFS TODAY.
THEY MAINLY INCLUDE THOSE WHO
WORK AT RECREATION CENTRES,
POOLS, ARENAS, AND LIBRARIES.
>> Andrew: WELL, AROUND THE
WORLD RESEARCH TEAMS ARE RACING
TOWARDS AN UNPRECEDENTED GOAL --
TO DEVELOP A VACCINE WITHIN A
YEAR.
IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE THAT
QUICKLY.
BUT AS VIK ADHOPIA SHOWS US, THE
PROGRESS MADE SO FAR IS ALSO
UNPRECEDENTED.
>> Reporter: IN A PANDEMIC,
THIS IS BEING PROMOTED AS
MUST-SEE TV.
>> THIS IS THE ROAD TO A
VACCINE --
>> Reporter: THE ONLINE SHOW'S
CREATOR IS PHARMACEUTICAL GIANT,
JOHNSON & JOHNSON,
ONE OF THE DOZENS OF THE
DEVELOPERS AROUND THE WORLD
RACING TOWARDS A VACCINE.
FOUR OTHER RESEARCH TEAMS HAVE
ALREADY SHIFTED FROM THE LAB
PHASE TO CLINICAL TRIALS IN
HUMAN VOLUNTEERS -- ONE IN CHINA
AND THE OTHER IN THE U.K. AND
TWO IN THE U.S.
ONE U.S. TRIAL VACCINE USES THE
D.N.A. SEQUENCE EXTRACTED FROM
THE SPIKES ON THE CORONAVIRUS.
WHEN INJECTED A PERSON'S IMMUNE
SYSTEM IS TRAINED TO SEEK OUT
THOSE SPIKES.
>> ANYTIME THAT YOU SEE ANY
SIGNATURE, SOMETHING THAT LOOKS
LIKE THIS SPIKE, ANYTHING THAT
HAS THIS SPIKE GOES POUNCE ON IT
WITH THE FULL FORCE OF YOUR
IMMUNE SYSTEM.
>> Reporter: THERE'S MORE THAN
60 OTHER POTENTIAL VACCINES IN
THE WORKS IN LABS.
THIS CANADIAN TEAM IS WORKING ON
ONE OF THEM.
SOME VACCINES USE ALL OR PART OF
A DEAD OR WEAKENED VIRUS.
OTHERS USE ITS D.N.A. OR R.N.A.
THIS VACCINE EXPERT SAYS THAT
HAVING MULTIPLE VERSIONS IS
CRITICAL.
>> SO YOU WANT REDUNDANCY.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL
OF THIS RESEARCH THAT IS BEING
DONE, AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE FIVE
OR SIX OR SEVEN OR EIGHT
SUCCESSFUL VACCINES BECAUSE WE
HAVE A WHOLE GLOBE TO PROTECT.
>> Reporter: VACCINES USUALLY
TAKE FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS OF
LAB RESEARCH, ANIMAL STUDIES AND
CLINICAL TRIALS IN HUMANS.
BUT CORONAVIRUS RESEARCH IS
MOVING AT HYPER SPEED, A
POTENTIAL RISK.
>> MY CONCERN IS THAT IN THE
FEAR AND IN THE HASTE
TO DEVELOP A VACCINE WE MAY BE
TEMPTED TO TOLERATE LESS THAN
OPTIMAL SCIENCE.
THAT TO ME SEEMS UNACCEPTABLE.
>> Reporter: HEALTH OFFICIALS
PREDICT THAT IT WILL BE ANOTHER
YEAR BEFORE A VACCINE IS
APPROVED FOR WIDER USE.
WITH NO TREATMENT OPTIONS ON THE
HORIZON,
IMMUNIZATION IS THE ONLY ENDGAME
IN THIS PANDEMIC.
VIK ADHOPIA, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: CANADA'S
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES ARE SOME OF
THE HARDEST HIT IN THIS
PANDEMIC.
>> MY GOAL AND EVERYBODY'S GOAL
HERE IS THAT COVID-19 DOESN'T
GET INTO SHERBROOKE.
>> Adrienne: AHEAD TONIGHT,
LESSONS FROM A HOME THAT HAS
HELD OFF THE VIRUS.
>> THE GAME TONIGHT HAS BEEN
POSTPONED.
>> Andrew: IN OUR SPECIAL
COVERAGE, WE'LL ALSO REVISIT THE
WEEK THAT EVERYTHING CHANGED.
AND OUR DOCTORS WILL LOOK AHEAD
TO WHAT THE FUTURE COULD BRING.
* FOR THE ORDERLIES AND THE
MEDICSES *
>> Adrienne: AND A SPECIAL
MUSICAL TRIBUTE ON THE FRONT
LINES OF THE HARD TIMES.
* SING A COUPLE VERSES FOR THE
DOCTORS AND THE NURSES *
>> Adrienne: WE'RE BACK IN
>> Andrew: TODAY THE MAYOR OF
LOS ANGELES SAID THAT HE MAY
CANCEL CONCERTS AND SPORTING
EVENTS TO 2021.
IT'S AN INDICATOR OF THE LONG
ROAD AHEAD.
BUT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS A
DIFFERENT MESSAGE.
AND AS PAUL HUNTER TELLS US,
IT'S ONE THAT MANY AMERICANS
WANT TO HEAR.
>> Reporter: IN THE U.S.,
GROWING FURY AT THE STILL SHUT
DOWN ECONOMY.
THIS DEMONSTRATION TODAY IN
LANSING, MICHIGAN, SLAMMING THE
STRICT
GUIDELINES TO STAY AT HOME.
DEMANDING A RETURN TO NORMAL IN
THE FACE OF EXPERTS WHO WARN
THAT IT'S STILL TOO EARLY FOR
THAT.
>> OUR COMMUNITY IS STRUGGLING.
WE WANT TO GO BACK TO WORK.
WE HAVE EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE PAYCHEQUES TO ISSUE.
WE HAVE BILLS TO PAY.
THE ONLY STORES OPEN ARE
WALMART, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
IT'S TIME TO OPEN UP.
THE SICK ARE BEING TAKEN CARE
OF.
IF YOU'RE SICK, STAY HOME AND IN
YOUR HOUSE.
THE ONES THAT CAN WORK NEED TO
WORK.
>> Reporter: ELSEWHERE
DESPERATION.
CHECK THIS MONSTER LINEUP FOR
FOOD IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, WHERE
HANDOUTS TO THOSE WHO HAVE
ALREADY RUN OUT OF EVERYTHING.
AND OUTSIDE LOS ANGELES, MORE
CARS IN THE MANY HUNDREDS.
SAID ONE VOLUNTEER, THEY'LL KEEP
GIVING UNTIL THE FOOD RUNS OUT.
>> President Donald Trump:
WE'LL BE THE COMEBACK KIDS.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT DONALD
GIVING UNTIL THE FOOD RUNS OUT.
>> President Donald Trump:
WE'LL BE THE COMEBACK KIDS.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT DONALD
TRUMP SAID THAT THERE'S ENOUGH
PROGRESS ON COVID THAT HE'LL
ANNOUNCE TOMORROW NEW GUIDELINES
ON REOPENING THE ECONOMY.
>> President Donald Trump: WE
WANT TO GET OUR COUNTRY BACK,
AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, AND
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT SOON.
>> Reporter: HEALTH OFFICIALS
HAVE
WARNED THAT REOPENING TOO SOON
COULD BE A WARNING OF A SURGE OF
COVID.
AND THERE'S STAY AT-AT-HOME
ORDERS TO MID-MAY.
>> WE'RE STILL IN THE WOODS.
>> Reporter: IN NEW YORK
TODAY, GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO
SAYS HE'S NOW ORDERING ALL NEW
YORKERS
TO CARRY MASKS WHENEVER THEY
STEP OUTSIDE.
>> AND THEY MUST WEAR IT IN A
SITUATION WHERE YOU CANNOT OR
ARE NOT MAINTAINING SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
>> Reporter: STILL, TRUMP SAID
TONIGHT THAT THE U.S., WHICH
LEADS THE WORLD IN CORONAVIRUS
DEATHS, IS NOW PAST THE PEAK ON
NEW CASES.
HE SAID THAT HIS ANNOUNCEMENT
TOMORROW PERHAPS MAY MEAN STATES
THAT CAN SOON COULD RE-OPEN WILL
BE VERY EXCITING.
PAUL HUNTER, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Adrienne: UP NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," WE LOOK AT THE WEEK
THAT COVID-19 CHANGED OUR WORLD.
>> OUR WEATHER IS 6° IN
VANCOUVER RIGHT NOW.
>> Adrienne: SCENES LIKE THAT
MAY FEEL LIKE A LIFETIME AGO,
BUT IT WAS JUST FIVE WEEKS AGO
THAT A DECLARATION SET OFF A
DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS.
>> Andrew: OKAY, IN A FEW
MOMENTS OUR DOCTORS ARE HERE TO
TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.
INCLUDING PRETTY BIG ONES LIKE
THIS -- WHAT CONCRETE SIGN ARE
YOU LOOKING FOR
>> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK.
WE'VE BEEN THINKING HOW TO MARK
THE START OF THIS CRISIS, WHAT
DAY.
THE VIRUS FIRST APPEARED IN
DECEMBER IN WUHAN, THE FIRST
CASE IN CANADA AT THE END OF
JANUARY.
THAT DIDN'T YET FEEL THAT IT WAS
HERE.
MARCH 11th THOUGH, THAT WAS A
TURNING POINT.
THE WEEK THAT FOLLOWED, THE
RAPID FIRE SERIES OF EVENTS,
LEADING TO THIS LIMBO THAT WE
LIVE NOW.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE WEEK THAT
OUR WORLD CHANGED.
>> OUR WEATHER 6° IN VANCOUVER
RIGHT NOW.
>> Adrienne: CONSIDER WHAT
CANADA LOOKED LIKE ON THE
MORNING OF MARCH 11th.
IT WAS THE WEEK BEFORE MARCH
BREAK IN MOST OF THE COUNTRY.
SCHOOLS OPENED, THE PLANES
FLYING, THE STREETS BUSY.
CANADA'S FIRST COVID DEATH HAD
BEEN A FEW DAYS EARLIER.
AND TOTAL CASES HERE 100, AND
THE TOTAL CASES IN THE U.S.
1,000, THE TOTAL CASES IN ITALY,
10,000.
THAT COUNTRY WAS THE ADVANCED
WARNING OF WHAT WAS COMING.
MAYBE THAT MORNING COVID-19 FELT
DISTANT TO YOUR LIVES.
THAT WOULD CHANGE BY NIGHTFALL.
THAT DAY THE W.H.O. DECLARED IT
A PANDEMIC.
>> WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED.
>> Adrienne: THEN EVERYTHING
MOVED QUICKLY AND STRANGELY.
AND AN NBA GAME AROUND 8:40
p.m. WAS ABRUPTLY CANCELLED.
>> THE GAME TONIGHT HAS BEEN
POSTPONED.
>> Adrienne: EVERYONE ORDERED
OUT BECAUSE UTAH JAZZ PLAYER
RUDY GOBERT HAD TESTED POSITIVE.
HE, BY THE WAY, IS A PLAYER
PROVOCATIVELY TOUCHING ALL OF
THE REPORTERS' RECORDING DEVICES
TWO DAYS EARLIER.
A JOKE, HE SAID.
NOT FUNNY.
OVER ON ANOTHER CHANNEL, THE
FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE SARAH PALIN WAS
RAPPING AS A PINK BEAR.
IT WAS ON "THE MASKED SINGER."
>> President Donald Trump: MY
FELLOW AMERICANS --
>> Adrienne: A PERFORMANCE
INTERRUPTED BY A PRESIDENTIAL
STATEMENT AROUND 9:00 p.m..
A TRAVEL BAN FROM EUROPE.
>> President Donald Trump:
THIS IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE AND
COMPREHENSIVE EFFORT TO CONFRONT
A FOREIGN VIRUS IN MODERN
HISTORY.
>> Adrienne: AND JUST AS THE
WORLD WAS DIGESTING THAT, A
QUICK REMINDER THAT ANYONE CAN
GET THE VIRUS.
TOM HANKS AND HIS WIFE DECLARED
THEY HAD COVID-19.
THIS IS A SPECIAL EDITION OF
"THE NATIONAL."
A STRANGE NIGHT.
THE PENNY HAD OFFICIALLY
DROPPED.
CONSIDER THE PACE OF THE NEXT
FEW DAYS.
MARCH 12th, SOPHIE GRÉGOIRE
TRUDEAU TESTS POSITIVE FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS.
THE NHL SUSPENDS THE SEASON.
AND CANADA WAS GETTING TO KNOW
THE NAMES AND THE FACES AND THE
MEASURED COMPASSIONATE THOUGHTS
OF THE MEDICAL OFFICERS OF
HEALTH, CLEARLY WORRIED ABOUT
WHAT WAS COMING.
>> I JUST KNOW HOW STRESSFUL IT
IS FOR OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM,
FOR MY COLLEAGUES, AND FOR
FAMILIES THAT ARE DEALING WITH
THIS.
>> Adrienne: THE COME HOME AND
THEN STAY PUT MESSAGE STARTED
COARSING THROUGH THE COUNTRY ON
FRIDAY THE 13th, OF ALL DAYS.
>> TODAY MY ADVICE IS TO
POSTPONE OR CANCEL ALL
NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF
CANADA.
>> Adrienne: WHILE NEARLY HALF
A MILLION CANADIANS ABROAD
STARTED WORKING ON TRYING TO GET
HOME, SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES
HERE STARTED SHUTTING DOWN.
FOR A MOMENT AT LEAST FOR THE
KIDS THE IDEA OF CANCELED
CLASSES FELT LIKE A NOVELTY.
>> I HAVE TO GO TO MY
GRANDPARENTS.
>> Adrienne: ANXIETY HAD
CERTAINLY CREPT IN FOR THE
ADULTS.
MONDAY MARCH 16th, A
DECLARATION THAT WOULD HAVE
SEEMED UNTHINKABLE WEEKS
EARLIER.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WE WILL BE DENYING
ENTRY TO CANADA TO PEOPLE WHO
ARE NOT CANADIAN CITIZENS OR
PERMANENT RESIDENTS.
>> Adrienne: AND THE ECONOMIC
COSTS OF COVID WERE MOVING IN
HARD.
THE DOW JONES LOST NEARLY 13%,
THE BIGGEST ONE-DAY DROP SINCE
THE STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1987.
DID WE GRASP A FEW WEEKS AGO
THAT THE ECONOMY WOULD GET SO
BAD SO FAST?
THAT THE INFECTION NUMBERS WOULD
CLIMB SO FAST?
THAT MONDAY MORNING, CANADA HAD
425 CASES.
THE UNITED STATES, 4,000.
ITALY, 25,000.
DID WE REALIZE ON A
ST. PATRICK'S DAY WITHOUT
PARADES AND A SCHEDULE WITHOUT
SPORTS THAT WE WERE LEARNING HOW
TO CHEER FOR A NEW TEAM?
THIS WAS THE WEEK THAT WE FIRST
GOT OUT THE POTS AND THE PANS
FOR THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
THINK OF WHAT THAT RITUAL HAS
BECOME.
THAT'S THE WEEK THAT COVID-19
BECAME A PRISM THROUGH WHICH WE
NOW LOOK AT EVERYTHING.
SCIENCE SOARED IN RESPECT.
TRAFFIC, WHERE DID THAT GO?
AND GENEROSITY, MAYBE WE ALWAYS
KNEW THAT WELL WAS DEEP IN
CANADA.
ONE COVID LEGACY LET'S HOPE
THAT LINGERS.
(*)
>> Andrew: WELL, THAT WEEK
ADRIENNE JUST DETAILED CHANGED
LIFE IN CANADA, LEADING TO AN
INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FIVE WEEKS.
AND YOU HAVE HAD LOTS OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-19 IN THAT
TIME.
WE HAVE BEEN ANSWERING AS MANY
OF THOSE QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE
EACH AND EVERY NIGHT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
DO SO.
TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING YOUR BIG
PICTURE QUESTIONS, WHERE ARE WE
WITH THE PANDEMIC?
WHEN WILL LIFE GET EASIER?
JOINING US NOW IS DR. TASLEEM
NIMJEE,
AN E.R. PHYSICIAN AND DR. ISSAC
BOGOCH, AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE
SPECIALIST.
HELLO TO THE TWO OF YOU.
DR. NIMJEE, THE FIRST QUESTION
GOES TO YOU, PARTICULARLY
BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK IN A
HOSPITAL.
IT SEEMS THAT HOSPITALS AREN'T
SEEING THE SURGE THAT MANY WERE
FEARING.
WHERE IS YOUR ANXIETY LEVEL NOW
ABOUT OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
GETTING OVERWHELMED?
>> YOU'RE CERTAINLY RIGHT THAT
WE ARE BREATHING A LITTLE BIT
MORE EASILY TODAY THAN WE WERE
SIX WEEKS AGO WHEN THIS ALL HIT
AND STARTED.
TO SAY THAT THE ANXIETY LEVELS
HAVE DROPPED DRAMATICALLY WOULD
BE AN OVERSTATEMENT.
I THINK THAT THEY'RE CERTAINLY
NOT AS HIGH AS THEY WERE BEFORE.
AND, YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT THERE
ARE SOME THAT ARE SPECULATING
THAT WE MAY ACTUALLY BE AT PEAK
AND WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT
SEEING THOSE EXPONENTIAL CURVES
THAT WE WERE DREADING.
THERE'S CAPACITY IN THE SYSTEM
TO DEAL WITH THE INFLUX THAT
WE'RE GETTING AT THIS POINT.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO START
PEELING BACK SOME OF THE
MEASURES BOTH IN THE COMMUNITY
AND WITHIN THE HOSPITALS.
AND BY THE ONES IN THE
HOSPITALS, I MEAN, REALLY SORT
OF HOLDING BACK ON SURGERIES,
ELECTIVE SURGERIES, AS WELL AS
OTHER SURGERIES THAT WE ARE NOT
DOING AT THIS TIME AND THAT WE'D
CERTAINLY LIKE TO DO AND NOT
HOLD OFF
INDEFINITELY.
BUT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL
AND STRATEGICALLY AND TO
METHODICALLY LOOK AT HOW WE CAN
REINTRODUCE SOME OF THAT WITH
THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE SO
THAT WE DON'T DO THE EXACT
OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE HAVE GAINED
HERE IN TERMS OF NOT THEN REALLY
SORT OF OVERWHELMING THE SYSTEM.
>> Andrew: RIGHT, BECAUSE HOW
BENEFICIAL IS MORE TIME?
I MEAN, IF CANADIANS CONTINUE TO
BE ON GOOD BEHAVIOUR, WHAT DOES
THAT BUY YOU?
>> IT BUYS US A LOT AND IT'S
VERY BENEFICIAL.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT THAT WE NEED
TO UNDERSTAND IN TERMS OF THE
SEROLOGIC TESTING, AND HOW MUCH
OF OUR
POPULATION IS IMMUNE, FOR
EXAMPLE.
IF WE START REALLY REPEALING
THOSE MEASURES VERY QUICKLY AND
HAVING PEOPLE STARTING
RE-ENTERING SOCIETY AGAIN AS
THEY WOULD HAVE BEFORE, WE STILL
REALLY RUN THE RISK OF HAVING A
LOT OF PEOPLE GETTING SICK VERY
QUICKLY.
SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF PIECES
THAT WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER
HERE, INCLUDING REALLY RAMPING
UP OUR TESTING, LOOKING AT
SEROLOGIC TESTING WHEN WE'RE
ACTUALLY
LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN DO THIS
CAREFULLY.
>> Andrew: OKAY.
DR. BOGOCH, DOES FINDING A
VACCINE THE ONLY THING THAT WILL
MAKE THINGS MOSTLY NORMAL AGAIN?
>> SADLY, I THINK THAT THE
VACCINE IS REALLY OUR DURABLE
WAY OUT OF THIS SITUATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT'S
GOING TO BE AT LEAST 12 TO 18
MONTHS IN THE FUTURE.
BUT WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE
VACCINE, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS
VIRUS IS REALLY GOING TO GO AWAY
ANYTIME SOON.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT SEE
PLACES WHERE THERE'S SPIKES A
BIT.
WE MIGHT SEE PLACES THAT
MIGHT HAVE LOWER LEVELS OF
TRANSMISSION AS TIME GOES ON.
BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO DISAPPEAR.
AND, UNFORTUNATELY, WE REALLY
NEED TO POUR ALL OF OUR EFFORTS
INTO HAVING AN EFFECTIVE VACCINE
TO REALLY GET THIS UNDER
CONTROL.
SO THAT WE CAN RETURN TO LIFE AS
WE REMEMBER BEFORE.
>> Andrew: I HEARD AN AWFUL
LOT FROM SENIORS AND
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PEOPLE WHO
FEEL LIKE THEY'RE UNDER HOUSE
ARREST
UNTIL A VACCINE COMES OUT,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TOO MUCH AT
STAKE.
IS THAT GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE
TRUE?
>> SADLY, WE KNOW THAT THOSE
INDIVIDUALS AND THE POPULATION
OVER THE AGE OF 60 AND PEOPLE
WITH
UNDERLYING CONDITIONS,
INCLUDING
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUPPRESSED
IMMUNE
SYSTEMS, THEY ARE AT GREATEST
RISK OF HAVING A POUR OUTCOME
FROM THIS INFECTION.
IN THE PRE-VACCINE ERA THERE'S
ONLY SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO,
RIGHT?
HOW DO WE PROTECT THESE
INDIVIDUALS FROM GETTING THIS
INFECTION?
SO, SADLY, IT COMES DOWN TO
PHYSICAL DISTANCING MEASURES AND
REALLY SETTING UP POLICIES IN
PLACE TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE AT RISK OF HAVING THE
GREATEST CHANCE OF HAVING A
SEVERE OUTCOME JUST DON'T COME
INTO CONTACT AND DON'T GET --
DON'T GET INFECTED WITH THIS.
IT'S HARD TO DO AND TRULY A
VACCINE IS OUR WAY OUT OF THIS.
>> Andrew: DR. NIMJEE, WHAT
CONCRETE SIGN ARE YOU LOOKING
FOR THAT MIGHT SIGNAL THAT WE'RE
BEATING THIS THING?
>> YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS LOOKING
FOR A SIGN, WE ALL ARE.
BUT, REALLY, AGAIN, THIS GOES
BACK TO IT BEING SO COMPLEX AND
NEEDING MULTIPLE PIECES OF A
PUZZLE TO REALLY COME TOGETHER.
AND PART OF THAT IS AS
DR. BOGOCH TALKED ABOUT, IS
HAVING A VACCINE SO THAT WE CAN
THEN LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD AND
ACTUALLY
LOOKING IN THE REARVIEW
MIRROR WITH THIS, AS OPPOSED TO
BEING SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
BUT CERTAINLY TO BE ABLE TO SEE
A DECREASE
IN HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS, AND A
DECREASE IN CASE FATALITIES,
COMBINED WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF
IMMUNITY IN YOUR POPULATION
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THROUGH
VIGOROUS TESTING AND SEROLOGIC
TESTING THAT YOU HAVE COME TO
THAT POINT, THEN YOU CAN START
TO BREATHE A LOT MORE EASIER
THAN YOU CAN RIGHT NOW.
>> Andrew: DR. BOGOCH, YOU SEE
THINGS THE SAME WAY?
>> YEAH, I MEAN, WE REALLY NEED
TO SEE A LOT OF THINGS FALL INTO
PLACE BEFORE WE SEE LIFE SLOWLY
RETURN BACK TO NORMAL.
THAT INCLUDES REALLY ENSURING
THAT THERE'S A REDUCTION IN THE
NUMBER OF NEW CASES PER DAY,
ZERO HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND, YOU
KNOW, THE FEWER USE OF HOSPITAL
RESOURCES RELATED TO COVID-19.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT
METRICS THAT WE CAN FOLLOW THAT
WILL TELL US IF WE'RE HEADED IN
THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> Andrew: DR. BOGOCH AND
DR. NIMJEE, I LEARN A LOT EVERY
SINGLE TIME I TALK TO YOU AND
TONIGHT WAS NO EXCEPTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, ANDREW,.
>> HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
>> Andrew: AS WE MENTIONED WE
WILL BE ASKING YOUR QUESTIONS
ABOUT COVID-19 EACH AND EVERY
NIGHT OF THIS PROGRAMME SO SEND
US YOUR QUESTIONS.
YOU CAN MESSAGE US DIRECTLY ON
INSTAGRAM @CBCTHENATIONAL OR
YOU CAN SEND US AN EMAIL AT
COVID@CBC.CA.
JUST PUT "THE NATIONAL" IN THE
SUBJECT LINE.
>> Adrienne: IT'S BEEN ONE OF
THE BIGGEST CHANGES TO OUR
LIVES.
WE'RE BEING TOLD TO STAY APART
AND TO STAY HOME.
>> PEOPLE ARE ASKING CAN I HAVE
A BEER WITH MY NEIGHBOURS IF WE
SIT SIX FEET APART?
>> Adrienne: BUT ARE SOME
CITIES ASKING TOO MUCH WHEN IT
COMES TO PRACTISING PHYSICAL
DISTANCING?
>> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK AND
STAY HOME AND KEEP YOUR
DISTANCE.
THAT'S BEEN THE MESSAGE FROM
HEALTH OFFICIALS AND POLITICIANS
FOR WEEKS.
BUT SOME CITIES HAVE EXTREME
DISTANCING WITH HEFTY FINES.
AS SALIMAH SHIFT GEE EXPLAINS,
AS THE LOCKDOWNS WEAR ON, IT
COULD WEAR ON PEOPLE'S PATIENCE.
>> Reporter: AN EERIE QUIET IN
THE CAPITAL.
(*)
LIKE MANY THAT CAN'T GO OUT,
MARCI THOMPSON IS GETTING
CREATIVE.
>> * SIT BACK DOWN WHERE YOU
BELONG *
>> Reporter: SINGING KARAOKE
TO COPE.
(*)
(singing).
>> Reporter: AND ROPING OTHERS
IN TOO ON FACEBOOK.
>> EVERYONE'S SCHEDULES ARE
THROWN OFF AND FOR ME MUSIC IS
THERAPY.
>> Reporter: NO WONDER THAT
PEOPLE ARE RELYING ON TECHNOLOGY
AFTER STERN WARNINGS FROM SOME
HEALTH OFFICIALS.
>> WE ARE HEARING ABOUT PEOPLE
LOOKING FOR WHAT WE REFER TO AS
LOOPHOLES WITH THE RULES AROUND
PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
PEOPLE ARE ASKING CAN I HAVE A
BEER WITH MY NEIGHBOURS IF WE
SIT FEET APART?
>> Reporter: HE SAID NO BUT
THAT WAS LATER WALKED BACK.
STILL, THERE ARE STIFF FINES FOR
BREAKING THE RULES, LIKE SITTING
DOWN ON AN OTTAWA BENCH AS THIS
STUDENT ANDREA PLANT FOUND OUT.
>> WE HAD NO IDEA THAT WE WERE
DOING ANYTHING WRONG AND $750 IS
A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR ME
SO I'LL MAKE LESS THIS MONTH
THAN THIS TICKET COSTS.
>> Reporter: STILL, THE PRIME
MINISTER IS ASKING FOR ALL
CANADIANS TO
SACRIFICE, PERHAPS FOR MONTHS.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WE ALL HAVE TO DO OUR
PART TO FIGHT COVID-19.
AS IMPATIENT PEOPLE ARE GETTING
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE NEED
TO CONTINUE TO HOLD ON.
IF WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW HAS
SACRIFICES, IT WILL BE WORTH IT.
>> Reporter: IT'S A FINE
LINE -- POLITICIANS CALLING FOR
A WARTIME EFFORT.
>> WHAT WE CAN PRODUCE, WHAT WE
CAN MANUFACTURE --
>> Reporter: BUT RESTRICTIONS
CAN WEAR THIN, SAYS THIS
HISTORIAN.
>> THOSE WARS WERE VERY
DIVISIVE EVENTS AND YOU HAD DEEP
CANYONS AND CAVES IN SOCIETIES.
THERE'S LIMITS ON THE SACRIFICES
THAT CANADIANS ARE WILLING TO
MAKE FOR THEIR COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: IT COULD ERODE
THE MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON
AGAINST THE VIRUS, HOW WILLING
CANADIANS ARE TO MAKE SACRIFICES
FOR THE GREATER GOOD.
SALIMAH SHIVJI, CBC NEWS,
OTTAWA.
>> Andrew: WELL, NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," A SUCCESS
STORY FROM A CANADIAN LONG-TERM
CARE HOME.
>> I HAVE A HEAVY WEIGHT ON MY
CHEST.
>> Andrew: HOW THEY MANAGED TO
KEEP THE VIRUS OUT AND SAVE
LIVES INSIDE.
>>> BUT FIRST, OUR LATEST
COVID-19 HOW-TO GUIDE AND WHAT
TO DO ABOUT YOUR SMARTPHONE.
YOU TOUCH THINGS EVERY DAY AND
THEN YOU TOUCH THIS, AND MAYBE
YOU EVEN PUT IT TO YOUR FACE.
SO HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU CLEAN
IT?
>> WE KNOW THAT THIS VIRUS CAN
STICK TO SURFACES FROM TWO HOURS
TO 48 HOURS.
IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO
WIPE THE PHONE DOWN PERIODICALLY
THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO KEEP IT
CLEAN.
>> Andrew: FOR THE CASE IT
DEPENDS WHAT IT'S MADE OF, BUT
GENERALLY SOAP AND WATER WILL DO
THE TRICK.
FOR THE PHONE ITSELF, YOU WANT
AVOID USING TISSUE OR PAPER
TOWEL
BECAUSE THAT CAN SCRATCH THE
SURFACE.
YOU ALSO WANT TO AVOID BLEACH OR
ANY TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD CLEANER
BECAUSE THERE'S AN OIL RESISTANT
COATING ON THE PHONE THAT YOU
DON'T WANT TO RUIN.
SO HERE'S WHAT YOU DO.
YOU TAKE A DRY, CLEAN MICROFIBRE
CLOTH AND YOU JUST SORT OF
PRECLEAN THE SURFACE, WIPING
GENTLY.
BUT FOR THE DISINFECTION WHAT
YOU WANT IS AT LEAST 70%
ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL.
THIS IS 99% AND IT'S EVEN
STRONGER AND THAT'S OKAY, IT
WON'T DAMAGE THE PHONE.
IN ANYTHING IT WILL DO A BETTER
JOB TO KILL THE VIRUS.
AND TAKE A LITTLE BIT AND DAB IT 
ON TO THE CLOTH.
THIS IS WHAT
SAMSUNG AND GOOGLE AND APPLE ALL
RECOMMEND.
AND THE LAST TWO SAY THAT
TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD DISINFECTANT
WIPES WILL DO THE TRICK AS WELL.
>> Andrew: WE'VE BEEN TELLING
YOU ABOUT JUST HOW HARD
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES HAVE BEEN
HIT BY COVID-19.
THERE'S BEEN DOZENS OF OUTBREAKS
AND HUNDREDS OF DEATHS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
BUT TONIGHT DAVID COMMON TAKES
US INSIDE ONE FACILITY THAT SO
FAR MANAGED TO KEEP THE VIRUS
OUT.
>> OUR FIRST RED WINE --
>> Reporter: BACK IN NORMAL
TIMES GROUP GATHERINGS AT THIS
SASKATOON LONG-TERM CARE HOME
WERE THE DAILY HIGH POINT.
TODAY THE COMMON AREAS ARE SHUT
DOWN AND HAVE BEEN FOR MORE THAN
A MONTH.
>> WE CLOSED THE ART STUDIO, WE
HAVE CLOSED THE SPIRITUAL CARE
CENTRE, OUR GATHERING SPACE, OUR
PHYSIO GYM AND OUR O.T. AREA AND
OUR GREENHOUSE, OUR POOL.
>> Reporter: WE FIRST MET SUE
ELLEN BEADY A YEAR AGO INSIDE OF
THE HOME THAT SHE RUNS IN
SHERBROOKE.
THEY'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT THEIR
DIFFERENT APPROACH HAS MADE LIFE
BETTER FOR THE SENIORS WHO LIVE
HERE.
A DIFFERENCE WHICH MAY HAVE
SAVED THEIR LIVES AMID A
PANDEMIC WREAKING A DEVASTATING
TOLL IN CARE HOMES ACROSS
CANADA.
>> I HAVE THIS HEAVY WEIGHT ON
MY CHEST.
MY GOAL AND EVERYBODY'S GOAL
HERE IS THAT COVID-19 DOESN'T
GET INTO SHERBROOKE.
>> Reporter: SHERBROOKE TOOK
ACTION SOONER THAN MOST BEFORE
ANY ORDERS CAME FROM GOVERNMENT,
CLOSING THE HOME TO VISITORS,
EVEN TAKING THE TEMPERATURE OF
ALL STAFF STARTING WAY BACK IN
MID-MARCH.
SOMETHING THAT MANY OTHER HOMES
STILL AREN'T DOING.
ELDERS NOW EAT PHYSICALLY
DISTANCED, BUT
THEY CAN TAKE RISKS HERE THAT
OTHERS CAN'T BECAUSE STAFF DO
NOT MOVE BETWEEN SECTIONS OR
BETWEEN HOMES AS THEY DO IN SO
MANY OTHER FACILITIES.
>> WE'RE ASKING OUR STAFF TO GO
STRAIGHT HOME, TO NOT BE
ENGAGING WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS
WHO DON'T LIVE WITH THEM, TO NOT
MIX WITH THE NEIGHBOURS, NOT
GOING INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES OR
HAVING PEOPLE INTO THEIR HOMES.
>> Reporter: IT SEEMS THAT THE
RESIDENTS ARE PART OF THE
WORKERS' BUBBLE, LIMITING THE
RISK OF TRANSMISSION.
SHERBROOKE HAS NO COVID CASES
AND HERE IN SASKATCHEWAN THERE
ARE FAR FEWER INFECTIONS TOO.
>> WE ARE IN A LITTLE BIT OF AN
ADVANTAGE HERE IN THAT SOME OF
THE OTHER PROVINCES AND
COUNTRIES WERE WAY AHEAD OF THE
GAME BEFORE WE GOT INTO IT.
AND SO WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF
LEARNING FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: IT'S NOT JUST
THAT THE VIRUS ARRIVED HERE
LATER OR THAT SHERBROOKE ACTED
SOONER.
BUT THAT THE HOME WAS JUST
BETTER SET UP ALREADY.
ITS STAFF LESS MOBILE, LESS
LIKELY TO CARRY THE VIRUS.
THE HOME SAW EARLY WHAT WAS
COMING AND SHUT THINGS DOWN.
EVERYTHING BUT CARE.
DAVID COMMON, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: "THE MOMENT" IS
NEXT.
WE ASK MUSICIAN JOEL PLASKETT
FOR HIS TAKE ON THIS MOMENT IN
TIME.
HIS MUSICAL TRIBUTE IS NEXT.
>>> BUT, FIRST, AS WE GO TO
BREAK...
[BELLS TOLLING]
THE GREAT BELL OF NOTRE DAME
RANG TODAY TO MARK ONE YEAR
SINCE FIRE RIPPED THROUGH THE
850-YEAR-OLD CATHEDRAL.
THE TIMING COINCIDED WITH THE
PARISIANS APPLAUDING HEALTH CARE
WORKERS FROM THEIR BALCONIES AND
THEIR WINDOWS.
COVID-19 HAS DELAYED
RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS, BUT THE
FRENCH PRESIDENT PROMISES THAT
IT WILL BE DONE WITHIN FIVE
YEARS.
[Applause]
>> Andrew: OVER THE PAST FIVE
WEEKS CANADIANS HAVE HAD TO
ADAPT TO A NEW REALITY -- EMPTY
STREETS, SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES
CLOSED DOWN, AND CALLS TO STAY
APART.
BUT DESPITE THE EXTRAORDINARY
CHALLENGES, WE'VE ALSO SEEN THIS
COUNTRY COME TOGETHER DAY AFTER
DAY, FINDING NEW WAYS TO SPREAD
MESSAGES OF HOPE AND THANKS.
[HORNS HONKING]
>> Adrienne: TONIGHT WE WANTED
TO END THE SHOW A LITTLE
DIFFERENTLY AND REFLECT ON THIS
MOMENT THAT WE'RE ALL
EXPERIENCING TOGETHER.
SO WE ASKED CANADIAN MUSICIAN
JOEL PLASKETT TO SHARE HIS WORDS
WITH US.
>> Andrew: SO HERE HE IS WITH
HIS SONGS "FRONT LINES OF THE
HARD TIMES," A TRIBUTE TO THOSE
WHOSE REALITY HAS UNDOUBTEDLY
CHANGED THE MOST.
THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
APRIL 15th.
GOODNIGHT.
>> Adrienne: GOODNIGHT.
(*)
(*)
* IN THE ECONOMIC CRISIS 
* WHILE WE SING A COUPLE VERSES
THROUGH ELECTRONIC DEVICES * FOR
THE DOCTORS AND THE
NURSES *
* AT THE FRONT LINES OF THE
HEART *
* FOR THE ORDERLIES AND THE
MEDICS *
* IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 
(*)
* WHILE THE WORLD IS SLOWING
DOWN *
* LET'S REMEMBER THAT IT IS
SPINNING *
* AS WE'RE TURNING OUT THE LIGHT
* THE NIGHT IS ONLY JUST
BEGINNING *
* WE HAVE ALWAYS 
* BEEN CONNECTED 
* HAVE WE BEEN TOO LONG OUT OF
TOUCH *
>> APPRECIATE IT.
>> * AS THE PLAY WENT UNDIRECTED
* DID THE ACTOR SAY TOO MUCH 
* SO WE RETURN TO THE CENTRE 
* WE THANK OUR LUCKY STARS 
* WE'VE GOT EACH OTHER IN THIS
DEAL *
* SO LET'S SING A COUPLE WORDS
FOR THE
DOCTORS AND THE NURSES *
* AT THE FRONT LINES OF THE HARD
TIMES *
* GETTING REAL  AT THE FRONT
LINES AND THE
HARD TIMES *
* FROM THE NIGHT TIME TO THE DAY
TIME *
* THROUGH THE DARK CLOUDS UNTIL
THE
BLUE SKIES ARE REVEALED *
