Infect over time the only way we can flatten the curve now is getting everyone on the same page with regard to the safety and precautionary measures plus joe biden and Bernie Sanders went head to head. We have the latest as we kick off your monday. Early today starts now good morning im lindsay reiser. Glad youre with us im Francis Rivera americans have to hunker down even more. The sweeping guidelines come as the death toll reaches 67. In new york, schools are out one of the Largest School systems in the country shuts down so far, over 10,000 schools across america have closed their doors. A move that affects millions of children tom hanks shares an update from isolation hes thanking all the people helping him battle the virus after he and his wife rita wilson tested positive theyve been in isolation at gold coast hospital in queensland, australia. Members of the media undergo new screenings at the white house. Officials started conducting temperature checks for those in close contact with President Trump and Vice President pence shutting down the peace corps. Told volunteers its suspending operations. The organization is trying to evacuate their volunteers from several posts around the world and in schools across the country close their doors, scholastic is trying to help millions of kids stuck at home they launched a learnathome website for free courses for students the Company Behind dior wants to help relieve the Hand Sanitizer shortage using their facilities to create if officials crack down on one man that tried to profit after selling Hand Sanitizer the company pulled them after they caught wind the Attorney Generals Office of tennessee made sure he donated the rest of the supplies an Investigation Continues airports around the globe are grappling to contain the coronavirus in morning americans arriving home from europe waited in lines to be tested nbc Jennifer Johnson has more. Reporter shoulder to shoulder travelers no social distancing at u. S. Airports as americans returning home from europe wait several hours to be screened for covid19 federal officials are local officials are furious. Hundreds and hundreds of people and thats exactly what you dont want in this pandemic. Reporter complicating the situation . A hand full of tsa officers are testing positive for the virus as ohios governor closes all bars and restaurants indefinitely, the nations top Infectious Disease doctor is raising the possibility of a 14day nationwide lock down. Keeping people out of public places. I think we should really be overly aggressive and get criticized for overreacting. Reporter he said theres no plans yet for Domestic Travel restrictions the white house promising millions of more tests will be available soon. We will now have access in the days ahead to more than 2,000 labs across the country that have the equipment today to process coronavirus and tests. Reporter new yorks governor is calling on the president to activate the military to build makeshift medical centers before hospitals are overrun. Use them to come in right now, identify existing facilities that can be retrofitted, and use them to do it reporter nike, urban outfitters, and other retailers have announced theyre Closing Stores for two weeks walmart reducing hours to restock and sanitizer. And the city of hoboken is instituting an overnight curfew. Drastic measures to stop the deadly virus Jennifer Johnson, nbc news, washington parents across the country are scrambling trying to juggle hie child care and their jobs as schools announce closures. In new york city parents got less than 24 hours notice. Here is nbcs morgan chest i can. Reporter the schools are closed from coast to coast the precautionary step for covid19 forcing parents to figure out what comes next. Its frustrating. Its anxietyinducing. How will they do work and keep up . You know, its kind of hard to kind of figure it out you know, its kind of scary reporter at least 25 statewide School Closures have been issued impacting around 27 Million Students facing mounting pressure from teachers and parents new yorks Public School system will close. Schools like los angeles and houston have done the same. Im afraid it will be longer than that. Unfortunately, at this time, i dont know what well do reporter both work and with three kids out of Public School, the concern is equal parts child care and school work. Our schools dont push the Online Education so much so theyre going to have to scramble and put something together reporter at houstons private episcopal high, students prep for a new kind of classroom, asking questions via web cam. All you need is laptop and wifi. Yeah. Reporter its that yeeasy yeah. Laskly a school day online you go to the classes in the same order but via computer reporter how long are you willing to go remote here . Were able to go remote virtually as long as we need to. Until summer and beyond if we have to. Reporter teachers are turning to programs like iready and zoom to keep kids on track. We dont have anything in place, we have to figure stuff out. Reporter a test for everyone now facing an uncertain future nbc news other countries on lockdown, the spread of the coronavirus is forcing more and more borders to shut around the globe. Especially in hardhit europe which has become the epicenter of the pandemic. This morning italy and spain are lock down and france order the closure of tourist attractions, caves, and more. China, the birthplace of the virus is reporting a dramatic drop on cases. We turn to li live in london good morning reporter good morning. Thats right china has seen a decrease in the number of cases worldwide infections have grown to more than 87,000, while inside china cases stood at just over 80,000. A global death and infections from the coronavirus have surpassed those inside china for the First Time Since the beginning of the outbreak. Europe, as you said, is now being described by the World Health Organization as the epicenter of the pandemic. And italy is the worst affected country in europe with the highest global mortality rate outside of china its recorded 368 new deaths its largest number of fatalities in a day since the start of the outbreak bringing the total number of deaths to a staggering 1,809 people in a chilling reminder, a newspaper showed the impact of the coronavirus. The number of obituary pages jumped from 2 to 10 in the space of five weeks. The Spanish Government is poised it declare a 15day National Lockdown later on today to battle the coronavirus people would only be allowed out for emergencies, to buy food, or go to work with 191 deaths and just over 6,000 infections spain is the worst hit country in europe after italy. France is closing nonessential places after reporting a sharp rise in cases there. Francis . Drastic to hear ali, thank you there are fears this morning that our Health Care System could be overwhelmed by coronavirus. Our experts doctors john torres explains how prepared we are reporter at any given normal time, honts are almost in full capacity and the doctors and nurses are mostly working at the maximum level they can work. There are currently around 45,000 icu beds in this country, you have to remember, they are currently occupied by patients already using them so coronavirus patients will add everyone more to the burden. The fear is surge capacity. Do we have enough beds for the amount of sick people that require intensive care we know we dont in fact, its a certainty we dont have enough intensive care beds, places to put people, nor the equipment the ventilators and Everything Else to treat those severely ill individuals we wont have enough respiratory ventilators. A big limiting factor the number of ventilators we have around 160,000 by some estimates, even a modern epidemic can cost 200,000. At that point, what has to happen is doctors need to make a triage decision who can stay on the ventilator, who needs to be removed. Were talking about flattening the curve were talking about the math mall call projections of how many people this virus will infect over time. The only way we can flatten the curve now is by getting absolutely everyone on the same page with regard to the safety and precautionary measures without testing, to be honest, were flying blind its impossible to say until we get the tests out and running. Its put us far behind where we need to be the biggest way to control coronavirus is to keep it contained. So the best thing you can do is practice that rigorous hygiene we keep talking about. Washing your hands regularly, keeping your distance from others thats social distancing prepare for the Lifestyle Changes and implement now. And learning a new vocabulary i never heard of flattening the curve before and thats all you hear thanks to the doctors for that maybe some time to spend outside with fresh, clean air. Here is janessa web. Good morning. Its a great time to be outside. Im going across the east things are clearing out but watching the next storm system across the Southern Plains sparking up a few lines of Severe Weather right now across Central Texas well watch this all morning and throughout wednesday afternoon rain for Oklahoma City to Central Texas. Theres that potential of a little bit of minor flooding forecasting ohio valley to the northeast a little bit cooler to start off your week but highs still in the 50s. A great time to be outside well take a look at how long these temperatures will last coming up. Thats important. Thank you. President donald trump said in a tweet hes strongly considering a full pardon of his former National Security advisor michael flynn. 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We should be surging help to the places that are the most vulnerable we should have every Single Person that is in a nursing home being able to be tested. Reporter and the Economic Impact on individuals. Both candidates defending their records. You have been on the floor of the senate time and time again talking about the need to cut social security, medicare, and veterans programs is that true its not true. We did not cut it reporter frontrunner biden working to reach out to his rival supporters. We disagree on the detail but not the principle. Reporter and making a new commitment. I commit i will, in fact, pick a woman to be Vice President. Reporter two candidates hoping to solidify and grow support before this weeks primaries in illinois, ohio, florida, and arizona Dan Scheneman, nbc news. Still ahead, spacex scrubs a launch with less than a second to spare and love in the time of coronavirus. How a couple cebteelrad 67 years of marriage from a safe distance sts who developed it. 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Nbcs Kerry Sanders has the story. Reporter america prayed but across the nation, houses worship were empty. I know this, well continue to bring the Services Every week reporter to Saint Patricks cathedral. We especially welcome what we presume to be an exceptionally large crowd of people in union with us. Reporter the faithful tuning in online to avoid each other and Discovery Church in orlando, pastor doug cousins usually preaches to a congregation of 4,000. Thank you, lord, for technology. Is it a weird way what is happening everything though its empty here is it a hopeful time i think its a great challenge for us and people of faith we have an opportunity to show the world around us that our faith makes a difference reporter the drive in Christian Church began Holding Services at this drive in Movie Theater in 1953. Praise be to god who gathers us together this morning reporter this was a solution to a problem reporter im standing back to give you a little space but your faith now why is it important . Because i believe theres so much unnecessary fear. Reporter new ways of spreading the gospel without spreading disease. Kerry sanders, nbc news, daytona beach. A whole new way of doing things when it comes to driving, what a novel idea something you think is 0 antiquated but now. Yeah. And important to maintain hope and faith in these times like they said, grateful for technology to do so. Despite the mlb delaying opening daycare, big leaguers swung for the fences in a wifl ball game. Trevor bauer organized up the game donations topped 20,000 in just over a day what a great way to get them out there. Not doing it in the real sense of mlb but for a good cause. All the workers not getting paid have to pay the bills thank you for watching early today. You can get real time coronavirus updates on our live og at nbcnews. Com coroblna a very good monday morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Developments in the coronavirus pandemic are changing by the hour and having an impact on all of our lives. Exactly. Obviously right here things are going to look different from here on out on today in the bay. But, remember, were here for you. Were practicing some social distancing, so marcus is in our newsroom, im in the studio. Highfive to you, buddy. Were going to get through it together, wont we . Absolutely santa clara by far has the most cases with more an