Major retailers announce furloughs for thousands of employees. What you need to know if it happens to you. Plus, a startling prediction about americas workforce. And shelters in place. How the outbreak is actuaually saving the lives of pets in need of a home. We like that. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. By very vigorously following these guidelines, we can save more than 1 million american lives. Think of that. 1 million american lives. In new york, Governor Cuomo pleading for Health Care Workers from other states to join the fight. Weve lost over 1,000 new yorkers. To me, were beyond staggering already. Weve reached staggering. The Naval Hospital ship comfort arriving in new york city to relieve the pressure on hospitals overwhelmed by the coronavirus crisis. Its a wartime atmosphere. We all have to pull together. We all have to be as one in wartime. Four people are dead on a cruise ship. And now the governor is saying do not dump the rest of the passengers in florida. We think its a mistake to be putting people into southern florida right now given what were dealing with. Macys plans to furlough a majority of its employees because of the coronavirus outbreak. Furloughs will start this week. All that police in poland are trying to lift the spirits of people who are in selfisolation. Its fun to stay at the ymca ymca all that matters james corden with a starstudded coronavirus safe show. This is the first time in 2 1 2 weeks that ive not been wearing sweat pants. On cbs this morning. I know a lot of you out there are stressed because were all in isolation and no one knows how long this is going to last. But i have a simple message for all of you. America, you got this. Youve been training for this moment your whole lives. Every canceled plan, every 2 00 a. M. Netflix binge. Every grubhub order from the restaurant across the street. It was for this. Were americans. Theres nothing we do better than not doing things. Yes were the country who put a man on the moon. Yes, but were also the country where 125 million of us stayed at home to watch it on tv. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Welcome to cbs this morning. It was great to see stephen colbert. Youre right, stephen, america, weve got this. Were coming to you from each of our homes. This morning, we are practicing social distancing out of an abundance of caution like so Many Americans watching right now. My commute this morning was from the bedroom to the tv room. Took me 28 steps, and i got here on time. For us, the most important thing is that we continue to bring you the news which we will do throughout this crisis. And that, of course, is where we yeah, gayle. I know the news is not good. No, thats right, gayle. The news is not good this morning. The u. S. Has recorded its highest oneday death toll from the coronavirus. More than 500 people reported dead from the virus in just the last 24 hours. And that brings the total nationwide to more than 3100 people. Here in new york, the epicenter, the Navy Medical Ship the comfort is now docked and ready to take patients not suffering from the coronavirus and, therefore, helping desperately overrun hospitals here. Even centralark now has medical tents and mola lenghi is there. Good morning. This is the First Time Since the civil war that there have been medical tents there in central park. You got a tour. What can you tell us . Thats right. That tour was impressive and sobering at the same time. This Field Hospital is in part funded by and operated by samaritans purse. Theyre a Charity Group that provides medical relief in crisis situations. These tents youre seeing here, theyve been all over the world. Haiti after the earthquake there. West africa during the Ebola Outbreak. And now they are here in iconic central park just a stark reminderer of the crisis facing this city and the nation. Were getting a firsthand look inside these newly built Field Hospitals now set up in central park specifically for coronavirus patients. These 14 tents hold 68 beds. We are going to take overflow patients if we can call them that from some of the other hospitals. Our goal could to be get them off the ventilator and move them out of the hospital. New york is also taking extraordinary measures to deal with noncoronavirus patients. The Navy Hospital ship comfort has now docked at a pier in manhattan equipped with 1,000 beds with 2,500 more beds at the Javits Convention center. The site of the u. S. Open tennis tournament is also going to be used for 350 temporary hospital beds. Weve lost over 1,000 new yorkers. To me, were beyond staggering already. Weve reached staggering. Reporter most of new york citys deaths have occurred in the past few days. We are bracing ourselves for something weve never seen before in any of our lives. Reporter among the dead, at least three new york city Health Care Workers. The department of corrections says 167 inmates and 114 Staff Members have now tested positive. In nearby new jersey, eight residents of the lakeland nursing home have died. Others are now infected. Its a constant ache. Reporter sue obrien is a new york physical therapist with two young girls. Shes not been able to visit her husband ted who has been isolated and on a ventilator since he was hospitalized less than two weeks ago. So im living moment to moment, wondering if im going to get a phone call that they cant save him. Reporter this operation is going to be staffed by about 60 to 70 doctors and nurses. Theyll begin taking patients as early as today. Meanwhile, across the country in southern california, another 1,000bed u. S. Naval ship hospital, the mercy is taking its first patients to free up space in l. A. Area hospitals that have seen around 2,500 coronavirus cases. Anthony . Mola lenghi in central park, thanks, molea. Well over half of americans are being told not to go out to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Stay at home orders or directives are in effect in 32 states and washington, d. C. Florida has the fifth highest number of cases in the u. S. As Manuel Bojorquez reports. The governors response has been limited. We want to win the fight against covid19. Reporter floridas governor is ordering a handful of counties to shelter at home, including the states largest, miamidade and broward which already had similar orders to begin with. This is the time to do the right thing. Listen to all your local officials. Reporter critics point to scenes like this one. A closed beach on one side and open one on the other to show the piecemeal approach may not work. Still, officials in counties with restrictions are making a point of enforcing them. After defying social distancing guidelines by holding packed Church Services on sunday, the pastor of the river at Tampa Bay Church was arrested and charged with two misdemeanors. The safety and wellbeing of our Community Must always come first. And its still unclear where passengers aboard the sandam and rotterdam cruises will dock. Two patients have tested positive for covid19 and 189 patients have reported flulike sympt symptoms. Four have died. Its roughly two days from south florida. Wed like medical personnel dispatched to that ship. Reporter Governor Desantis said letting the ship dock in flau ft. Lauderdale would be a mistake. Id like to ask Governor Desantis what his decision would february his mother was on this ship. Reporter theyve been traveling since march 7th. How would he feel if another passenger dies because theyre not able to receive the proper medical care on the ship that they would have received in the hospital . Reporter Governor Desantis has also said he would like to save hospital beds in south florida for floridians and pointed out there are several foreign nationals on that ship. Currently there are 138 u. S. Citizens aboard the zaandam. Gayle . Manuel, thank you. The story of one family in utah sums up the devastating impact of the coronavirus. 24yearold Silvia Melendez died. Two other family members have tested positive and four more are assumed to have it. Silvias father who was the first to get sick told us she was a selfless person. She was really nice person. Helped every single one she can. She was very kind to every single one, and i can say bye and touch her for the last time, but i know she is with me right now. The family plans to hold a virtual wake for silvia in the coming days. Tony, this is part of the hardest thing. Its tough to lose a loved one and then you cant even gather as a family to mourn and touch and hug each other at a time when you need it so badly. A friend of mine is going through this exact thing and its very, very painful. Very painful. And the burden of loss is not being borne equally, but we can mourn together, grieve together, even from a distance, gayle. Moving on to washington. The president is saying that he may announce new social distancing guidelines today. At a briefing yesterday, he downplayed the needs of states hit hardest by the virus claiming that testing is no longer an issue and blaming medical workers for the shortage of supplies. Now hes getting pushback himself as weijia jiang reports from the white house. Reporter from the rose garden, President Trump said governors across the country were happy with the help from the federal government. Referencing a Video Conference call with them earlier in the day. I think for the most part, they were saying thank you for doing a great job. Reporter cbs news obtained a recording of the call, and while the governors did thank the president , they also raised concerns. Montana governor Steve Bullock warned the president a delay in testing could soon overwhelm hospitals in rural areas. And said his state does not have the capability to test. We just dont have enough supplies to do the testing. I havent heard about testing in weeks. Weve tested more now than any nation in the world. I havent heard about testing being a problem. Reporter at the briefing, mr. Trump praised his administration. Over 1 million americans have now been tested. More than any other country. Reporter but the u. S. Is lagging in the number of tests per capita. And President Trump lashed out when asked why. You should be saying congratulations instead of asking a really snarky question. Reporter he also repeated his suggestion that surgical masks were being stolen by Health Care Workers, claiming a vendor toemd him one New York Hospital ordered 10,000 to 20 masks before the virus but now all of a sudden, hes giving 300,000. And i said no matter how bad this is, could that be possible . Is it going out the back door . Reporter new York Governor Andrew Cuomo addressed the allegations. If he really believes that, then he should just call for an investigation. Reporter Governor Cuomo said he does not believe any equipment is being stolen. As for ventilators, President Trump said production has ramped up so dramatically the u. S. Will have enough to send to other countries in europe though he did not provide any specific numbers or a timeline. Antho anthony . Weijia, thank you. Dr. David agus joins us from his home in los angeles. Good morning. Morning, anthony. David, the fda has authorized a test that can produce results in as little as five minutes. How reliable is this test, and how significant could it be . Well, its five minutes for a positive result. 13 minutes for a negative result from abbott labs, and its transformative in a sense when a patient comes to you, i can get the result while theyre there and tell them what to do. Its the same test used for strep throat and influenza. Now they have it for covid19. Theyll be doing about 50,000 tests initially a day across the country in hospital labs and clinics. Im excited for the management of my patients, no question about it. And its accurate, you think, david . No question. I mean, this accuracy is the same technology were look at 100 letters of the 30,000 letters of the viral code. So the same as the previous tests but just the hardware enabled it to happen much quicker and easier. Okay, david. President trump has said the fda has also approved a process to sterilize the n95 masks that hospitals need so desperately. How is that going to work, and do we think thats going to help the problem in hospitals right now . Well, its certainly a piece of the puzzle in that this technology from patel in ohio is a room you can put 40,000 masks at a time and with an aerosolized gas it can kill the virus. You have a mask that can be used again. Each mask can be used 20 times. Every time its sterilized they mark it and at 20 they throw it away. Thats almost 20 times more masks if you think about simple numbers there. Things like thirs innovation from america is whats going to make us hopefully win this war. David dr. David agus, thank you. Gayle . Thank you. All right. Thank you both. New york citys police department, the largest in the country, is being ravaged by the coronavirus. More than 900 nypd employees, including more than 800 Police Officers, have now tested positive. Our lead National CorrespondentDavid Begnaud is following the impact on First Responders. What are they telling you . Gayle, ems responders here in new york city are getting nearly as many calls today as they did on september 11th. Think about that for a minute. New yorks governor says we could be two weeks away from what is the peak of the virus here. Sounds of sirens in new york city right now really stand out. And thats because its so much quieter here than normal. Everyone has been asked to stay inside. This is the scene outside my job right now. Reporter this was the Lower East Side of manhattan on monday. A nurse from nyu langone hospital sent us this video. There were nine ambulances, all backed up, trying to get patients into the emergency room entrance. We just showed our viewers video of ambulances backing up at the emergency room at nyu langon. Have you seen that . Every day. Reporter anthony is Vice President of the new York City Fire departments ems officers union. Hes also a lieutenant paramedic. Ive never seen 7,000 calls in ems. Thats more than 9 11. So basically weve had 9 11type calls for about eight days now. Reporter on sunday, fdny ambulance mechanic James Villecco died. The fdny says more than 260 of its members are currently infected. I have never seen anything like this before in my career. Or in my lifetime, to be honest. Lilian bonnsignore is the chief of operations. The fdny is telling people this. You are not seriously sick. If you are not having a true emergency, stay home. Save 911 for those true emergencies. Reporter when it comes to the nypd, more than 800 Police Officers are infected with the virus. Four members have died, including a detective who was a 23year veteran of the force. Dermott shea is the nypd commissioner. We are hurting. We are crying, and we continue to fight. We simply have no other choice. Reporter nearly 5200 members of the nypd force are sick right now. Thats about a 14 rate for them. They usually run a rate of 3 . Now most companies, including cbs, for example, i had to stay home after being exposed to a coworker who had the virus. Most would be told if youre exposed, stay home. Nypd is saying if youre sick, stay home. But if youve been exposed to someone with the virus and you dont feel sick, we need you to keep working. Boy, dafrkvid, its tough. This coronavirus has affected everybody, as we know. You dont want anybody to die but its always hard to me when i hear about First Responders who are literally risking their lives to save strangers to help them and in the process sometimes lose their lives. Its a very tough story. Listen, gayle, we keep hearing there are First Responders in emergency Bay Hospitals around the country who take a moment to cry on the side because theyre working 15 and 16hour days to answer every call coming in. Well, i hope they know their work is appreciated. Every night at 7 00 on my street, i think its happening all over the city actually, people come out and give them a round of applause and a cheer. I hope they know how much their work is appreciated and needed. David, thank you. Always good to see you. 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