America. Reporting from new york, im laura trevelyan. The u. S. Navy hospital arrives as doctors scramble to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Minutes of silence in madrid as people remember thoseost to the virumo spain now ha infection than china. This could be quick. Laura its not exactly a horse race. Commentators are using their skills to entertain us in this age of self quarantine. For all of you watching on pbs and around the world, welcome to world news america. There is a grim atmosphere in new york tonight. Coronavirus here in the last a alone. The u. S. Hasore confirmed cases than anywhere in the world. Three out 150,000. Be staying home. Also President Trump extender social distancing until april 30. In manhattan, health is arriving by land and by sea. We have reports. Reporter sailing into new york is ready for battle. The citys deepening war against the coronavirus is just weeks from its peak, so it is all hands on deck. Ncoronavirus patients will be sent here to take the stress off of overwhelmed hospitals. Prd nation has hur plea for help here in new york city. D not be a bett example of all of america pulling for new york city than the arrival of the u. S. Ns comfort. A major momentronarus. Reporter in central park, construction is underway for another emergency hospital. In less than a month the decile has surpassed 1000. Please for help are being met by volunteers, and even the United Nations has donated medical supplies that are in short supply. Where fighting for our lives o we are fighting f lives. We are also scared. Report this is an emergency physician at two hospitals serving lowincome communities in the city. She took ts video of a pediatric er in brooklyn that has been turned into a makeshift isolation room to protect healthcare workers from covid19. Not only is she concerned about patience andself, but also who have contracted the virus. I reached out to my therapist and said i need you again, because this is hard. This is tough. I dont want to carry this burden on me. Reporter the looming threat urban and rulommunities led President Trump to extend social distancing guidelines to april 30. This footage t countryhows just how much everyday life has shifted from the streets to online. Is forcing americans to get creative and to go without lifes luxuries, like a haircut. I can cut hair. Reporter pop singer pink and others took scissors into their own hands. Bbc news. Laura for more onhe medical crisis, im joined by dr. Li na wen. Anks so r. Much for being wus we. W york city heof the coronavirur cerent will eated across the coming weeks . I do. We know that new york is the epicenter now, but there are places that are not far behind. Louisiana, michithn have sounded alarm, among other places. Frightening thing is that we truly do not know what other places our next because of lack of texting. We just know what is the true degree of Community Spread all across the country. And there are many other places er ierastructure is not even close to what it is in new york. D is truly sobering to see what is happening in new york with lack of supplies,ith health care workers, potential rationing of ventilators. To know that can happen all throughout the country. Laura given that even hospitals here in new york citbeing we need to know that we are week, if not months behindare where we should but we actually know what needs to be bene. We know based on projections done by our oaledwn arngove ventilators and other supplies are needed. We also know based on demand , the calls for action that are being put out by governors all throughout theoury, what pends toap h thatfederal government needs toe responsibility and have a National Coordinated effort. Because this is a wartime mobilization. This is not a onetime event that hits one area of the country like a hurricane and omoturcacen be deployed fr prs. Pandemic. We have widespread production of these resources. We need to get that to the states and locales hardest hit now, but also have a plan for how to get it to the rest of the countrbecause we are barely on mile one of the marathon and we are really here. Laura the president has said that between one hundred thousand and 200ul00 americans die, does that seem like a staggering figure to you . It is. These projections also are based on the best case snario. Meaning if we are able to get our health care syst stilized, get testing so that we can contain covid19d , we can do the best possible social distancing, which is not what is happening in the u. S the moment with this with all the states doing different things. Even thinking opleths 40imhe nuer d,0eabos00 a00ut 1 now. We are all going to end up knowing someone, a loved one, who has died were fallen seriously ill from coronavirus. And i cant imagine the pain and suffering that americato are now goine facing in the coming months. Even under this ideal scenario. Laura the president has extended social distancing until april 30. Is that an optimistic scenario, optimistic, it is a step in the right direction, because previously, the president had talked about easter as a deadline, which would have not been the responsible or scientific thing to do. It appears he has listenedho public hea experts in this, however we also know that for social distancing to bet effective,eds at least eight to 10 weeks to work. We would not be there by the end of april. We also did a number of other criterium to work before relaxing guidelines come guidelines, we have to see numbers areorrect. Meaning we have to have to trust in order to trust the numbers are correct. Laura thank y so much for being with us, dr. Wen. Lets tu trn n the president and how americas federal system is dealing with thcoronavirus pandemic. This is a professor of law George Washington university and a bbc legal analyst, he joins me jonathan, thanks for being with us. Can the tcan the president t . The president can use the defense production act, which he has, to orde the production of particular products. It can even interfere with existing contracts. Nkwhat i teople have to keep in mind is that the u. S. Leads th states as the primary governments that control pandemics or Public Health emergencies. And that is not necessteily a bad s the federal government is there to support, tmarshal national sources, shift them to the states as they become necessary. Tbu in 2002, we had this debate over the authority of pandemics, and the states were quite adamant the governors have to have control over their indidual states. K. That system can w the problem isot a lack of authory or necessarily a plan, it is resources. We are trying to catch up to greatly enhanced consumption, things like ve masks, personal protective equipment. Laura s,orntil meanwhile, jonats weeken the president was talking about imposif a quarantinew yorkers. Then he walked away from it then he backed away from it. Have the power to quarantine americans . He es hdoe does not have thar under constitutional or statutory law. The federal law does allow cdc, our health indiduals who show symptoms of a contagious disease. Provisions that are generally wrten, which states fail to deal with a pandemic, it allows the cdc to seven. To step in. We saw the flare up th new york. Governor cuomo threatened to sue, he said this was almost a declaration of war. But ineality, this pressure did not come from the federal government, it came from other governors. Harhode islansaid that they are looking for any new yorkers were fleeing the state. Who are fleeing the state. Florida has rejectedngew yorkers coown to their state. This is creating tension between states. Laura how about our elections, jonathan . If this carries on, could we vote by mai as joe biden suggested perhaps we should if we are in the middle of an outbreak . We could. There is room at the alcove of t our constitutimake changes. The requirement is to vote. There is no specification of how ur os. Type of votsystem. Ct it is a little earely tmake dc is suggesting we ok at a peak of aboutwo weeks, around the time of easter. I think that people are waiting to see f h this virus will adndre where thespse peaks occur in different parts of the country. In the meantime, theal government is using et production act for companies thatre not at maximum production. Laura thanks so much for joining us. Spain has crossed a new tle with tin its b coronavirus. Overtaking china in the number of infections. There are no more than 85,000 cases in spain. Only the u. S. And italy have more. Tough new restrictions came into force tay as the capital, madrid, held a moment of silence to remember those lost. We have reports. Reporter the new normal in spain. The countrys once buing capital is now a virtual ghost town. Spain has been in lockdownor over two weeks. But now, that has been further, as neressential woare being told to stay at home. The spread of the virus through care homes has beeone reason why the deathate in spain has been so high. The vast majority of spaniards have beenkdn, but the rnment hopes these new reinrced measures will help bring the virus under control. And that in turn will take the essure off the health care service, which is under enormous strain. An all too common site, ambulance after speeding through the streets. Heover 12,000 th care workers have contracted the virus, and many feel they lack the protection they need. Even at this critical stage. It is frightening when somebodys saliva gets on your face. That is when you are most afraid. Reporter the government says the measures taken are starting to pay off. We are seeing improvement in the number of infected citizens. Were seeing an improvement in terms of the curve is starting to show a differrend. I think it is a little bit unfair to pinpoint the spain to spain being aexceptional case in what i see as a general case around the world. Reporter the lockdown has been a challenge for spaniards. A massive change of lifestyle for society that loves ra in. [singing] snycross mainland europe, singing seems to be cathartic. Almost any way to get through it. These young women up by cheerine healthen workers who have sudd become national heroes. [cheering and applause] bbc news, madrid. Laura we are seeing in spain and all over the world that for healthcare workers. There has been a sharp fall the new coronavirus cases in italy the country worst affected by the pandemic. S theountry is heading in the right direction after three weeks of lockdown, but the death rate lags behind. The because of the coronavirus outbreak. A van gogh painting has been stolen. Dhe museum owner said he was angry, shocked, aid. The netherland has over 11,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. Amazon workers here in new york city wen to went on strike today, worried aut their safety after a fellow coworker became ill. Instacart employees also walked out. Strikes have taken place as demand for Home Deliveries skyrocket at the age of quarantine and working from home , not only here in america, but in the u. K. The u. K. Economy depends on a whole army of workers. We have been talking to those on the fron line. Reporter they are a hidden army. Low paidng workers rishe disease to keep the economy going. We have cauliflower, other stuff, peas. Reporter marco is one of thousands of Truck Drivers restocking the nation. s been really busy. Its been back andorth. We do five or six stores a wii, s been 15, 20 so far. A week, its been 15, 20 so far. Reporter those deliveries matter i the nation supermarkets. The nations supermarks. Keeping the u. K. Fed. Inpat is aumwage hero, stocking empty shelves. Av we do ha concern of being amongst the crowds. All thyears i worked in supermarkets, i donthink i have been this busy at christmas time. Its been really manic. Reporter panorama askedther minimumwage workers to gein across the country, people responded. Hi, im seth. Its been a busy morning. Probably done about 25 trucks were so. Reporter millions fighting the disease for minimum wage. Laura you are watching bbc world news america. Still toe, com a new tool in the fight against coronavirus. U. K. Engineers told a device breathe help patients without the need for a ventilator. Theres been a surge in new cases of coronavirus in japan amid fears that lack of widespread testing hasllowed d. Ecvirus to spreadteet u heres rupert wingfieldhayes. Reporter these newreally i thie insignificant pickup in the number of confirmed Coronavirus Infections in jstan over the eek or so. We have seen a particular rise, aarticularly large rise here in tokyo over the last few days. On saturday and sunday, we saw more than 60 new cases. On both days. That is much higher than we have seen in previous days. Japan looked like it had this epidemic well under control, for most of the last month. The figures had been going up, but going up very, very slowly. Suddenly, the middle of last week, started to look like there was an acceleration. Laura engineers in the u. K. Have developed a tool that could keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care. The device sends oxygen to the t lungs withe need for a ventilator. Itas created in just a few days. Our medical correspondent w reports. Reporter for the very sickest covid19 patients, a mechanical ventilator offers the best chance of survival. It takes over the job of breathing, giving the lungs a patients on ventilators need to be seded, and they require expert staff. The nhsof has a thousanhem. It is planning to acquire another rate thousand suppliers in the coming weeks. It is estimated over 30,000 could be needed at the peak any this doctor spoke to us just after coming off shift in intense care. Ey it is encouraging that the government said ould try and find 30,000 ventilators. I think that it looks as if less than a third of those might be available within the next few weeks. I think this epidemic will peak in the u. K. Reporter there has been communication confusion ter the u. K. Failed to join a plan to source extra vtilators. This new device has been approved by conast. Cpap, they are already used in the nhs, but are in short supply. So a team in london working with mercedes formula one devised a new one. Normally, medical Device Development would take years. In this instance, we have been able to do it in days. Reporter the University College london hospital, which demonstrated the device, is now using its o treat patieth coronavirus. Sincerely think it may actually save many lives by preventing patients from needing to go int a ventilator, then again saving the vital ceresoor tho most still. Reporter they the working to at aextra ne p ace toeeth mif this goes well, thens formula one says it can produce over 1000 of these a day. In a, around half of covid19 patients a cpap or cpap did notld greatly relieve pressure on the nhs. Laura encouraging. With millions stuck at home, everyone isryg to make the most of a bad situation. Take britains top sporting broadcasters all procedures sporting eeents have allcanceled, generating, well, anything at all. Reporter who says sports in lockdown . It will be so proud of grandpa tonight. This is about making people laugh. Being stuck at home does not have to be an awful experience. We have all got to get through humor and a little twist on traditional sport. Reporter braced by two of the greats. This commentat was one of the first a few weeks ago to make the every day accelerating. Over th shoulder leggings is going to get there. Three titles in three days. Reporter cricket cmentator, delivering a daily piece of, sports in comments. Its actually quite a lot of fun. I think she is enjoying it a bit more now than when we started. I think, really, she did it to keep daddy amused when we first started. As long as we are putting smiles on peoples faces, that is the most important thing. Reporter earlier this month, the bbc was trying to stay impartial. Now, doing this. You can see the ctrast in styles. Happy to be alive. Everything is amazing. Reporter every sport is out there, you just have to find it. Laura inally, the mes stay indoors has come fromti cians, doctors, but how do you make the message stick . Maybe it takes a grudge. Oscar, the grouch, to be precise. The se street staple has told us to scram, go home and stay there. Oscar has been entertaining children in the u. S. For more than 50 years, so we really should listen to him. Stay home, and washing hands. Im laura trevelyan. Presentation of this program is provided by. Man babbel, an Online Program developed by language specialists teaching spanish, fren, d more. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by cutions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Mr. Rogers its a beautiful we are the curious. Od. Won 1 wow man 1 the adventurous. Man 2 oh daniel tiger grrr woman 2 those venturing out for the first time. All blast off [rockeexplosion] man 3 and those w have never lost our sense of wonder. Man 4 whoa man 5 are you seeing this . [quacking] vo we are the hungry. St cookie mon cookie man 6 the strong. Muhammad ali i must be the greatest man 6 t e strong. Vo the joyful. 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