The United States struggling to get ahead of the coronavirus epidemic ripping through the country. Johns hopkins reporting that almost 8,500 people have died here, and that number is rising quickly. President trump says its about to get much worse. This will be probably the toughest week between this week and next week. There will be a lot of death, unfortunately, but a lot less death, athan if this wasnt don, but there will be death. The White House CoronavirusTask Force Says these next two weeks are crucial to flatten the curve saying social distancing is still the most important tool. Despite that, the president is still refusing to issue a national stayathome order and eight states still do not have one. Meanwhile, state leaders are warning of dire medical supply shortages. The governor of illinois, for example, says they dont have enough tests to see how many people even have the virus. He says the lack of a federal plan is creating what he called the wild west out here. And for the next hour we have teams around the globe bringing you their reports from london to madrid to orange, california. We begin in washington, and the White House Coronavirus task force. Jeremy diamond tells us what the president and his advisors are doing. Reporter well, as the United States marked a record on saturday for the single most coronavirus deaths reported in a single day, President Trump warped of the reality that things are about to get a lot worse. The president warning that this will be a horrendous time for the country, saying that there is going to be a lot of deaths in the coming weeks, specifically this next week to come. But the president even as he said that, in the next breath we heard him also talking about the extent to which he would like to see the country begin to reopen. This has been a singular focus for the president , particularly as he looks at the economy in a reelection year. So the president once again sending mixed messaging. I did get a chance to ask the president on saturday though about this issue of ventilator shortages. Ventilator manufacturers have been ramping up production, sometimes in cooperation with a manufacturers. But even as they do that there is still likely to be a shortage of ventilators. That at least according to the models. So i asked the president about that. Ventilator manufacturers are doubling, tripling, quadrupling production in some cases. Thats true. Reporter medical experts and some of these manufacturers are predicting there will still be shortages of tens of thousands of ventilators. Is it time for you to level with the American Public that there likely will be shortages of ventilators in some cases . Could be. I mean, you could have shortages. It could also be that you have some that way overestimated the number of ventilators they need. We think that we have a good amount ready to move, i mean literally like an army are ready to move to any hotspot. But some of the ones that you are talking about, always a nasty question from cnn, but some of the ones because i think that, frankly, you know you know dwha . You have asked that question ten times over the course of about a month. Look, we are mobilized and ready to go. We have a lot of ventilators e ready to go. And if we had given them all out, we wouldnt. And you would be overstocked in many areas. Reporter the president conceding indeed there could be a shortage of ventilators in parts of the country. That as the Coronavirus Task force coordinator dr. Debbie birx said the apex of this coronavirus pandemic in several hot spots in the United States is expected to hit in six to seven days. That is a question of weeks and months, not a matter of days. But the president faced questions on another front, and that is why he is not urging governors, these eight republican governors in the United States who so far have refused to issue stayathome orders. The president saying its not his role to direct governors, but at the same time suggesting he might change his tune if indeed there is a nsignificant outbreak in one of those states. Of course, what we know is that because of that asymptomatic spread, once you see an outbreak in many cases its already too late. Jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. And joining me now in atlanta, cnn medical analyst dr. Matthew. Good to see you, doctor. You are a primary care physician, a Public Health specialist. Perfect for this. I mean, every day we are hearing stories of the courage really of Health Care Workers, the risks that they are facing themselves, exhaustion, tears, hard decisions. Speak to the levels of stress being faced by those on the front lines. Michael, good day to you and to our viewers across the world. I am not even sure, michael, i can really give you a pulse of whats going on in the Emergency Rooms and in the icu settings all over the United States. I happen to be part of this chat line with the emergency room doctors and i am telling you it is extremely painful. Its literally like walking into a war zone and you dont have the ammunition or, if you have the ammunition, its failing. You dont have enough ventilators. You dont have enough personal protective equipment. You dont have enough masks. How are our Front Line Health Care providers supposed to take care of patients that are literally dying when you dont have enough equipment and the means to do it . How worried are you about the shortages of that sort of equipment, the protective equipment, especially when it comes to the health of doctors, nurses, emts, all of those who are dealing with infected patients . I mean, there is the risk of potential attrition, obviously. Absolutely. I am extremely worried. I think this will be an understatement if i told you that i dont think about it literally every minute of the day. Its a very painful situation because we are in the beginning, if you will, of the pandemic. We are just at the very beginning of climbing up that curve. We are not even able to talk about flatten the curve right now. And hundreds of people are dying in new york. So it is extremely frustrating because its not like my fellow physicians and Health Care Providers can just decide to not go to work the next morning. They are scared. I have physicians that are writing their wills. They are 28 and 29 years old, talking to family members if something should happen to me, you know, i want to be a dnr. I do not want to be resuscitated. Give the ventilator to a patient that might need it. Its pretty painful, michael. Unimaginable really. I did want to ask you about the president on saturday. I mean, pushing and pushing and pushing this drug hydroxychloroquine which is used for malaria and lupus. The president was basically on a sales pitch in that briefing. It was extraordinary. What do you have to lose . People should take it, try it, try it, take it. What did you make of all of that coming from a layman . I am a physician. I am a scientist. I am a Public Health specialists. I believe in Clinical Trials and making sure these medications are put to the test. I was born and raised in west africa to east indian parents. I have taken that drug for preventing malaria, which is fairly common in west africa where i grew up. Yes, in medication has been on the market for a long time. Yes, we know the side effects and the benefits like you mentioned. Its used to treat Rheumatoid Arthritis and lupus and malaria. The problem is we dont have enough Clinical Trials to assess the safety in covid19. It would be very difficult for me and my physician colleagues to say take the medicine, try it, because we dont really have the scientific proof. And you have to remember there could be a lot of side effects like heart problems and heart arrythmias in certain patients that take this medicine in addition to azithromycin. It was a curious performance. The insistence on it was extraordinary. I wanted to ask you your thoughts on the fdas plan to have people who have recovered from the virus donate plasma to people currently suffering from the virus. I want to play some sound from the fda commissioner. We have allowed Academic Centers and laboratories and hospitals around the country to do this on a compassionate use basis. We pulled this together in an expanded Access Program and ran it through the red cross because they have the greatest system and capacity for doing this. This allows us to scale up so when people are sick we can have these donated plasma packs given to the patients who are sick. What is your thought . How promising is that avenue . You know, we dont know how promising that can be. I tell you what is promising, michael, is that we are talking about certain things that are going through the pipeline right now, one of which is withdrawing the plasma or drawing the blood of a patient who has recovered and checking their antibody levels and see if that could be given to a covid patient to make sure they recover. There are some Promising Research ideas that are going on on that front. Its all very new. This is an evolving story on a virus we are not familiar with at all. Yeah, we keep coming back to it. There was some more articles in the New York Times and Washington Post today about how infuriating is it that precisely the situation we are in was predicted . Cnn counted ten different government reports from 2003 to 2015. There was another one in 2017. Another one just last year. The Current Health and Human Services box alex azar said it was a threat that worried him most, yet here we are. That doesnt help in the present. How frustrating is that looking back . Extremely fraustrating. If you realize that, yes, maybe you had a chance to get a head start. We are late in the game here. But ultimately what i want to be also is a voice of hope. We are in the middle of this pandemic and we have to just deal with it and move forward, and if we all can just sort of stick together like dr. Fauci mentioned, we really need to make sure that all states really have a handsdown shelter in place type program so people are not doing it in sort of a patchwork. The only way to decrease the number of new infections and fatalities, michael, is to do this together. Yeah. Exactly. Still eight states not doing that, all republican states, and no guidance from the president to make them do it. Dr. Matthew, i appreciate it. Thank you so much. Thank you, michael. And as dr. Matthew mentioned there in that interview, the fda is allowing people who have recovered from coronavirus to donate their plasma that is filled, of course, with potent antibodies. We have a story of a covid19 survivor who is doing that right now and hoping to help others get well. Reporter the antibodyrich plasma from recovered covid19 patients is valuable to hospitals because they can use it to treat current patients who are in dire straits. Here at st. Josephs hospital in orange, one of the only in the west, they found their man, jason garcia, 36 years old, recovered from covid19. Garcia was going through some tough times of his own. He had been isolated from his family inside his house. He couldnt even pick up his 11monthold daughter. He was getting served food underneath the door. But once garcia recovered, they found that they could use him here. He donated his apositive blood to one person at this hospital who is undergoing some very tough times. They say that patient turned around. Then blood went to a second patient, it will go to a third, and garcia is ecstatic. It felt amazing. It felt good. I am glad that the nightmare of testing positive and the fear, the dread to, you know, know that i recovered and now that this bad thing can now potentially, my antibodies are there to give to other people and potentially help them fight the fight that they are having problems with, you know, pretty much help them fight the fight of their lives and survive. So im glad that this turned out to be a positive thing. Reporter so using the blood from somebody who has survived the disease is a longtime strategy. Now the fda has approved two trials of treatments from covid19 survivors like jason, and this is going to be developed in other areas around the country no doubt. Reporting from orange, california. Back to you. Thanks to paul there. Now, the u. S. President donald trump spoke about the controversy of the navy captain, Brett Crozier on saturday. He was the commander of the uss Theodore Roosevelt until he sent a letter regarding concerns. President trump said sending it outside of the captains chain of command wont appropriate. I thought it was terrible what he did, to write a letter. I mean, this isnt a class on literature. This is a captain of a massive ship thats nuclear powered. He shouldnt be talking that way in a letter. He could call and ask and suggest, but he stopped in vietnam. A lot of people got off the boat. They came back and they had infection and i thought it was inappropriate for the captain of a ship to i dont want to comment as to whether or not, but i agree with their decision 100 . The navy says 155 sailors from the roosevelt have now tested positive for the virus. Now, in his letter crozier pleaded with navy leaders that Decisive Action is required. The navy says his removal wasnt for raising his concerns, but how he did it, by by passing the chain of manned. He had a lot of support from the sailors. The sudden rush for coronavirus testing in the united kingdom. 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Health officials warning the death toll likely will be high for the next couple of weeks. The pregnant partner of the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson says she is recovering from symptoms of the disease, although she hasnt been formally tested. Mr. Johnson, of course, tested positive and continues to selfisolate. Nick paton walsh is live for us in london. Lets talk about the testing. Testing or lack of it still a huge issue in the u. S. And one that is not sorted in the u. K. , right, nick . Its an issue globally. Absolutely, michael. And the u. K. Somewhat behind the rest of the world in trying to acquire the testing. Its now realized it urgently needs to keep nhs staff on the front line. They cant go to work if they have symptoms or someone in their family does. They obviously fear they might infect other patients. I am standing in london. As the weather warms up in london and we go into the peak two weeks. Now 600 dying daily, or reported dying daily, staggering numbers, frankly. These parks have been filling up with people to the criticism of government officials saying have you not heard our message of only two people in public gatherings . This is Early Morning and still a lot of people out. It will get busier later on during the day. This testing crisis has britain on edge. It is no longer needed for us to identify every face. Reporter for the u. K. Testing was not a priority a month ago, yet now it is. Because it is so important. Reporter why now . The u. K. s sudden rush to testing perhaps explained by a rapid health care testing center. Behind me here nearly a tenth of Health Care Workers arent turning up to work because they are not sure if they have the disease. Thats a question increasingly difficult for britians to answer. A gold standard. It is named after the dance, results in 90 minutes and its easy to test and process. I can teach it to you if you know how to cook, you know how to do this, which leaves half of the men out. Reporter one line means negative. Two, a slight infection. Three, a bad one. So you are negative. Reporter kickstarted by 3 million from a wealthy donor. The company says it costs 24,000 a machine and 38 a test. But they cant make enough of them to ensure its 99 accuracy fast enough. The u. K. Health service wants a lot, now they say. Health workers, officials all want a test, but thats just not possible. Its really i said like a worldwide tsunami and you dont have the life jacket for the whole world. Reporter and here in a cramped airless office in old street london a life jacket for sale. Right angled used to do health dna testing and is now repurposing kits to test the coronavirus for abou