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Guidelines in distancing guidelines. We have Fox Team Coverage on the latest response at home and abroad. We begin with Mark Meredith reporting live from the white house. Mark. Reporter good eave nick, jon. The president s advisor are meeting for the Coronavirus Task force, this was a briefing we expected to happen via conference call, now it is happening in the white house situation room. Weve seen a few of the advisors starting to show up. The president as you mentioned tweeted he may or may not do a News Conference out of this. Well be on standby for that. The president told reporters on saturday he believes americas governors should decide what matters most for their states when it comes to whether or not there should be a lockdown of any sort and this morning the Surgeon General backed up the president s strategy. The governors are protective of their right to be able to decide whats best for their state and were going to do everything we can as scientists and as physicians, as medical professionals to help them understand what we think is the right thing is for them to do. Reporter for nearly two hours on saturday, we heard from senior officials about what this week ahead is going to be like. The president himself encouraging americans to prepare for the worst but also hope for the best. This will be probably the toughest week, between this week and next week, and there will be a lot of deathing death, unfort. The next two weeks are extraordinarily important. This is the moment to not go to the grocery store, not go to the pharmacy, do everything you can to keep your family and your friends safe. Reporter here in washington debate is beginning under what another stimulus package may look like. You may remember Congress Just passed that 2 trillion bill a few weeks ago. Now were hearing from House Speaker nancy pelosi about what the next package may include. She writes cares two must go further in assisting Small Businesses including farmers, extending and strengthening Unemployment Benefits and giving families additional direct payments. The direct payments are in the process of being sent to americans, were told to expect that within two weeks via direct deposit. The president said he is willing to ask congress for more money for Small Businesses if more money is needed. The government launched the program for loans on friday, several businesses signing up. There have been complaints that the rollout of the process was rocky. The Administration Says they are working to make sure the businesses get the money they need. Jon. Jon Mark Meredith at the white house for us. Mark, thank you. Defense Department Official tells fox news the navy captain who was relieved of command of the uss Theodore Roosevelt Aircraft Carrier has tested positive for coronavirus. The 50yearold captain was fired from his position after writing a letter saying the virus had created a dire situation onboard the carrier. It ended up in the hands of a San Francisco Chronicle Reporter who first reported its contents last week. Navy Officials Say some 155 sailors on the Theodore Roosevelt have now tested positive for covid19. The food and Drug Administration taking steps to speed up medical manufacturing in response to covid19 as the fda pushes for new treatment options, testing for coronavirus continues to be constrained due to ongoing shortages of medical supplies like masks and gloves. The total number of cases now topping 325,000 here in the u. S. Steve harrigan is outside cdc headquarters in atlanta with more on all of that. Steve. Reporter jon, the cdc is now carrying out a number of different studies to try to determine the range and the effects of the virus on the u. S. They are taking blood samples across the nation from people in hot spots, from people who have never been diagnosed and people in special groups, like medical health workers, to try to determine the range of this illness, to try and get an accurate death rate and also to try and determine who is at most high risk. In the meantime, the fda said it continues to work night and day to try and speed treatment and testing to the American People. With respect to the issue of red tape, this is always a balance, but what were doing is trying to remove as much unnecessary regulation as possible to speed medical products to the American People. At the same time, the American People depend upon us to actually ensure that medical products are safe and effective. Reporter the mayo clinic said it will come out with an Antibody Test on monday, this will determine who has had the virus and recovered from the virus, those antibodies could be crucial to determine who is safe to go back into the workforce. Also the plasma of those that recovered who have the antibodies, that plasma can be used to treat the most severely ill. Jon, back to you. Jon Steve Harrigan in atlanta, thank you, steve. Governor andrew cuomo says new york experienced its first drop in daily coronavirus deaths but warns there is still a long way to go as new york City Hospitals prepare for a tough week ahead. Aishah hasnie is in new york city. Aishah. Reporter jon, Governor Cuomo says it is too early to tell if that drop in the daily number of deaths is going to turn into a trend. He says there still needs to be a few more days of data before he can announce that officially. In the meantime, new york state as you know expects that apex to hit in the next week, hospitals though in the area already feeling the surge. Lets show you some video now of the Washington Post providing, it shows a frightening look inside a Medical Center in brooklyn. The post reporting 80 of the 600 patients there are covid19 positive and thats a patient in every single bed in the icu and nearly all of the 25 surgical icu beds with the hospital trying somehow to find room to increase capacity because theres a backlog of patients as well. The staff calling the hospital a battlefield. I think everybodys afraid. Life at the end of this, hopefully we all make it, life at the end of this will be very, very different. Were running short on supplies all across the board. Were talking about two or three or four days supplies. Were literally going daytoday with our supplies. Reporter and new york continues to top the list of cases in the nation, 122,000, that is more than 40 of all u. S. Cases, more than germany, france or the u. K. New jersey is at 34,000, and michigan rounding out the top three with more than 14,000. And these three states also topping in the number of deaths in the country. U. S. Northern command is deploying 1,000 u. S. Navy and air force medical providers to new york city. They will arrive in the next three days. 300 of those uniformed men and women will head towards the Javits Center which is a Field Hospital in new york city. Jon. Jon Aishah Hasnie in new york, thanks. We are just learning the british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to the hospital now. 10 days after he tested positive for the virus. Meantime, Queen Elizabeth giving a rare public address today, praising Britains National Health Service and thanking the many who have volunteered during this time of crisis. Benjamin hall has more from london. Benjamin. Reporter good evening, jon. This news about Boris Johnson just breaking in the last hour or so that he has been admitted into the hospital for precautionary tests according to his doctors. He tested positive for coronavirus about 10 days ago. Since then hes been if isolation been in isolation. Hes been appearing on social media, running cabinet meetings. We dont know if he will stay overnight, we dont know the specifics or how serious it is. It does come two hours after the queen made her own very rare broadcast, calling for National Unity. Im speaking to you at what i know is an increasingly challenging time. A time of disruption in the life of our country. A disruption that has brought grief to some, Financial Difficulties to many, and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all. Reporter the 94yearold drew on her own wartime experiences and invoked the spirit of the blitz, saying every hour of hard work brings us closer to more normal times. I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge. And those who come after us will say the britains of this generation were as strong as any. The a attributes of selfdiscipline, of quiet good humored resolve and a fellow feeling still characterize this country. Reporter the u. K. Is now totally locked down and is said to be approaching the peak of its pandemic, almost 50,000 are infected, boris among them and around 5,000 dead but that figure is expected to rise by almost 1,000 a day for the next few days. So quite bitter sweet over here. On the one hand we had the queens rallying call for National Unity, on the other hand, Boris Johnson leading the task force against coronavirus being rushed to hospital. We wait to see what condition he is in or if he has to stay overnight. Jon. Jon Benjamin Hall, quite a situation there. Thank you, benjamin. Italy might file finally be coming around the curve as that country continues to see a decline in new coronavirus cases. This as pope francis marked the start of holy week, celebrating palm sunday in an empty saint peters basilica. The rate of the coronavirus outbreak is slowing in spain as well. The country with the second most infections behind the United States. Amy kellogg is live from florence, italy. Amy. Reporter hi, jon. Well, italy still holds the grim record of having the most coronavirus deaths at 15,000. Italy and spain are neck and neck for european infections with spain having about 130,000, italy about 128,000. But the spanish Prime Minister says that he thinks spain is close to passing the peak of infections and italy is quite excited about the fact that admissions to intensive care have gone down significantly and also the curve here is flattening even some people are analyzing possibly going down a little bit. The death toll today was the lowest that its been in several weeks at 525, but restrictive measures are still very much in place here and that means a holy week like none other with pope francis giving palm sunday mass in an all but empty saint peters basilica on an empty saint Peters Square which in this gorgeous springtime weather would normally be packed with pilgrims from all over the world. Police are fining people with frequency all over the country. A recent study here shows that restrictive measures have saved 30,000 lives in italy. Now, this virus as we know does not discriminate. It has killed dozens of priests and nuns. This priest lost a colleague, his father and his mother is in the hospital with covid19. It has been a tragic time for him and many in his community. Yes, its been a heavy toll on priests, Something Like 87 so far. But there have also been examples of her heroism, an exae of a dr. Riar in friar in northern italy who has gone to pray with victims and gone to help them and he says at 84, what have i got to be afraid of. Reporter so italy is of course encouraged by some of the numbers but still very restrictive measures in place and we are already launching a conversation here about how to go forward once it is safe to move on to opening up some businesses and whatnot but that discussion is in the earliest of stages, jon. Jon amy kellogg from florence. Amy, thank you. Irans president today saying that low risk Economic Activities will resume next weekend. This as that nation struggles to try to curve the spread of coronavirus. Tratrey yingst is in jerusalem h more. Reporter with more than 1. 2 million cases of coronavirus around the world, countries are responding in a variety of ways, starting in iran. We are learning that low risk Economic Activity is set to resume as early as next week. The Iranian Health ministry is reporting 3500 deaths, though some experts say the true number is likely much higher. Intercity travel remains prohibited until the middle of the month as officials warn of another wave of coronavirus outbreak there. Iran continues to claim the United States is blocking medical aid from entering the country though theres no evidence to support the statements. Now to china where in the city of wuhan reports indicate more than 10,000 enterprises have started up again. Officials are using temperature checks and other methods to ensure that people who are coming back to work arent sick. In one factory that makes car seats, production has returned to normal levels. A new report in the New York Times indicates that 430,000 people have traveled from china to the United States since this outbreak first began. It is important to note that chinese officials are being criticized in the International Community for lying about the initialouinitial outbreak numben their country. Israel remains on lockdown indefinitely with just under 8,000 active cases. One ultra orthodox town that has a high infection rate has been declared a restricted zone allowing authorities to enforce policies limiting movement. People are only allowed in or out for medical reasons. Israeli police and military continue to patrol major cities to keep people inside. Something we are learning this hour, reports in the local media indicate that there are going to be a number of other cities across israel tomorrow that are going to be locked down and remember the lockdown here looks a little different than in other countries around the world. The military is actually alongside the police force to help implement many of these new restrictions by the israeli government. Jon. Jon trey yingst from jerusalem. Thank you. Researchers at Stanford University conducting what is described as the first large scale coronavirus study in the United States. Those scientists testing the blood of more than 2,000 volunteers, part of an effort to see how many people there had the virus without becoming sick. Talk about some of the latest medical developments, dr. Ken redcross, Board Certified in internal medicine and author of bond, he also works in the hardhit area of new rochelle, new york. Doctor, for people who dont know the new york area, new rochelle was locked down before the statewide lockdown was ordered because there were so many cases of coronavirus in new rochelle. How is your city doing now . Oh, gosh, thank you, jon. Look, this is unbelievable. Here we are a community of only 80,000 people and we were totally on shutdown but weve been able to kind of bring down that curve as you hear a lot about flattening the curve. Really with a concerted effort that you hear dr. Fauci talking about. Were getting there with a sense of community. Its so important that everyone else in the United States kind of follows through to what weve been able to do. Jon well, has new rochelle sort of flattened the curve to coin that old phrase . You know what . Were going to hear a lot about that. And we actually are starting to do that. If you take a moment and listen here now, you can hear a pin drop. Everyone is inside. Everyone is making sure to wear their mask if they have to go outside. You talk about 80,000 people here making a difference for 300 Million People in the United States. So the cases are definitely getting much, much better. Jon a lot of people were surprised when the centers for Disease Control recommended that we now all of us basically start wearing those masks if we are outside. What does that do . How does that help . Its interesting. Because even when we werent quite sure what to do, i was telling all of my patients to do that. We knew that this is a respiratory virus. We knew its really about droplets. But in addition to that, also telling my patients you have to keep your immune system up each day regardless, whether if thats with vitamin c, zinc, vitamin d, whatever it took. We have to work on our immune systems now as well. Jon weve been talking about the Stanford University study, theyll be testing 2,000 volunteers looking for those who have antibodies. I think a lot of people out there think that you get coronavirus, its virtually a death sentence. But thats not the case. There are a lot of people who have recovered. There are people who have had it and didnt even know it, right . No, youre right, jon. So thats why that test you mentioned from stanford, you hear the term game c