Raised the 90,000 beds and we created and still not enough by some of these projection models. We created the overflow and city and javits, several 200 beds overflow facilities. We dont have to use them if the hospitalization rates stayed low. They are being used to some extent. Javits is being used to some extent. I have said to the hospital a number of time, if you need relief, we have it. If the hospitalization rate stays the same, we have up to a 90,000 bed capacity s capacity system, fully tasked and up to the brem. Thats a capacity i hope we dont use if we keep this curve down. You want them around for the second wave . I dont want a second wave. I dont want a third wave or 1. 5 wave. I want this to be it. Regarding testing, what is the holdup and what do you want . We rely on private Sector Companies to do these tests. They have to develop a test and buy and acquire agents to compile that test, whatever physical equipment they need for fingers or swabs or etcetera and package them and they have to have millions and they have to have millions quickly. We have to figure out how to take those tests once you have millions of products. We have been working with labs. We have been working with suppliers. Thats much easier said than done. We have not found a private tech company that can come up to scale that quickly. They cant get the reagents they. Theyre not equipped. We asked private Sector Companies to come forward that we would invest with them. I dont believe it happens without the government where they come in and says i am going to fund this and well form a consortium and well put together a new York Department of health with new york and connecticut and require reagents from other countries. I dont know if you can get all the supplies in this country. So, it is not an art form per se, we have the test, there are private companies to have the tests. The art form is the scale. It is the mobilization, the creation of the operation that can make millions and millions of tests, right . You can use ten million tests in new york tomorrow. Just on the going back to work, by the way, i would love to see people before they go into a nursing home of a new normal. Before you start visiting people in a nursing home, you take a rapid test at the front door and you get the results in 20 minutes before you walk into visit someone. Healthcare workers, test them all. How do you make private Sector Companies to do this . You dont because you are a private sector. If you have the government that can fund and mandate actions by private Sector Companies. Again, this is the private Sector Companies would be paid and god bless them and they would make a profit at it. We need a tremendous mind boggling increase in volume quickly. And i dont believe just waiting for the private Sector Companies to come up in the scale in the time frame that we need to get done. The governor of new york andrew cuomo giving his daily briefings in his state. The governor of some encouraging news. New york is flattening the curve and continue efforts to keep people social distancing. The sad part the governor says 777 new yorkers died yesterday from the coronavirus. Almost half of the United States total, 7,844 deaths. In new york, new york is making progress, hospitalizations are down and intensive care use are falling from yesterday to today. Yes, it is time as President Trump start thinking about when you can reopen the economy but the governor is very calm lowkey language delivering a shock at the white house. The governor says we better be careful. New york would need millions and millions of coronavirus tests. First diagnostic tests as well as antibody tests. He hes calling on the federal government to have wide scale testing. Something that the president says is not necessary s. Lets discuss this. Dr. Taft, when you hear the governor of new york when we need millions of tests, the president of the United States says we are not going to have massive testing. Can you reopen the American Economy without mass siive testings . The governor is cat goegoricy correct. The idea that we could at this moment in time opening the economy before we have really got the peak of this country is not feasible. For us, we are still earlier in the curve but our numbers are rising significantly at this point. Dr. Phillips, he mentions two sets of testings, number one is diagnostic tests and the Antibody Testing is did you have it in the past . Thats exactly right. Thats important as we move forward down. On the west coast we are coming on the backside of this. We want to think about opening the economy, how do we not get a second wave like the governor was talking about. If you have antibodies to the virus and if you have the virus even without symptoms, you should be immune. It is like every other virus out there. We want to be able to let people get back into the economy and other people that are at high risk, if we can start screening and do a lot more tests available to start screening people and certify them as covid clear. Different places in this country are at different places in the curve. Some people are still moving up. It is really important to understand where we are so we can understand where we are going. I know you are from boston and you know that we have the Boston Marathon here next week and unfortunately we wont have it. We are at that steep upward where they call a Heartbreak Hill here. We are still going up and it will be sometimes before we plateau and get to the end. Barpart of my question here. The president talking about regional or piece by piece reopening. We have a global economy, once you start reopening and people start getting back on airplanes and traveling around the world. I want you to listen to dr. Fauci who this has been this consistent. Hes part of the team that convinced the president to extend the deadline until the end of the month. He keeps on saying the virus is running the show. The virus kind of decides whether or not it will be appropriate to open or not. What we are seeing right now are some favorable signs, i would want to see a clear indication that you are very, very clearly and strongly going in the right direction. The one thing you dont want to do is you dont want to get out there and prematurely and whine up and back in the same situation. The last part there is much like governor cuomo. You dont want another wave and send people out of their houses and sending them back to work and backup as we go again. Let me ask you this way. In defense of the president , he says 20 more days of this. Do you see anything in the data that suggests to you if the current progress continues 20 days from now that well have a conversation yeah, we are ready. I think whats essential is what dr. Fauci is talking about is that the problem here and we are taught to treat the disease and not the symptoms. The problem here is covid is the disease and the economy is shutting down is the symptoms. What they see in other countries, look at south korea where they have been able to test properly and get the disease under control. The demand is not shooting backup to restart the economy because people are afraid. Theyre afraid to go out of their house and restart their lives. Without controlling covid first and then starting to ratchet up the economy, well do ourselves more failure. We need to control the disease and need to be able to test broadly and figure out whos safe to go out then we can start seeing the demand thatll get the economy restarted. Please go ahead. We need more testing and we need a high level of coordination. It cant be done with on a state by state level. The countries have been successful dealing with this have had a level of federal coordination thats really important here. Dr. Tabb and and dr. Phillips. I appreciate it very much. Up next, President Trump highlights a serious issues during this pandemic, Mental Health. Half of the country says they are stressed out. What should be done to help those suffering silently. Thats ahead. Do your sneezes turn heads . Try zyrtec. It starts working hard at hour one. And works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Zyrtec muddle no more. At tmobile, we know that connection is more important than ever. So were making big moves to help those who need it most. Introducing tmobile connect. 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Not only the virus inflicted physical suffering on many people but also emotional and mental sufferings as well. We are all in this together. This is taking a tremendous toll mentally on a lot of people. Our executive director of new york and our counselor in chicago. Doctor, let me start with you, people are out of work and they are toll d to say at home and ty are seeing death cases what a. What are you seeing . You have to remember the three things people are concerned about is health, safety and finances. All three are being hit right now. I was identified with anxiety. Now i would honestly say it is doubled or if not more. Doubled or if not more. Matt, this is have a federal crisis hotline. The increase from february 2020 is 338 . Year to year is 891 . In those numbers, of the people who are feeling significant stress are people free to reach out, is there still a stigma of reaching out or what are your senses of seeing this or whats hidden . We are seeing more people reaching out to us everyday. In the last two weeks alone, we are seeing 60 increase in the number of calls we are receiving. Some of these calls are people we had relationships in the past and others are reaching out and wondering how to manage their stress and anxiety and concerns about the same thing that we just mentioned. People need to stay connected. We are distancing and that can lead to social isolation and it is really critical that folks are reaching out and getting support for whatever it is they have feeling right now. Follow up, if somebody calls or somebody is watching right now and they are failing this anxiety and they want to know, help me. What are a couple of ways they can deal with it in their everyday life, what should they do . First and for moemost, we ar going through a traumatizing event. There will be a consequences of this pandemic that we may not experience yet. There is no right way to respond emotionally to Something Like the coronavirus pandemic. So if people can give themselves permission to feel what they are feeling and reach out and talk to someone whether is a trusted friend or help lines that are available out there. It is critically important that we are staying connected to people and we are giving ourselves people to feel the reaction that we are having. We hear a lot of things like yoga and exercise right now which can be critically important. Reframiing selfcare making sur of whatever you need at that moment is whatever you get. Whether going for a run or staring out the window and disconnecting a little bit and letting yourself feel whatever you are feeling and connect with other people. You dont need a group of 20 friends to connect with everyday. You need one or two people to stay connected so you are not experiencing this isolation all by yourself. I think thats fantastic. Dr. Ivankovich, 45 americans have negative impact from this coronavirus. I want to look at the male and female thing. Do you believe women have higher stress or they are likely to reach out and report it. Most likely. Many women are home caring for children and caring for the family, thats exponentially stress added for them. And dr. Ivankavich. You had this stress now and we are in this for month. Lets hope that the curve is flattening. How do you have a longterm plan if you get through this . I think the most important thing as matt said is to recognize it is okay to feel whatever you are feeling and regardless of any social stigma, i do think Mental Health is being recognized and accepted more than any time in the past. We are all in this together. I do think that it will be important when the Antibody Testing comes out to help peoplelessen the load. In the interim you got to work with whatever you have and people that you have and have virtual dates or dinners or whatever it takes. If not, reach out to a therapist for help. Dr. Ivankovich and matt kusher. We appreciate it. Thank you for your work. Nationwide lockdown likely around the globe to be extended. Up next. Philadelphia. Schmear perfection. Guys guys safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 thats safe drivers save 40 . It is, thats safe drivers save 40 . Hes right there. Its him safe drivers do save 40 . Click or call for a quote today. Thweve never seen it look quite like this, safe drivers do save 40 . But theres no mistaking it. And its our job to protect it. Because the best people to fight for our communities are those within them. So, if youve just bought a volkswagen or were thinking of buying sometime soon, were here to help with the Community Driven promise. Fred would do anything for his daughter even being the back half of a unicorn. 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Germany had a relative lilo death toll. Our correspondents around the world of the measures being taken to keep people safe. Reporter Boris Johnson is quite just at the beginning of his recovery. He left intensive care ward and apparently waiting for doctors and nurses and being moved to the normal base in the normal ward there. A lengthy journey ahead of him. He has not been in contact with his main offices and leaving dominiq dominiq dominique rob to run the government. A key figure emerging troubling some suggested that the number of people in the United Kingdom who had the disease and been infected maybe as low of a percentage in single digits. The way ahead is complex particularly given the u. K. Is so far behind on testing so it is going to be hard to note who those people actually are. Here in china, the coronavirus, another city gone into strict wuhanlike lockdown. Officials ordered all 70,000 residents to be confined to their homes and they are given limited freedom to leave just for groceries. All due to growing concerns of growing cases. Their makeshift hospital is being constructed to increase capacity there. The Chinese Government issued a livestock that could be farmed for meat. The coronavirus as you may know is suspected to have originated from wild animals in a wuhan wet market. The consumption of wild animals is not common in china. The new draft does not mention any of the animals that scientists suspect may spread the virus to humans. Dogs are also absent from the list of livestock which formally enforce would leave the chinas first country wide ban on their c consumption. The draft has yet to be finalized. David culver. Shanghai. Here in italy, the Prime Minister is expected to announce that the nation is wide lockdown, it has been in place since the 8th of march and will be extended all the way until the third of may. Italys coronavirus number are improving, the theory is if life goes back to normal, there could be a second wave of disease that killed now until more than 18,000 people. The biggest Nation National death toll on earth. Here is a sunny friday under normal circumstances. There would be hundreds of tourists. There are none. And on good friday, normally many people would be out and about buying groceries for the long easter weekend, perhaps preparing to go to the beach or the countryside around this good friday. None of that is happening. I am ben wedeman. Cnn, reporting from rome. Easter sunday is a projected peak for the coronavirus deaths here in the United States. Up next, a message from one reverend on how to celebrate but celebrate safely. This is my body of proof. Proof i can fight moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. Proof i can fight psoriatic arthritis. With humira. Proof of less joint pain. And clearer skin in psa. 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I started getting calls and texts and emails and messages from pastors and priests arnds t around the world. Is easter going to be cancelled . What do you say to the congregate. Easter is so special, cant we come to church and be far apart . Can we have a hello or a hug . What do you tell them . I say be patience. Exercise the spiritual discipline of patience. There is a wonderful institution in western new york. Every summer during their season lectures and worships, they have what they called christmas in july. There is no reason why pastors and other religious leaders cant host a kind of easter in the summer at some point if they still wish to sort of walk through all of the rituals that are ordinarily reserved for this weekend. You know i published a book titled moral leadership. Moral leaders have to do at least three things. They have to speak the truth. They have to inform people. They also unify us and they call us to action. And if those are responsibilities for all of our pastors and rabbis a t tht this. Most people are conformed to that Important Message most are. A reverend in louisiana says he plans to hold the service, i want you to listen to one of his parishioners in alexandlouisian. Faith is inspiring and you dont want to question anyones faith. What do you say to people like that who thinks it is okay. It is the house of the lord so therefore i am safe. It is well intention but it is poorly informed and once again. They must unify us and call us to action and offer words and gestures of comfort and mercy. So i think thats really the wrong impulse at this time and putting ourselves in a position of facing severe illness and possible death. And we dont have to go out at this time. Reverend robert frank llin. I hope in this new world, you have a wonderful easter. Thank you very much. Coming up. He played the nfl for ten years, the coronavirus tested his body like never before. That story is next. 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Even in this tough times, i am a new england guy, that hurts a little bit. I know hes your fellow wolverine. I wish him the best in tampa bay, i wish it were not so. Back to why we are here. I want to get to your professional experience with the Testing Company in a second. First, i want as a guy who played in the nfl, tough guy and tight end. You said coronavirus kicked your ass. Explain. Well, it is simple. First off, say hi to dana for me. Hope shes doing well. It is all with the xathlete mindset. I had this grinder mentality and still do today. When i got it. I went through a drivethru screening process. They told me hey, you probably have it, we are not going to test you because you dont have any autoimmune issues or morbidity. I spent at home 12 days thinking everyday it will get better. It got worse and worse. I never had a fever. My fever was never below 101 for 12 straight days. I can tough it out and handle all those kinds of things and have the right mentality and i am strong. I should have went to the hospital but i was not able to get the test the first time i went and just because lack of capability from the lab and efficiency at that time. I kind of had to go through the process. It beat me up by day 12. That was when i was struggling to breathe. I was laboring to breathe. I could not get oxygen relieved. I could breathe in and out but i could not get the relief i was looking for. I got checked in the hospital for five days and went through that process. They put me on some meds. The hcq worked great for me. Now i am back in quarantine and you add all that up and going through the process. It is about 30 days. Thats 30 day of something you dont think about being in quarantine. 30 days of not playing with my kids and not giving them hugs. And 30 days of not being around my wife. It is a small prize you may and i am not going to go against the doctors orders. It is not easy to be separated from your family. I want you to listen to the president a little more than a month ago on the subject that i know is important to you on testing. Anybody right now and today, anybody that needs a test, theyre there. Everybody that needs a test gets a test. More than a month later thats still not true. It was not true in your case. You understand how the business works. Whats the problem . Well the problem is there is only two Major Players in the game that are Quest Diagnostics and lab corps. Theyre only working with those two labs. Labs like mine would love to help our community and love to provide some help to the economy as well. We are not able to do that. Look i own the lab, it should take about 24 hours to get results. For me, it took five days. Thats not right and not appropriate. Firstly, i would have treated by covid 19 differently. I would have went to the hospital sooner. The bigger problem with this Big Companies of Quest Diagnostics and lab corp. , it is monopolized. We cant get in humana or aetna. America is built on small business, right . It does not feel that way. Something got to change. Care source in ohio is a great example. They have a deal with Quest Diagnostics and lab corps. There is a lot of issues and ohio was one of the hotbed spot when this whole coronavirus started. It is an uphill battle and we would love to see some of those things changed and improvise helping and we want to help. We can be much more responsible helping the aid as a country needs it the most. Mark campbell. Well see this testing question is going to come up a lot now as the president is trying to reopen the economy. Appreciate your insights on both front today and professionally how to get through this. Take care, hope you are feeling better. We are waiting for the white hou houses briefing. Well take a quick break. 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Of course Everyone Wants to get the Government Back open but theyre trying to balance that with the virus and all the social practicing goes to west. How that balance or if it got balance c balanced, can be struck. One of the they thinensions president is end of the month is 20 days away. Maybe the number will be fantastic by then and the president will have a case to make. One of the etensions you hear, andrew cuomo saying i would love to open the economy but i would not feel confident doing so until i have wide scale testing that does not exist today and you cant ramp up in 20 days. Absolutely right. We are coming into the weekend. President trump really want to have the government reopen th n restrictio restrictions. Wefr done a lot of tests but we still have testedless than 1 of the population. All the tests we have done, less than 1 of the population. There are some tough issues. It is not at all clear. The president will be pressed on this along with his treasury of what their plans are and are they ready for a roll out of the next phase . Jackie, it will be interesting. The president can say i want to reopen the economy but the governors have to agree. A lot of people would say well, like desantis have been leaning forward on this and they have been much more cautious about when well be ready to open the gates if you will. Well, thats the problem. Because there has not been a uniform response to this state by state. It is not impossible to see a scenario where if the president advocates opening up the economy and pushes for that that you have a lot of red states reopening abeaches and whatnot and blue states are not due to some of the governors you mentioned. The virus does not care about state mine. Again, hell be pressed on this. Jackie and david, thank you. Anderson cooper picks up our coverage right now. I am Anderson Cooper, you are watching our krcoronavirus pandemic. You are looking at the White House Briefing room there. The president continues to reopen the country as early as in may. One of his top advisers say the country needs to keep up with social distancing now. The kind of mitigation we are doing right now and the curve we see flattening and coming down, thats exactly of what the american public