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When the u. S. Senate reconvenes next week, it will take up new legislation to help americans impacted by the coronavirus. That bill easily passed the u. S. House a few hours ago. It aims to offset the unexpected costs caused by the pandemic spread in the u. S. We thought it would be important to show the american people, assure the american people, that we are willing and able to work together, to get a job done for them. So we thank our republicans the, who will be supporting the bill, we appreciate the president joining us with his tweet, but we are very excited about the prospect. Cnns manu raju explains whats in the bill and how locks were able to pull it together so quickly reporter after two eye days of intense negotiation between speaker of the house nancy pelosi and Steven Mnuchin a bipartisan deal was reached about the coronavirus all throughout the country. The legislation would deal with people who would need to get tested for this virus. It would assure that people wouldnt have to pay for those tests, but also to help people displaced from work, including paid leave up to two weeks for individuals displaced from work. In addition to that, certain food assistance, food stamps and other measures, including for children who have not wont be able to get lunch from school. There will be other programs in place for them to get nutrition that they need. Also, it boosts spending for the federal Medicaid Program to provide Health Care Funding to the states for people who rely on that program. In this case, in the aftermath of another bill thats already been passed by congress, 8. 3 billion to deal with helping to essentially ensure that resources are there for states and localities to deal with everything that they are experiencing from this pandemic, and expect another measure to also move forward in the weeks ahead. An economic measure, to deal with potentially some of those Industry Sectors that have been hit hard over the days and weeks and ld likely to suffer significantly from either employers working for retailers not getting enough money from individuals staying at home through the quarantine, the real dramatic economic impact, that will be the focus of the next package. But this package came in the advent of the Pelosi Mnuchin negotiations, but there there are criticism on the president triples, he criticized the democrats late friday but ultimately, he got behind the measure. And when i asked the speaker of the house whether she speak to the president during the negotiations. She said, no, i didnt have to do that. She said she spoke to mnuchin instead that passed the house and now on the way to the senate. And just hours before, President Donald Trump declared a National Emergency. That freed up millions of dollars for the disease. To unleash the full power of the federal government, i am officially declaring a National Emergency. Two very big words, the action i am taking will open up access to up to 50 billion of very importantly very important and a large amount of money for states and territories in localities in our shared fight against this disease. The administrations slow response to testing has been a glaring weakness since the crisis first emerged. But when asked about it, President Trump insisted it was not his fault. Dr. Fauci said earlier this week that the lag in testing was in fact a failing. Do you take responsibilities for that . And when can you guarantee that every single american who needs a test will be able to have a test . Whats the date of that . Yeah. No, i dont take responsibility at all because we were given a set of circumstances. And we were given rules, regulations and specifications from a different time. Wasnt meant for this kind of an event. With the kind of numbers that were talking about. Questions persist over whether the president himself should be tested. Weve now learned that a third guest at President Trumps florida resort has tested positive. Mr. Trump was asked about that, and heres what he said. But i can till doctors say you may have it even if you dont have symptoms, are you being selfish by not getting tested . I didnt say i wasnt going to be tested. Are you going to . Most likely, most likely, not for that reason, but i will do it anyway. Fairly soon, were working out a schedule. The white house released this state from the president s physician, these interactions would be categorized as low risk for transmission per cdc guidelines. As such, there is no indication for home quarantine at this time. Natasha ly natasha lyindstaedt teaches in london. The white house said the president would not be tested. Is that irresponsible and what message does that send . Well, it is irresponsible because hes been interacting with people who have confirmed cases. And it would be ill advised that he get tested because hes still shaking hands with people. I guess he thinks its low transmission, but to send a message to the public is you that need to get tested. One of the issues is, the u. S. Is not prepared to test in large numbers. They havent conducted that many tests yet. Theyve only conducted 13,000 tests. And if someone had symptoms, a boston medical professor said if someone had symptoms and wanted to be tested tomorrow in boston they wouldnt be able to get access to the tests. A lot of these narrative that President Trump has tried to push early on is that he wanted to downplay this, he didnt want to create financial panic. And if you test widely, one thing that would happen is obviously youd know there are more cases but hes changed his tune now. Obviously, there are going to be more tests available. But the issue is that the u. S. Is poorly prepared to test people. But what weve seen with other country who have able to have lower test rates, theyve been able to test widely. I want to ask you about the president s view, china, asia, compared to the flu. He was more concerned about the u. S. Economy and the Stock Exchange it seemed, than the health of americans. Hes obviously now declared it a National Emergency. Is it too lates too little . Has he lost credibility . Well, i dont think hes lost credibility with his base. They will always support him. He did go on fox news and saying even if you have the coronavirus, you might not want to go to work. He was offering a lot lot of misinformation from the start. He was deeply concerned how this might look with his election chances. He wanted to control the narrative and not cause panic and he wasnt prepared. Of course there are other issues, talks with the cdc, and the White House Pandemic Office was disbanded in 2018 and a reporter asked him questions about that, he didnt seem to know what was going on. He felt in a previous question, well, we dont have the a pandemic ever year. Therefore, we dont need them and we can get them back together when we need it. That proved to be irresponsible. Because we didnt get out ahead of it. We had months to get out ahead of it and have possibly testing being used or quarantines taking place to contain. Instead, he wanted to downplay everything. So, well see how this plays out in 2020 when people are looking to see who is exercising strong leadership. I think for independents and a force for democrats theyre going to find hes completely mishandled this. Even going past that, theyre going to want to think about should we have a Better Public Health care system so that we can respond better to this. Because when you have crisis coming out, the issue is people who dont have Health Insurance wont want to get tested and thats how the disease can quickly spread. Natasha, its not just the United States that has mishandled this crisis. There are many countries announcing outbreaks and spikes. How would you characterize that with leaders given that the world has been slow to respond stot crisis . Well, its been a mix and the World Health Organization has been disappointed in how World Leaders have responded. What was going on in china did buy the rest of the world some time to get their act together and to start pursuing progressive policies. One standout is korea, 8,000 cases but a 0. 7 death rate. Thats because theyve conducted 250,000 tests or 5,000 tests per 1 Million People. You compare that to the west, 40 Million People, and the way italy handled, initially, they were slow to respond now theyve had to pursue this huge containment measure. But their hospitals have just been completely full and unable to control things, and we see they have incredibly high death rate. At the moment, 5 . There have been huge criticisms with the way iran handled the crisis. Theyve not been as transparent. Theyre not able to test as deeply as they should be. We are concerned that the government was inefficient and very corrupt. And the lack of transparency has troubled people who feel that the iranians have mismanaged the data. The other criticism is china. Initially, china had criticism slow to respond for no transparency and downplaying the way the transmission could happen. Then they had a huge lockdown of 11 Million People and there were some complaints internally as well because distribution appeared to be uneven. Now, xi jinping appears to be claiming a win for the communist party for the crisis and he is able to weather that particular storm. Natasha lyiynlynnstaedh. Restrictions do not apply for u. S. Citizens and green card holders, however, travelers returning to the u. S. Will be screened and asked to selfquarantine for two weeks. Restrictions come as the number of cases continue to grow by the hour. The World Health Organization says it has kwounted more than 142,000. And its now declared europe the new epicenter of the outbreak. For more, we have cnns melissa bell in rome and al goodman in madrid. Lets first go to melissa. Tell us, how are the italians handling the lockdown that is taking place in italy . Reporter well, theyre starting to get used to it. Its now been a few days, extraordinary circumstances, it really does feel very odd. It is, of course, the first time that a western liberal democracy have imposed restrictions. And they enforced by military personnel on the streets. It is quite an eerie feeling and for ordinarily italians it took some time getting used to. We had this extraordinary moment yesterday when the italians have to be confined to their homes. Theyre stopped on their streets and have to say why going out is essential. The only shops open are supermarkets and pharmacies. Otherwise, to expose themselves and others to as little as possible but that means separation. Of course, that bears a turn toll. We had this extraordinary moment all over italy, at 6 00 p. M. , anyone who could play an instrument, anyone who could sing the national anthem. A moment to show how it is to live. The time being, as you mentioned the death rates and new infections continue to rise. Authorities had warned that it would take some more time for measures to show any effect in the nationwide numbers, anna. Melissa, thank you. Al, i know that the Prime Minister Victor Sanchez has announced a National Emergency in spain. But theres been a spike in numbers. Tell us about that. Reporter hi, anna, well, in this hour, the Prime Minister is holding a special Cabinet Meeting to formalize that announcement of a National Emergency so that the government can take control of all of the resources that they need, including the military, theyre being deployed were being told to try to get a handle on this. Mere in madrid, after the cases, the stark number at 200 up sharply from last week, could go to 10,000 next week. The people are waking up here in madrid, because this is the focal point. Spain is the second focal point after italy, madrid is the second focal point. As we heard from italy. Bars and restaurants here, and on the streets here, its got a restaurant thats about 300 years old. Said to be the oldest continuously running restaurant in europe. It is closed today. Here on this side of me, the san miguel market, used to be for fresh foods, it used to be open, place packed with people having coffees and taking snacks that is absolutely shut down. Theyre trying just like in italy now to get people to stay indoor and reduce the sharp spike in cases because they dont want to overwhelm the health care system. They are coming, the government that is, is coming through criticism, because its being blamed for moving too slowly. Allowing National Marches on National Womens day just last sunday, now there are more cases and theyre scrambling to get a containment on this. Anna. Japan is on the verge of declaring a National Emergency amid the pandemic. How that could threaten the olympics just ahead. Plus, a u. S. Hospital prepared for the worst. Well look at the challenges they face as the virus spreads. Because i can still make my own insulin. And trulicity activates my body to release it like its supposed to. Trulicity is for people with type 2 diabetes. Its not insulin. I take it once a week. It starts acting in my body from the first dose. Trulicity isnt for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. 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And the reasons for concerns go far beyond the number of hospital beds available. Cnns lz cohen. Theres a look around the road. And now around the country there may be millions hospitalized. Cnn presented one estimate presented to the American Health association from dr. James lawler on march 5th, predicting over the next two months, 4. 8 million patients will be admitted to the hospital because of the coronavirus. That includes 1. 9 million stays in the intensive care unit. The university emphasizing that this is an estimate, and based on epidemiological modeling and the opinion of experts and pandemics in respiratory diseases. The model was based on the outbreak in china. The outbreak in the United States may turn out differently. Saying there may be time to alter the numbers by stopping the start of coronavirus. Are hospitals prepared for the onslaught . This is something that hospitals have not seen in a very long time. Reporter this doctor is the director of the world health institute. If we have a large spike in cases, no, america will not be able to handle it. Reporter its possibly a shortage of gloves, respiratory masks and ventilators and shortage of doctors and nurses if they become ill. We did not consider a situation like this today. We thought about vaccines. We thought about therapeutics, we never thought about re respirat respirators. Reporter and part of the debacle, people were not told to distance themselves and isolate them. Its a much greater risk of a bigger outbreak than if we had gotten tested right. Reporter but there is reason for hope, just in the past week, nba games and other large events have cancelled. Schools have closed and other distancing measures. I think thats exactly the right thing to be doing. What that does is slows down the rate of spread of that infection. Reporter the doctor and others recommend that hospitals should take steps to postpone medical surgeries as theyve done in boston that will decrease the chance that the hospitals will be overwhelmed. Despite the u. S. In a National Emergency, the financial bill and putting travel bans in place is this enough to curb the spread of the virus . Earlier, i asked dr. Peter drobak for his perspective. China bought us time over the last few months and the u. S. Should have used that time to prepare and was taught flcaught flatfooted. The trap bans are a little too little too late because we already know theres a large transmission in the u. S. So its really too late for a multifaceted response to try to get this under control. There are also reports of less screening as americans who have left europe in a maximum exodus has arrived in the United States and have not been screened. What does that say . Well, obviously, thats a concern. At the same time, the utility of airport screenings is actually not as great as one might expect, as i said earlier, we know that there are thousands of cases already in the u. S. And Widespread Community transmission. You know, screenings are a piece of the puzzle. But a lot of attention needs to be pay now on ramping up Contact Tracing across the u. S. For those who are already in the u. S. And better coordinated distancing measures while preparing hospitals for the surge to come. Peter, what needs to be done . Because it looks like its happening at a local level. Decisions are being made to cancel school, corporations. Deciding whether to cancel sporting entertainment events but it just seems quite ad hoc at the moment to stop the spread of the virus. What does need to be done . The u. S. A very large and heater genus country, its true of governance and also true of the Health System as well so what really it is going to require is close coordination between the federal authorities providing guidance and local authorities who have more of an on the ground picture. You know, obviously, this is not an even spread across the u. S. So in places that are hot spots Like Washington state and in new york, there need to be more aggressive social distancing measures, whereas now in other places, that might be able to be phased in. So the only grounds local intelligence is really important. Any coordination with hopefully more robust federal response. Peter, what could the federal government do in the extreme . And what would it take to get to that point . Well, i pose the extreme case would be a situation like italy, where the spread had really lost containment and risked overwhelming the Health System. You know, a month ago, people were saying china locked down much of the country but you couldnt do that in europe or america because these are free societies and italy, of course, showed us that in the extreme that it is possible and perhaps even necessary to do that. So, i suppose that is what the u. S. Should be looking at, a couple weeks from now if we dont act quickly. That was Global Health expert dr. Peter drobac speaking to me earlier. The coronavirus is taking a devastating toll on iran. Just ahead, why experts believe the outbreak is a great deal worse than the numbers suggest. F twentythree thousand dollars of credit card debt. They helped me consolidate all of that into one low monthly payment. They make you feel like its an honor for them to help you out. I went from sleepless nights to getting my money right. So thank you. Stay two nights and get a free night for your next stay. One night, two nights, free night. Book now at bestwestern. Com. Free night. 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Welcome back to our viewers in the United States and around the world, im anna coren, youre watching cnn newsroom. U. S. House of representatives has approved emergency legislation to offset some of the financial hardships caused by the coronavirus. It would provide free testing to anyone who needs it. And up to three months of paid leave for affected workers. The bill goes to the u. S. Senate next week. President trump says hell sign it as soon as possible. Just hours before the house vote, u. S. President trump declared the coronavirus a National Emergency. Well that freed up billions of dollars to fight the disease. And removed government red tape to speed up the response. The there are at least 2,216 cases in the United States. 49 people have died. The u. S. Travel ban for much of europe is now in effect as fears rise over the coronavirus crisis. The restrictions do not apply to u. S. Citizens and green card holders. However, travelers returning to the u. S. Will be screened to ask to selfquarantine for two weeks. The World Health Organization says its counted more than 142,000 cases around the world. Its now declared europe the new epicenter of the outbreak. Japans Prime Minister shinzo abe has been addressing his countrys response to the pandemic. For now in japan, lets go to will ripley in tokyo. Will, what does the Prime Minister say . Reporter so, just moments ago, anna, Prime Minister abe said that even though the japanese diet, the parliament here in tokyo, passed a law allowing him to enact Emergency Powers, he says at this point, the situation here in japan, does not meet the threshold of enacting those Emergency Powers and that is, because he says, you know, the number of new cases is relatively stable. Theyve announced 40 new cases. The total amount here in the country just over 1400. Just half of those are cases on land. The remainder are tied to the g diamond princess and you have deaths. Anytime the Prime Minister wants to, could declare the Emergency Powers, hes had that power basically now for two years, and what that could mean, the government has a whole host of new authority over peoples everyday lives here. Lawmakers have described it as having a grave impact on lives. You could force the closures of school, you could force people to stay inside. You could cancel events and force food and medicine to be sold to governments. And can turn it into a hospital, that kind of thing. The Prime Minister saying at least the situation here isnt serious enough to warrant that. But of course there are politics at play here, anna, what japan doesnt want to do is have another negative head line that we saw weeks ago with the diamond princess cruise ship and that raise concerns whether or not japan should or shouldnt go forward with the 2020 olympics. Just a few months away. So far, africa has been mostly spared by the rapid spread of the coronavirus. Cases there are rising. Ghana, and ethiopia are reporting their first cases, Farai Sevenzo reports from kenya. Reporter after days of anticipation, the government here in kenya has been trying to prepare the nation about possible arrival of the coronavirus, the case as it sees itself in nairobi. A 27yearold who travelled from ohio, on to london and then back here to nairobi where im speaking to you from tested positive for the coronavirus. Of course, the country, especially the capital of nairobi is in high preparedness. Theyve steestablished isolatio wards, et cetera. But this is huge, from egypt, from spain, to italy come to ekenyaswildlife, the question is can the country cope, should the coronavirus spread. Farai sevenzo nairobi. Iran is struggling with one of the worst outbreaks in the world. On friday, the government disinfected the land. Recent satellite images suggest the country is dealing with a rising death toll in an unsettling manner. Sam kiley reports, but we should warn you, you may find images in the following piece disturbing. Reporter images of tragedy visible from space. Mass graves believed be to be from the coronavirus victims in the holy city revealed from a satellite. The pit about 100 yards long. A source who has witnessed the process tells cnn that they are dug especially deep and away from other graves. The work is done at night. Piles of white powder can be seen, most likely quick line used on victims to substantialize their remains. The governments official infection rate is now at 10,000, with more than 450 dead, the figures climb daly but may be a catastrophic underestimate. What we found was that, at the time that we did this initial estimate, iran was reporting less than 50 cases. And based on our best estimates, we were estimating something around 18 to 20,000 cases. So, basically, 400 fold more cases than the official estimates would suggest. Reporter that was last month. Today experts say the real number of iranian infections is likely in the hundreds of thousands. Iranian officials have admitted that separate treatment needed for coronavirus victim bodies were causing backlogs in mortuaries. Iran was mobilizing against the virus. The accountant meets en masse. Sounding hopeful. Translator dear and honorable people of our country, we are having a difficult time but we will leave these days behind us. Reporter iran is being accused of doing too little too late to disinfect the streets. And a warning to other nations as the pandemic spreads. These images of graves in iran perhaps the worst case example, or a glimpse into the near future. Sam kiley, cnn, abu dhabi. So far during the coronavirus pandemic, coming up, how panic buying and hoarding are causing shortages. And how to protect yourself and your family from the coronavirus, coming up, dr. Sanjay gupta and what hes received about the pandemic. Thee and juicy on the inside. 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Noting that there are more cancellations of flights over the next months, than there are reservations for new flights. So, what do these cuts look like . Theyre looking for a 40 reduction in overall capacity. Theyre going to be grounding 300 flights. Theyre also going to be suspended all flights to continental europe. Thats for the next month. And it could last for even longer. And then when it comes to employees, the ceo said that they are going to be offering employees to turn to parttime work. Or take unpaid leave. Now, there are no cuts of employees yet. But the ceo promised that he would be updating them next week. And he also made a plea to his employees. Saying if theyre trying to save cash here, and issued an offer to them, and asked them to do anything that they can to help in that effort. Kylie atwood, cnn, washington. Well, many of you have question about the rapidly spreading coronavirus and what it means to you and your loved ones, chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta is here to provide some answers. All week long, weve been getting all sorts of questions about the coronavirus. Theyre coming in and theyre different questions from last week and different from the week before. So, we wanted to try to answer them as many of them as possible. The first question, when it comes to taking precautions dense cosnvid19 and the novel coronavirus, in the office what can employees do . The bake thing, if youre sick, dont come in. If youre sick, dont be near that person. When i say dont be near that person, the distance that those droplets typically will be around, they say, three to six feet. So, thats a safe sort of distance, in terms of a social distance, within an office space, within any kind of space, really. And by the way, thats why a lot of these big Mass Gatherings are increasingly getting cancelled. Because its hard to final a social distance if people are sitting right next to each other. Or standing right next to each other. Keep the distance, stay home if youre sick. Clean surfaces as much as possible. Be that crazy person with the wipes for a while. I have been that crazy person for a long time. I think it can really be a benefit. What are some of the common ways people spread germs and viruses in the offices . Same thing, they spread it typically through these respiratory droplets and then by touch. Touching things. Moving your hand. Touching something else. Moving the virus from one place to another place, and then someone touches it and they get infected. Try not to touch things. Its hard. When i say touch things, objects, touch surfaces, touch your face. Try to dos that much as possible. What would you do to keep our Mental Health in check as we increase social distancing and work remotely . Thats a great question, im thinking a lot about that personally with my own family and friends. First of all, social distancing does not mean social isolation. Okay . I think there are many ways to still stay connected. And maybe we can even stay more connected than we typically do. One thing about this virus, as wife been reporting on it so long now and talked to so many people here in the United States and other places around the world is that theres this realization, i think, that we are were all in this together. This is a pathogen that, you know, affects everyone, and doesnt discriminate against anyone. Were all in this together. And we are in a position now, where our individual behaviors have such an impact on the people around us. Your health is so dependent on how i behave. And my health is so dependent on how you behave. So if you are practicing good hygiene and making sure youre not a source of spread, youre doing it not just for yourself, youre doing it for all of the people around you as well. I think theres something thats, in a way, it brings us together in a way that i have not seen before. 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Reporter the honor here in manhattan has seen a 300 increase in just the last day in the amount of people coming through and building bread, toilet paper, pasta, nonperishables. We spoke to him earlier, and hes told us how hes coping with this. Are you rationing things in the Grocery Stores . Were not rationing. Some distributors are rationing. Particularly sanitary products like Hand Sanitizer and wipes as you saw on the shelves. We cannot stock these items quickly enough. Whenever we do get rations in avenue Hand Sanitizers and wipes we put them by the republic sisters and they go in minutes. Reporter we ran into the bread manager, he filled the whole shelf and there are just a few bags left. Every supermarket is wiped out. Reporter yeah. Ive got to plus up my orders for next week. I got to work on my days off next week because i cant catch up. Reporter do not panic, buy what you need but theres no indication right now that food is running out anytime soon. Back to you. Well, during this health crisis, many workers who spend their days in front of a computer screen have options of doing their jobs from home. What if youre a waitress, a barber or health care aide. Millions of workers are discovering their health and paychecks could be at risk. Polo sandoval reports. Every hour, every minute im at risk. Reporter before the coronavirus pandemic hit, dan davis never really considered his job as high risk. What i do, i go on board and clean the plane. I think have to pick up the pillowcases, i have to pick up the blankets. Reporter the new yorker is a cabin cleaner, sometimes boarding up to ten planes a shift and coming into contact with what passengers from all over the world leave behind. To davis, that means his risk to exposure to the virus is even higher. They give us mandates which is the gloves, the masks. Reporter he only has a handful of statemandated sick days to use should he become ill. House keeping. Reporter like most in the industry taking any additional leave would mean no pay. A lot of pay are at risk if they dont go to work. As they say, damned if you do, damned if you dont. Some people roll the dice. Reporter this woman is afraid to go to work for her first time 15 years cleaning facilities at jfk airport. She tells me, she feels a greater risk coming in contact with thousands of travelers every day. Labor statistics are nearly 34 million americans have no access to sick leave. That means lower page employees, traditionally blue collar jobs may be feeling added pressure to stay on the job amid the worsening pandemic. People arent going to want to go out because theyre scared to go out. Its going to put a hit on everybodys business, everybody including myself. Reporter ride share driver lee jensen is protecting himself and customers. Uber and lyft are among the companies now offering some form of economic help for employees who test positive for coronavirus or who have to selfquarantine. The white house and congress are poised to take action to help workers including those who cant afford to stay home. I wouldnt say scary, but it is alarming, right . And something has to be done about this. Coronas here. Its here i hope not for a while, but its here. Reporter some workers heed advice to stay home. Others cant afford to stop clocking in. Polo sandoval, cnn, new york. The italians have a legendary love of music even in the most difficult of times. Just despite being under the coronavirus lockdown, neighbors joined in a display of national spirit, with the anthem from their balconies and apartments. No, this is not the las scala opera house in milan. Its the streets in sienna. The dogs had to chime in on that serenade. That wraps up this hour of newsroom. Im anna coren. Thank you for your company. For u. S. 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