The scramble to find muchneeded medical equipment. Were talking live to an emergency te house plan extraordinary efforts to bolster the economy, put checks in the hands of tens of millions of americans as the treasury secretary warns unemployment get hit 20 without actions. Battling back. Were hearing so many stories from survivors of the coronavirus. The symptoms, the hidden clues and how they managed to get better, and our very own abc News Reporter who tested positive after reporting on the crisis joining us live from quarantine. And an allstar assist. The heartwarming movement of athletes showing their support in this difficult time. How russell wilson, his wife ciara, and rookie Zion Williamson are providing kindness during the crisis. We do say, good morning, america on this hump day. Many are doing whatever they can. How about zion . 19yearold nba rookie. He has pledged to pay the wages of arena workers there in new orleans. What an example he is setting. John legend having some fun bringing some joy to his fans welcoming them into his home just one of many stars livestreaming free concerts. Thats Chrissy Teigen and their daughter luna. Keeping everybody entertained. All this comes as major cities across the country are looking more like ghost towns. Were used to seeing l. A. s famous bumper to bumper traffic. Look at this freeway during rush hour yesterday. Virtually empty, and new yorks Grand Central terminal, normally the busy gateway to the city is nearly empty in this new era. The mayor of new york city is saying that a shelter in place order could take hold. Forcing people to shut their doors leading to stunning increases on unemployment claims. In ohio, so many came to new jersey that the system crashed. The white house and congress are working on a stimulus package to pay money to americans. The virus now in all 50 states. There are now than 6400 cases in the u. S. And that number will sky rocket as new tests take place. So far, 108 deaths. Were going to talk live to an emergency room doctor in seattle in just a moment. Were going to begin our coverage. Whit johnson is outside here in times square for us. Good morning, whit. Reporter robin, good morning to you. The mayor says he expects thousands of cases by next week and it could be up to 10,000 not long after that. You can already see the impact here in times square, eeril empty and now the possibility of even more painful restrictions. Overnight, the mayor of the nations largest city doubling down warning new yorkers of a possible order to shelter in place. This is moving very fast. We should all be very concerned about how we find a way to slow down the trajectory of this virus. The idea of shelter in place has to be considered now. Reporter details of what that could mean for the citys nearly 9 million residents, still unclear. The Port Authority which operates the citys mass transit telling abc news the airports are open and will continue to be. Governor cuomo now trying to dispel fears. There is not going to be any quarantine. No one is going to lock you in your home. Thats not going to happen. Reporter the San Francisco bay area already taking similar drastic steps to slow the pandemic, completing another night under its shelter in place order. Shops locked up. Normally bustling streets now oddly quiet. Nearly 7 Million People told to stay home for at least three weeks. Its a little freaky and scary. It feels like nobody can help each other. I think people are genuinely scared. Reporter and californias governor warning parents it could be months before kids are back in school. Its unlikely that many of these schools, few if any, will reopen before the summer break. Reporter parents trying to adjust to the new normal. Were basically alternating primary caregiver with this little one during the day. A lot of families are in a difficult spot right now. Reporter at least 22 states activating the National Guard. The navy preparing to send two hospital ships to both coasts to handle overflow. Each ship can treat up to 1,000 patients. This as President Trump is urging people to stay inside and limit contact. Were asking everyone to work at home, if possible, postpone unnecessary travel and limit social gatherings to no more than ten people. By making shared sacrificines a temporary changes, we can protect the health of our people and we can protect our economy, because i think our economy will come back very rapidly. Gloves, gowns, face shields, goggles. Reporter were hearing of dramatic measures medical professionals are taking so they dont put patients or their own families at risk. I have my own little kitchen. Reporter dr. Joseph jones, an emergency medical physician sayin says hes isolating from his own Family Moving into his basement apartment. I got called to the front lines of a war, and just as the troops had to be away from their families, im going to be down here while i fight this covid19. Reporter as Health Officials attempt to slow the spread, another blow to the nba. The Brooklyn Nets reporting that four of their players have tested positive for covid19, but only one is showing symptoms. Mega star kevin durant revealing hes one of those players telling abc news hes fine and writing everyone be careful. Take care of yourself and quarantine. Were going to get through this. Reporter back here in new york city, the mayor says any shelter in place order would have to be done in partnership with the state. Hes mostly worried about food for people in the city. He says theyll probably have to set up a mass feeding operation. Were already part way there. We are in a brandnew world. Whit, thanks very much. Lets bring in dr. Stephen anderson. Hes an emergency room doctor in auburn, washington. I want to thank you and your colleagues for all your service right now. You are on the front line of this battle. Give everybody at home a sense of what that means every day, and how youre holding up. Thank you very much for speaking to your people watching today. Theres a lot of stress. Its a bit frightening. Were safe right at the moment. If you have to come to the Emergency Department, but in 35 years of practice, i can say that this is the most anxiety that i have ever seen around an idea of an infectious disease. In the past we felt like we were on a different continent or we were safe from things like ebola or we were in a different demographic with hiv. This starts with a cough and low grade fever and we never know whats showing up at the front door. The anxiety level is pretty high, but right now were safe. Thank goodness. Do you all have the equipment you need right now, the masks, and other medical supplies, but more importantly the ventilators in icu units . Theres no question we need quicker and more tests. We need more space to place people. We have ventilators. I have them this morning, but the hospital up the street from me is out of ventilators at the moment, and we can move things around. I think the big thing we need on the frontlines right now is personal protective gear for my colleagues and myself. Ive got my mask for today right here, and im guarding it with my life because it could be ell, then we repoed he ta supplyo days, but youre going to need an awful lot more than that. Once you and your colleagues, the nurses, the other doctors, if any of you get sick, the hospital becomes a hot spot. Its hard to imagine the consequences of that. Well, we really dont have a deep bullpen. If people get sick and theyre out, that takes people off the front lines to help with this, but you dont want to be sick and be around the people coming to the Emergency Department who are already the sickest and most in need in america. Were trying to test our Health Care Workers as quickly and f h efficiently as we can and get them back into ball game if s ahewereren the o casualties always happen in any battle. You mentioned the hospital your neighbor hospital does not have ventilators right now. If that spreads to other hospitals, and your hospital, youre going to have to make incredibly difficult, tragic decisions. Theyre already doing that in italy, and weve not gotten to that resource scarcity yet. In the past weve had to make decisions about life and death for the entire history of emergency medicine. Its never been strictly based on resources available. This is a whole new ball game for us. What is the most important thing everyone at home needs to know right now . Well, you know, if this peaks early and it peaks hard, we dont have the resources for this, and well run out of ventilators and space. So youve heard it over and over again this morning. The important thing is we need to flatten the curve. We need to make sure if this goes on into june its a gradual rise and fall, and the way we need to do that right now is by socially isolating ourselves and hunkering down so that we dont spread the virus. You cant do that, and you are protecting all of us. Thank you very much, dr. Anderson. I want to say thank you to my colleagues on the front line. The doctors, nurses, housekeepers, everyone in emergency medicine. Its an honor to be a part of this battle and im off to work today to do it again. We are all thinking of you. Thanks very much. Oh, my gosh. What he said there especially at the end, and we share that. Every doctor, nurse, housekeeper as he said. Everybody thats there on the frontlines fighting for us, we appreciate it. We have more now on the impact of this emergency on the economy. The white house proposing Cash Payments directly to Many Americans as part of a trillion dollar stimulus plan. Our chief Business CorrespondentRebecca Jarvis tracking that all for us. Good morning, rebecca. Reporter good morning to you, robin. We have seen a dramatic increase in unemployment claims. Many jobs in services, hotels, restaurants, airlines, those employees are now on the sidelines and now while the money isnt coming in, they have to get their bills paid. Er p arins could be in the range of 1,000 or potentially even more. Its unclear who would get the checks, but its likely to be restricted with some kind of income c treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said yesterday its clear we dont need to send people who make 1 million a year checks. Take a look at this. The stock market is significantly lower this morning. Looking like it will wipe out all of yesterdays gains as hopes for a stimulus package are outweighed by fears of the virus. Of course the price tag of the stimulus itself. 1 trillion. That will certainly add to our deficit. With the threat of a recession and significant unemployment treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin says the deficit is a problem for another day. Michael . Now to italy where the Health Care System is on the brink of collapse with surging coronavirus cases. More than 31 people diagnosed with the virus. The death toll now over 2,500. Almost 350 of those in just the past day. Maggie rulli joins us with more. Good morning, maggie. Reporter michael, good morning. Those numbers out of italy are absolutely staggering. Hundreds of people are still dying in that country every single day. If that rate keeps up, the death toll could soon surpass china in a matter of days. The fact that china has about 1. 4 billion people, and italy just 60 million. Thats how staggering these numbers are. Doctors and nurses say theyre struggling to have supplies. Theyre desperate for things like lifesaving ventilators, and the pope came out with an emotional interview and pleaded with everyone to remember the doctors and nurses on the frontlines of this virus, sacrificing their health and safety. George . Maggie, thank you so much. Now were going to take a closer look at that needed device for treating the cases. This short fall could force doctors to make agonizing choices. Steve osunsami has the story. Reporter its a critical tool that saves lives, the ventilator, better known as a breathing machine and american hospitals are concerned this morning that there arent enough around to help patients get sick with the coronavirus. Half of my lung is already not working. Reporter Kyle Abernathy is father of two recovering from a Coronavirus Infection and is watching his wife fighting for her life and needing a ventilator after she got sick too. She was at one point requiring 100 oxygen through the ventilator. Now shes down to 50 . Reporter dr. Curtis is saving lives in a seattle icu and says these breathing machines are critical to saving patients sick with covid19. Im worried if this pandemic doesnt begin to slow down, we will get into a situation where we may not have enough resources. Reporter medical authorities here trying to prevent whats happening in italy where tients who can breathe, and doctors are comparing ventilators to gold. Here in the u. S. , medical professionals estimate there are about 62,000 ventilators in hospitals and believed if needed, they could get their hands on about 200,000 working units, but they worry even thats not enough if hospitals fill. President trump is trying to calm the fears of a shortage. We have tremendous amounts of equipment, but compared to what were talking about here, this has never been done before. Reporter the worlds Top Manufacturers are working overtime. Hamilton medical for example tells abc news they have increased production by 40 . In england, the British Government is asking jaguar, land rover, ford and rollsroyce if they can produce ventilators. We reached out to Top Manufacturers of ventilators across the world and they all tell us they are increasing production, but underline it can take up to 45 minutes just to make one machine. Michael . Okay, steve. Thank you so much. Joining us now is tom bossert, Abc News National security analyst, and former counterterrorism adviser for President Trump. You just saw steves report there. They are asking for manufacturers Car Manufacturers like ford and rollsroyce to produce ventilators. Can that happen here with us . If that can, we should start we tooling those facilities soon. I look at this like the twoweek strategy ive discussed before. What do i think im see in two weeks, and what do i think ill regret not doing, and if were like italy and theres every reason to believe our numbers will grow along that line, we could see 2,500 dead in two weeks time and over 100,000 cases and those are planning assumptions, not predictions. If thats the case, ill look back on today and say, i wish i had done three things and they would be personal protective equipment, personal protective equipment and personal protective equipment. These doctors we saw interviewed, if theyre absent, they cant take care of us, and they cant use those ventilators. Thats my fear today and thats where i think we should be focussed. You hear those numbers and its shocking and staggering. Earlier in the show, we mentioned the potential of a shutdown here in new york city. Its a city of 8 Million People. How feasible is that, and how would it work . Well, at this point, im less concerned about compelling people and more interested in influencing them and inspiring them. If they dont hear those numbers and get inspired, i think maybe, michael, to you, its a play, but its not a hail mary. Weve deeply considered this play, and it has a high likelihood of working if people just stick to the plan. That is key. Tom bossert, thank you for your time this morning. Robin . Kindness in crisis. A heartwarming movement of athletes and teams helping workers affected by the sudden suspension of games. Major league baseballs 30 teams committing 1 million each to financially help stadium and team workers. Kevin love was the first to pledge 100,000 to support staff through his foundation. Other nba players are following his lead like Zion Williamson. And who is this next guy . Giannis antetokounmpo. There you go, george. Great job. 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