The crypt will be used as a staging agent. Its dean says cathedrals were often used this way during the plagues in the middle ages. For the third sunday in a row so many americas churches have been closed and its particularly hard this week, holy week leading up to easter. Not for one church in baton rouge, louisiana, where more than 1,200 people turned out for palm sunday services. The churchs pastor, tony spell, spoke business abcs linsey davis, telling her why he believes his congregants are safe. We screen everyone who comes through the door. We check their temperatures. We ask them a series of questions that has been given to us from the center of disease and control, i believe. So we disinfect our building on a daytoday basis because we operate seven days a week. So we would have to prove that people who have only left their homes and come to our church got the sickness here. We practice better social distancing in our sanctuary than is being practiced in the hundreds of stores that remain open in our city, which are mosh pits of violent people who are irate and fighting over rolls of toilet paper right now. A lot of churches have moved their Worship Services to online. So why wouldnt you do that . I mean, seems like something you could consider to do. That youre still able to get the word out about god. Well, we have we have livestreamed our services as well. And we have about 300,000 viewers in those services, from what i gather. However, we still assemble because the word of god commands us to in hebrews 10 25, timothy 3 15, psalm 33 18. Its not the same to sit behind a computer screen and worship as it is to go into a great congregation and feel the spirit of unity, one mind, one accord in one place. Our thanks to linsey there. Pastor spell is already facing misdemeanor charges for defying the governors stayathome orders. His lawyer says the charges are unconstitutional. Anyone gets sick, hell have to answer for it. Most of us never imagined living through a pandemic. Imagine experiencing two more than 100 years apart. Orell borgenson turns 103 next week and was a baby during the 1918 worldwide pandemic. Shes in quarantine with one of her daughters. Shes hoping for jus t or. I guess het g can wish for. Me too. Shes been spending time checking in on her two other daughters via facetime as well as knitting, reading, and playing scrabble. I love her. Coming up, taking care of those other essential workers. How one womans idea is serving up kindness and hot lunches to hundreds of doctors and nurses across new york city. Hd 5. Hot love yeah hot love yeah macaroni and baloney tuna fish your favorite dish hot love it may not be macaroni and baloney and tuna fish, but a hot lunch jam has been served under to doctors and nurses across new york city. And it all starts with just one lady with a big heart. Our own will ganss is here to tell us all about her, welcome back, will. Thank you, you guys. It started when katie finn asked her sister, a nurse treating coronavirus patients, one simple question. What can i do to help . As katie finn worked from home, her sister was going to work every day as an e. R. Nurse in one of new york citys hardhit hospitals. Treating coronavirus patients 14 hours a day with no break and no end in sight. Thats when katie decided she needed to help. I asked my sister, what can i do . She said, katie, can you make a ventilator . I said, no. She said, have you been hoarding n95 masks . I said, i have not. She said, can you buy lunch . I said, yes, that i can do. Reporter with that, katie cooked up an idea. I brought my sister and the nurses in her unit lunch. And they loved it. And i want to keep doing it. Reporter katie taking to facebook to ask for donations to help keep the gravy train rolling. Delicious lunch. It was such a treat. Cant begin to tell you how much these nurses appreciate this food. It is so rewarding to bring the food to them and see how excited they are and happy they are and really grateful they are for this food. Reporter in just one week, katie raised more than 10,000, delivering food to Emergency Rooms across the city. We fed 180 doctors and nurses today, im so excited about this. Reporter all the meals purchased from local restaurants that are struggling because of the pandemic. Youre also keeping Small Businesses alive. Were trying to keep people in business. Reporter katie and her team serving up kindness and lunch to these overworked front liners. We are going to be able to feed multiple units of nurses for the weeks to come as this thing gets worse and these nurses hours get longer and the supplies start to dwindle. These are the people that are going to be on the front lines. Reporter katie adding, if youre not able to donate, theres Something Else you can do. Stay safe and stay home since she started the project on march 21st, katie has raised nearly 20,000 and provided meals to more than 1,000 Health Care Professionals and icus treating covid19 patients as well as the e. R. Staffs around the city, you guys. Shes making two deliveries tomorrow, so this thing is still going so strong. Theres nothing like a hot lunch, especially for those who are doing everything they can to save so many lives during this pandemic. Like she said, we cant build ventilators. But what we can do, if you know a nurse, a doctor, a medical professional, just ask them, hey, are you okay . How are you doing . Maybe they just need someone to talk to. Again, theyre seeing some pretty traumatic things, theyre overworked, overstressed. Even something as simple as that. Can we get that hot lunch jam back as we go to break . And looking to buy Life Insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. What are the three ps . 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Especially because chicago is an area that is affected well, i mean now most places are affected by coronavirus, but particularly chicago. This is amazing because theyre also one of the restaurants that are still feeding doctors and nurses as well. On top of using the oven for masks theyre also using it to feed make sure i give a shoutout to them, dimos pizza, they teamed up with avenue metal to do this, to produce these prototypes for the shields. We love it. Some more good news here in new york city. Staff cheer a new york mom who is leaving the hospital after beating coronavirus. This woman has been in there fo ow. Her name is christina paz, 47 years old, shes been in there that long. Im pretty sure at this point, that many days, she was one of their first patients. And the emotion just overtakes her there. For those of us who know a little espanol, paz in spanish means peace. Lord knows i hope we find peace during this pandemic very soon. Happy for her and her family. Silver linings everywhere. Na na na na na na na na batman you are so out of tune. Na, na, na, na i didnt do it any better. Batman on the road there. This one community there, chris banner runs a lawn service. And hes helping by cutting weeds and clearing fire lines on their property. But he also likes to dress up like batman hitting the streets there. The kids are so excited about this. It is bruce himself. Can you imagine as a kid looking out your window and seeing that . Mom, its batman this is amazing. Right. We do believe that this is san diego there. This morning on world news now, a glimmer of hope in new york. This morning on world news now, a glimmer of hope in new york. There are signs that the number of coronavirus cases has started to stabilize, but the state is still in crisis. New york city planning for temporary mass burials. Plus the warning from the white house, getting back to the old normal may never happen. Also this morning the british Prime Minister now in the icu after battling the coronavirus for nearly two weeks. And the show of support for his pregnant fiancee who is also infected. New developments involving that Aircraft Carrier captain removed after he sounded the alarm about the virus aboard his ship. The head of the navy is apologizing for calling him stupid in a speech to the ships crew. The president said hes now getting involved. Good news for the easter bunny. At least one country has now declared him an essential worker during this pandemic. Mona, you know who else is essential . Who would that be . We are. Hey will the bunny get that critical designation here in the u. S. . Were going to hop to it on this tuesday, april 7th. You know, he might be essential, but im not going to compare myself to the easter bunny. I mean we cant. Big shoes to fill. Im not putting out any eggs for the kids. I know that much. But here in the u. S. , i hope he gets that. I hope so too. There are a lot of kids that are going to be bummed, easters such a big deal for a lot of people. Im sure a lot of families are going to have amazing ideas for kids when it comes to easter. We have to get to that blunt assessment from dr. Anthony fauci, getting back to normal may never happen. He says we will eventually get back to a Society Without social distancing. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of nearly 11,000 americans and 368,000 people have tested positive across the country. New overnight, a Top White House adviser warned Administration Officials in january that the virus could cost the country trillions of dollars and potentially kill 500,000 people. Thats according to a report in the new york times. At the time President Trump was downplaying the virus. On a positive note, louisiana is among several hot zones reporting a slight dip in the death rate, a sign that they may have started flattening the curve. The outbreak is not expected to peak in california until next month, so the state is sending 500 ventilators to the National Stockpile to help hardhit areas. Some of those ventilators will arrive in new york city where officials are considering temporary mass burials for those who died of covid19. The nypd has announced the death of another police officer. And nearly 20 of the department was out sick on monday. But 200 officers are now back on the job after recovering from the virus. Abcs tom llamas has more. Reporter a look inside the cavernous Javits Convention center in manhattan, now the largest hospital in the nation. Teams of military doctors taking in patients, checking temperatures, monitoring ventilators. But new York Governor Andrew Cuomo says even this will not be enough. Hes calling for the Navy Hospital ship the comfort to start accepting covid cases. There are only about 40 patients of any kind on the massive ship. Im going to call the president this afternoon and ask him to shift the comfort from noncovid to covid. Reporter in new york state, more than 4,700 have died from the coronavirus. Its very hard to see the number of deaths were having. Its frightening. Its disturbing. That amount of loss. Reporter still, a glimmer of hope. The death rate here may be slowing. The rigorous social distancing possibly paying off. The governor saying new york is nearing the apex and the curve may be flattening. Total number of hospitalizations are down. The icu admissions are down. And the daily intubations are down. Those are all good signs. Reporter but cuomo also warning we get reckless, we change or were not compliant on social distancing, you will see those numbers go up again. Reporter but even so, hospitals here are overwhelmed. Pushed to capacity and beyond. Pretty much the entire Emergency Departments a hot zone at this point. Reporter dr. John marshall took abc news inside maimonides hospital in brooklyn. I s one of t hltcare workers as fart on the front lines, nurse mintz. Her workday starts at 5 00 a. M. , managing other nurses, caring for endless patients, work that stresses the mind, body, and soul. Has a patient with covid asked you, am i going to die . Absolutely. Absolutely, and its scary. We dont know the answers. Reporter new jersey reaching a grim milestone, 1,000 deaths. This is not over. And not by a long shot. Reporter abcs Stephanie Ramos out with emts in teaneck, new jersey, working around the clock. This crew just picked up a person who has tested positive for covid19. They tell me that person is having some trouble breathing right now. Theyre taking him to the hospital. They say they respond to calls like this every couple of minutes throughout the day. Reporter President Trump approving Governor Cuomos request that the comfort treat covid19 patients. We have to remember thats 1,000 extra hospital beds that can treat patients in new york. The president saying patients from new jersey will also be brought in. Reporting from borough park, brooklyn, tom llamas, abc news, new york. Tom, thank you. The Coronavirus Task force as some states report progress in the battle against the pandemic. The team is encouraged that certain hot spots were starting to slow the spread by following social distancing guidelines. But theyre urging americans to continue to stay at home because the outbreak is far from over. It is our hope that what we have seen begin in the Greater New York area and even in louisiana and elsewhere will become a trend. But it only becomes a trend if every one of us continues to take ownership and continues to do our part for this 30 days to slow the spread. So we just got to realize that this is an indication, despite all the suffering and the death that has occurred, that what we have been doing has been working. So the call that i say every time i get to this podium is, just keep it up. Because this is going to get us out t. Recent models show as many as 240,000 people could die even if americans adhere to the guidelines. But the head of the cdc now says he expects the actual death toll to be much, much lower than those projections. And President Trump says the u. S. Is offering help to british doctors treating Prime MinisterBoris Johnson. He was moved into a London Hospitals intensive care unit monday as his virus symptoms worsened. Johnson tapped his foreign secretary to stand in for him if needed. Officials say johnsons move to the icu was precautionary in case he needed to be put on a ventilator. Johnson fiancee Carrie Symonds is receiving an outpouring of compassion. The 32yearold is about seven months pregnant, expecting the couples first child. She says shes on mend after also battling the virus. Plenty of twitter users are posting thoughts and prayers for symonds. One woman saying she hopes symonds has someones hand to hold. Breaking overnight, wisconsins primary will be held today as scheduled with inperson voting. The States Supreme Court said the governor did not have the authority to delay the primary until june. The u. S. Supreme court ruled against a oneweek extension for absentee ballots. Those must be postmarked today. That means voters who have not yet obtained the mail ballots will have to to show up at polling places or not vote. New zealand is on coronavirus lockdown but the easter bunny is still on the job. At least according to Prime Minister jacinda ardern. Yesterday she assured the nations children that peter cottontail is an essential worker. Ardern did caution that it might be difficult for him to get everywhere in the current situation. The Prime Minister also gave essential status to the tooth fairy. Oh, okay, the tooth fairy as well. The easter bunny, again, i said here in the u. S. , come to play, and will also adhere to social distancing guidelines. I think so. Dont be surprised when you see the easter bunny wearing a mask. Also wearing gloves. Keeping a sixfeet distance. A meme of the kid who saw the easter bunny and freaked out in the costume . We do not want that to happen. Do we have an easter bunny here at world news now . Like wheres our easter bunny . Six feet away from us. Essential personnel there. Im sure there are going to be a lot of Creative Things families are going to do. One suggestion new zealand put out there, put easter eggs in the windowsill. So obviously those parade of cars, the kids can be outside, can spot at certain houses. That would be fun. That is one thing that weve noticed during this quarantine is people are really creative. They are