And it helps prevent streaks and haze. Stop cleaning. Start swiffering an illuminating honor for High School Seniors in ohio. Stadiums turned on their lights at 8 20 last night, which is 20 20 in military time, and kept them on for 20 minutes and 20 seconds, a tribute to seniors missing out on proms and graduation ceremonies due to the outbreak. Residents were urged to turn on their porch lights. In new york fresh signs of hope the state may have turned a corner. With the number of people being admitted into hospitals trending downward, one doctor in queens who last month described his hospital as being under siege is telling a very different story. Heres wabcs candace mccowan. This is our e. R. This morning. Reporter for weeks dr. Matthew bye has been showing us the fight on the front lines. The things are see in the e. R. Are scary. Im a little scared myself. Reporter dr. Bye is an Emergency Room Physician at mt. Sinai, queens, a warrior in the battle to save lives. At moments the Emergency Department has been overflowing, all the rooms full, patients being treated in the hallway. Now the story is starting to change. The volume is down but theyre coming in sicker. When they come in, they can be to the extreme where they have no pulse already. Reporter some with low oxygen levels and starting to turn blue. Many are younger. Its even more stressful when the young patients come in and they dont end up making it. It takes an emotional toll on everyone. It makes us realize that everyone can be affected. Reporter dr. Bye saying his personal fear of infection is why he sent his wife and baby away from their apartment weeks ago. Even at the end of these tough days that often come without a break, his family might not be there, but hes found a way to connect with them. I look forward every day after work to do a video call with them and put my daughter to sleep with my wife. Reporter the e. R. Doctor saying every member on their team lives for moments like these. When coronavirus patients, the survivors, can go home. Everyone felt great afterwards. You could tell everyone was happy, everyone was cheering. A great feeling that all our hard work means something. Reporter dr. Bye says it could be months before hes able to see his wife and young daughter. Even able to give them a hug again. He says for now the donations and goody bags that come into the hospital serve as encouragement for him and his staff on the front line. Candace mccowan, channel 7, eyewitness news. Definitely doing a Great Service for this country. Two new England Sports teams are helping veterans during the pandemic. Footballs patriots and soccers revolution are distributing food to veterans. In new england, using the patriots equipment truck, vets can also pick up meals at six locations. Both teams are owned by the kraft family. Yesterday, the organizations packed up their 1 millionth meal. New york city cab and uber drivers are helping out those in need. About 11,000 of them are delivering free meals through the citys Food Distribution program. Some 6 million meals have been delivered in the last three weeks. Coming up, what reopening countries is looking like overseas. Were going inside one of the first countries to impose a coronavirus lockdown. The state of new york remains the covid19 epicenter of the entire world, but the state has now begun a largescale Antibody Testing program. It is a big step forward in reopening the u. S. , which is hoping to join some other countries like denmark getting back to business. Abcs James Longman reports from copenhagen. Reporter back to school. These danish students are back in class after weeks in lockdown. All laughs, although its not exactly back to normal. Does anyone like being back at school . Yes reporter this country one of the first in europe to begin opening up. For weeks it was a lockdown. More than 300 people died. A month ago, we acted quickly, and we closed down rapidly. And health care in denmark is free to all citizens, which helped us getting the virus under control. And that was the key to flatten the curve. Slly cray,li italy, ancotries e. But nowhere more so than denmark. On the streets of copenhagen, locals breathing in freedom. On an enseasonably warm day. Oneonone businesses like hair dressers and beauty salons are open. I bet youre fully booked . Yes, i am. Reporter for tom, his face mask as essential as his shears. What other measures do you have to take . Were using all this alcohol to clean all the stuff, cleaning the seats and everything, cleaning around here, and towels, throwing them out. This is only used once. Reporter only Elementary Schools have been open. Classrooms often split in two to avoid crowding. 12yearold liv is enjoying a whole desk to herself, but its not easy. Is it hard to keep the rules of social distancing at school . Very much. Ive missed my friends. Its tough not to hug my friends very much because, yeah, just missed my friends so much. Reporter social distancing still in place. And yes, hand washing. At the beginning they were quite good at keeping themselves apart. But we must remember, these are children. E ge mend weve got to continue this. Able to do this because they moved fast to lock down, but theyre cautious of a second wave. No one has tried this before. So we are moving on, very cautious, moving on step by step, making sure that those small steps that we are taking, they are grounded in what our experts are telling us. Reporter one step at a time for this country, and a glimpse of hope to others cautiously looking to take their first steps. Im James Longman in copenhagen, denmark. Thank you, james. And we often hear the White House Coronavirus task force say, were looking at other countries, looking at other countries in europe, to see whats happening, sharing data. 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She sewed a total of 600 masks while in quarantine and she did it all while listening to some tunes. Whats she listening to . Listening to the beatles. Thats right. Im not old enough to be a beatles fan or anything like that. Oh, really . I know she was listening to the beatles because thats what my notes say. We call her grandma terry but her name is teresa provo. Miss teresa, grandma terry, well done. Yeah, id like a chargers one please, thank you. Lets go to ohio next. Senior citizens, of course, have been urged to stay at home, particularly because a lot of them are at risk. But the Police Department in north olmstead has teamed up with meals on wheels to deliver food to those who are elderly. You see them there. Officer jim carbone is knocking on doors. He is handing out meals. Not only that, hes getting to know the residents of the county. Hes able to form oneonone relationships now. People who were previously strangers, now he says theyre turning into friends. I love that story on goodnewstues. I also love this one. I see those officers on the move. Apparently these musicians, they were also on the move. They wanted to do something for their families on lockdown. They decided to get in a truck, get their band together. A driveby concert for friends and families in quarantine. They decided to do it for a bunch of neighbors there in huntington beach, california. Speaking of music in communities, of course, at 7 00, not just in new york but a lot of cities across the country pay tribute to those on the front lines, our medical professionals, by clapping. This time theyre kicking it up a notch. You could hear from the balcony, one singer decided he was going to sing empire state of mind originally sung by alicia keys and jayz. Someone came through with a piano, look at that. Now, e bale over reening america. New clashes in several cities in phoenix. Protesters face down nurses. Georgias governor says businesses like gyms and barbers will reopen this week. But the warning from dr. Anthony fauci, reopening too soon could set us back. Breaking overnight, the growing concerns about sick workers and the u. S. Food supply. Plants in ten states are now closed due to the coronavirus outbreaks. We visit one hardhit town. Plus, oil prices go knowing tiff. A barrel of oil worth less than nothing as the Global Economy remains mostly shut down. What it means for ices here in the u. S. And ikea is the latest company to help with your quarantine cooking. It has just revealed the topsecret recipe for its famous swedish meatballs. Its tuesday, april 21st. Is it a coincidence that this is coming the day after 4 20 . Ah i dont know, i didnt think about that. Thank you for putting that in mind. That was because we missed all of 4 20 yesterday to make mention of it and a joke about it. That was part of me knowing what day of the week it is, what date it is. Thats very true. You wonder if the instructions are going to be in english. I still got all this furniture i need to assemble that i cant understand. Its just going to be pictures, a little round ball and you drop it into a crock pot. Well get to that in just a moment. We begin with the latest developments in the battle to curb the coronavirus and restart the economy. There are nearly 790,000 confirmed cases of covid19 nationwide. More than 42,000 americans have died. 72,000 have recovered. And the White House Task force is voicing concern about outbreaks in the chicago area and across massachusetts. Down south the governor of georgia has announced plans to reopen some businesses as early as this friday, including gyms and hair salons. The governor of South Carolina next door cleared the way for most Retail Stores and beaches to reopen this week. And most of the businesses across tennessee will be allowed to open by the end of next week. Protesters calling for stayathome orders to be lifted were back in the streets in several states, including this raucous rally in arizona where nurses stared down demonstrators. As many states demand more testing supplies, today the powerful and outspoken governor of hardhit new york, andrew cuomo, heads to the white house to meet with trump. Abcs whit johnson has the latest. Reporter in the new york epc inflicted weeks of pain and heartbreak, signs the state has turned a corner. Look at the curve over the last month. The number of people admitted to the hospital trending downward. Governor cuomo urging caution. The question is now, how long is the descent, and how steep is the descent . And nobody knows. Reporter across the country, more proof of the devastating toll. In michigan, 5yearold skyler herbert becoming the states first child to die of coronavirus. Skylers parents, both veteran first responders. Her father, a detroit firefighter. Her mother, a police officer. Theyve been on the frontline, theyve served with honor and integrity. And they did not deserve to lose their child to this virus. Reporter also stories of hope. In new jersey, 25yearold jack allard, who was admitted to the hospital five weeks ago and placed on a ventilator, now recovered, walking out of the hospital on his own. In louisiana, a patient discharged in true new orleans fashion. The country is eager to roar back to life. But places like new york city stuck in a standstill. The hudson river, usually crisscrossed by boats, now eerily empty. The mayor canceling all parades through june, including iconic celebrations like the puerto rican day parade and the pride march. Parts of the country slowly reopening. People flocking to some florida beaches. In georgia, the governor declaring gyms, barbershops, bowling alleys can reopen on friday. Some restaurants and theaters too, with social distancing. By taking this measured action, we will get georgians back to work safely. Reporter day after day were seeing backtowork protests breaking out. Some larger than others. Many echoing the words of the president , who has egged them on. Even as they violate the administrations own social distancing guidelines. These are great people. Reporter dr. Fauci warning the protests, all those people rallying together, could backfire. What you do if you jump the gun and go into a situation where you have a big spike, youre going to set yourself back. Reporter the white house provided a list of testing labs to all of the governors across the country. Governor cuomo here in new york says its not the labs, its the materials that are in short supply needed to carry out that testing. Hell have the opportunity to voice his concerns facetoface with the president when they meet at the white house. Whit johnson, abc news, new york. As whit suggested, testing is a major focus right now. Experts say it is key to opening the country. Antibody tests in los angeles suggests the actual number of virus infections there may be 55 times higher than tested cases. Many states are struggling to meet the demands for test kits. Maryland republican governor larry hogan cut a deal with a lab in south korea for 500,000 tests. Hogan pointed out he didnt have access to federal labs that were on a state by state list offered by the white house. The president attacked hogan over that saying hogan quote needed to get a little knowledge. Vice president pence promised the cdc is going to start boosting Contact Tracing in every state. We have enough Testing Capacity for every state in america to go to phase one, but we assured the governors today were going to continue to work around the clock to expand the Testing Capacity, support supplian efto enc at that same briefing, White House Task force member dr. Deborah birx showed slides of Lab Locations in several states, including military and other federal labs which the task force is working to get opened up for the states to use. To capitol hill where billions of dollars for Virus Testing and hospitals appears to be the last hurdle on the way to more federal help. Most of the 450 billion bill will go toward loans for small struggling businesses. If a final deal is struck, the senate could vote on it today and it could be passed by the house as soon as tomorrow. Increasing worries about the virus hitting workers at food plants. N states are reporting outbreaks at major meatpacking facilities. Concerns continuing to rise surrounding the workers and the nations chain supply. Heres abcs matt gutman in south dakota. Reporter these Assembly Lines are turning out to be some of the biggest covid hot spots in the country. There are now outbreaks at meat plants in states including south dakota and iowa which saw its largest singleday spike, most of it at meatpacking plants. But so far, the governor refusing to shut them down. And without them, peoples lives and our food supply will be impacted. We must do our part to keep them open in a safe and responsible way. Reporter here in sioux falls, where the governor has not issued stayathome orders, the nations singlebiggest hot spot. Within a couple of weeks the number of people testing positive at this plant went from a handful to over 700. Activists fear infection could be far more widespread. Were starting to get reports now of family members and secondary and tertiary contacted people, of smithfield employees, that are testing positive. The Ripple Effect into the community is severe. Reporter with the outbreak surging in the midwest, doctors here warn nothing place is immune. Theres no part of rural america, urban america, that oit its just part of who we are now. Reporter the cdc says theres no evidence the virus is transmitted through meat and it doesnt live for very long on the outside of packaging, but there are concerns among employees of this plant and plants in other states who tell us theyre con