The death toll exceeds 1700 nationwide. We have Fox Team Coverage on the Coronavirus Crisis here at home and abroad, but we begin with Steve Harrigan in atlanta, outside the cdc headquarters. Steve . Jon, its only a potential quarantine quarantine right now but President Trump speculating on putting it in place, for new york, new jersey and parts of connecticut. He said it could go into effect as soon as today. Heres the president. Some people would like to see new york quarantined because its a hot spot. New york, new jersey, maybe one or two other places. Certain parts of connecticut quarantined. Im thinking about that right now. We might not have to do it, but theres a possibility that sometime today we will do a quarantine, shortterm, two weeks on new york. When asked about a potential quarantine of new york, Governor Cuomo expressed surprise, even bafflement. Heres the governor. I dont even know what that what that means. I dont know how that could be legally enforceable. And from a medical point of view, i dont know what you would be accomplishing. But i can tell you, i dont even like the sound of it, not even understanding what it is, i dont like the sound of it. The numbers in the u. S. Continue to go up steadily, more than 115,000 positive cases now. Thats up more than 10,000 since the morning. One number to keep an eye on, new jersey had just 3,000 cases as of this morning. Now more than 11,000. That means the cases in new jersey, positive cases of the virus have more than tripled in just one day. Some good news on the horizon, abbott labs saying it will produce 50,000 units of a tester for the virus. That test can be carried out in under 15 minutes so that could change things dramatically on the ground. Jon, back to you. Jon Steve Harrigan from the cdc in atlanta, thank you. President trump traveling to norfolk, virginia to deliver remarks near the u. S. Naval ship comfort before it heads to new york to aid in the Coronavirus Relief effort. This comes one day after he signed into law the largest stimulus package in american history. Mark meredith is at the white house now with the latest. Mark . Jon, the white house has not laid out exactly how this potential quarantine that steve was just talking about would work. The administration has long pushed back against this idea that there could be some sort of National Lockdown. There were some rumors on social media a couple of days ago. The administration had made it clear that wasnt something they were thinking about, but as we heard from the president earlier today, it appears some sort of limited order may be in the works. This is what the president had to say also in norfolk earlier today. Because it is such a hot area of new york, new jersey, and connecticut, well be announcing that one way or the other, fairly soon. This does not apply to people such as truckers from outside the new york area, who are making deliveries or simply transiting through. It wont affect trade in any way. There are still some questions, though, left unanswered. The president you can see there in norfolk along with the secretary of defense esper, that ship right there will be heading to new york, a massive hospital ship. It should arrive on monday. It is expected to begin treating patients, though, on tuesday. People with the virus will not be on ship. The ship will be used for people having operations and other things other than that. By serving these emergency patients away from the hospital, beds will be open up all over the city for those who are infected. New york of course not the only state dealing with the white house has approved disaster declarations for several states as they deal with the outbreak. The president also speaking several times with different governors in the last few days. Today we heard from michigans governor on tweeted. She tweeted quote had a good call with the Vice President this morning, well keep working around the clock with fema and the white house to get more personal protective equipment we need to keep michigan people safe. Meantime, jon, as you mentioned, the 2 trillion dollars stimulus package that Congress Approved earlier this week, the president has now signed this. This is going to cover a wide variety of issues, the administration is worried about, not only income for personal americans that have been impacted by this, but also industries, like the airlines, hotels that have lost so much money in the last couple of days. A lot still being worked out. It is possible another stimulus could be reviewed by congress. Although, jon, it is unclear when that may happen. Jon . Jon Mark Meredith at a very busy white house, thank you. President trump invoking the defense production act to compel General Motors to recalibrate some auto plants in order to build lifesaving ventilators which are in short supply. The president tapping white house trade and Manufacturing Policy director Peter Navarro to coordinate the effort. We are live at the pentagon with more on that. Lucas . Jon, before leaving for norfolk, President Trump threatened to invoke the defense production act again. I would say we will use it again, maybe once or twice. We have a couple little problems, and well use it where we have to, but overall i tell you the private, Free Enterprise system is at work like nobody has seen in a long time. We are looking at two companies that havent lived up to what they said. I would say they are in a 1 group. Leading the u. S. Militarys response against the virus, head of u. S. Northern command. He calling it is a wartime operation. Hes say medical specialists will soon deploy from jacksonville, florida not clear where they will go. Defense secretary esper described the militarys response. For several weeks the department of defense has been surging personnel, capabilities and equipment to help slow the spread of the virus. Thousands of National Guard troops are mobilized across the country, conducting a variety of essential tasks ranging from planning to logistics to medical support. The army corps of engineers has transformed a center on manhattans west side to a makeshift hospital nearly 3,000 beds making it one of the largest hospitals in the country right now. The commanding general says he will convert a large Convention Center in chicago as well by the end of next month at a cost of 75 million dollars. He is also looking at places in new orleans where covid deaths continue to rise. We have never done a pandemic capability. We dont have on the shelf designs of how to modify hotels into, you know, covid centers. President trump has given his defense secretary the permission to bring back former army medics to battle the virus. Jon . Jon thank you, lucas. The u. S. Navy hospital ship is on its way to new york city to help ease the burden on area hospitals overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. This as President Trump approves additional emergency facilities in the new york metro area, where the majority of those cases are recorded. Jacqui heinrich is tracking all of this for us from new york city. Jacqui . Jon, since yesterday, 209 more coronavirus deaths bringing the total in this state to 728. There are 52,000 confirmed infections right now in new york. There are 1700 people in the icu and 7300 people in hospitals. New york Governor Cuomo is shutting down the suggestion that a stockpile of ventilators isnt necessary, saying if we wait until that peak hits, it will be too late. Do everything you can to get ready now. Theres an old expression, you go to war with what you have, not with what you need, which is true. When the bell goes off, and you have to go to war, you deal with what you have, because its too late to do the preparation. Hospitals are straining to meet current needs, reporting units are full. Outside elmhurst hospital in queens, there are long lines of people. It is the same hospital that used refrigeration truck this week to hold bodies. Doctors are also falling ill, and hospitals are beginning to transfer patients because of the case load. And while the state says they have purchased enough protective equipment for the needs of healthcare workers right now, theres not enough longterm, and doctors and nurses say because of the shortage, theyre operating under crisis guidelines, from the cdc. Like a war zone, a medical war zone. There are moments where you feel [inaudible]. Part of it is the amount of work you are doing. President trump approved Governor Cuomos request for four more temporary Field Hospitals bringing the total to eight, plus the Navy Ship Comfort heading to new york harbor. Each facility will hold a thousand patients. The first Field Hospital wont be opening till monday. The governor did announce some encouraging news, saying that the rate of folks heading into the icu dropped since yesterday, although he did give the caveat that he wouldnt put too much stock in that number. Jon . Jon Jacqui Heinrich from new york city, thank you. The u. S. Naval hospital ship mercy now at the port of los angeles to handle patients who need treatment for conditions other than covid19 today. The hospital ship will provide care for hundreds while freeing up beds on shore for covid19 patients. This as officials throughout california continue to warn that a surge of cases is likely to come. Christina coleman live from the port of los angeles with that. Christina . Well, jon, right now, local and state officials are expecting an onslaught of coronavirus cases. We learned moments ago that there have been 344 new cases reported here in l. A. County, just since yesterday, which is why local officials are grateful to have the Navy Hospital docked here right now. L. A. Mayor Eric Garcetti says he anticipates seeing the number of coronavirus cases surge in los angeles, to the numbers were seeing in new york city in next week or so. Also california is one of the hardesthit states for the virus. L. A. County is the most populated county in the nation, and its coronavirus cases have more than tripled since last week. Theres been 32 covid19 deaths and more than 1800 cases in l. A. County alone. And even with the addition of the mercy, california Officials Say they are not slowing down their preparations. We are in the process now of having secured roughly 4,000 beds of some type to prepare for the surge, which we believe will start taking shape in next week or two, based upon our modelling. We havent been waiting. We have been preparing. Patients who do not have coronavirus will be treated on the mercy, and that will free up landbased hospitals to respond to covid19. The ship will offer a full spectrum of medical services from Critical Care to general surgeries, and more than 11,000 personnel or 1100 personnel will be on board, and at full capacity, the mercy is the largest hospital in los angeles. This will really be the first time that they have been used in the United States, but particularly in these areas that are dealing with the crisis like new york and los angeles, that they will see these ships and get a sense of comfort that the nation is very prepared and able to respond in crises like this. And the Navy Hospital can be in Service Today, and were keeping an eye out for any arriving passengers. Jon . Jon all right, Christina Coleman in los angeles, thank you. Meanwhile, italy is reeling from the coronavirus ic. The country reported 889 deaths today, just one day after recording its highest daily death toll since the crisis began. Amy kellogg has that from florence, italy. The numbers here have not been good at all. We had our highest daily death toll yesterday at 919 people, with slightly less today. The numbers of new infections percentage wise slightly down, but we are still far from being out of hot water. 20 of covid19 deaths worldwide have been in lombardi which is the Northern Region of italy. It is just not clear when restrictions on life will be loosened because italy knows the rest of the world is watching to see how what we do, what sort of effect it has, plays out. Pope francis in an empty rainy st. Peters square implored god to help last night. He said we are all in the same boat together. There are six cases of coronavirus in the vatican. Someone who lives in the popes residence tested positive. So 170 tests were carried, all came back negative according to the vatican spokesesman. Russia sent in teams from the ministry of defense to help disinfect and treat people. Some have questioned why the Russian Military has to be here. Civil defense in italy which is coordinating the response to the covid crisis said they are extremely grateful for russias help. Germany continues to take patients italian hospitals cant cope with. Another issue during this time of quarantine has been caring for the homeless who not only have nowhere to go and no passersby to feed them but are extremely exposed, much like the doctors and nurses who are on the front lines. Over 40 doctors have died from coronavirus. And thousands of healthcare workers have been infected. The pope has prayed for them and all the Unsung Heroes, such as those who work in the hospitals cleaning up day and night. Some of them for less than a thousand dollars a month. A lot of doctors, jon, are complaining that they are not getting the protection that they need out there on the front lines in terms of the more protective masks and other things. There have been appeals, and there have been people stepping forward to help with supplies and with new doctors and nurses coming our way. But the bottom line is it continues to be a tremendous struggle, and one newspaper wrote these doctors are tired of being called heroes. They need to feel defended. Jon . Jon the pandemic stressing governments worldwide. Amy kellogg, thank you. Thousands of u. S. Citizens finding themselves stranded overseas. Airports around the world are shut down and flights cancelled over coronavirus lockdowns and quarantines. The number of confirmed cases worldwide now surpasses 652,000. Ryan chilcote has more from london. Spain is second only to italy when it comes to deaths from the coronavirus, and it just saw its deadliest day yet, where are than 800 fatalities, 8,000 reported infections in just the last 24 hours. There are now at least 72,000 reported cases in spain, a country with a population 1 7 of the United States. Nearly 5700 people have been killed by the virus. Spain is about two weeks into a National Lockdown and still the numbers keep rising. Experts say spains medical system is now in serious jeopardy. More and more medical workers, ambulance drivers, nurses, doctors, are all getting sick, and they are leaving behind a vacuum when it comes to treatment. Meanwhile, weve seen a huge spike in the number of victims here in the u. K. The u. K. Also just saw a deadly day with more than 259 new deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to over 1,000. The head of the Healthcare System here just said the u. K. Will have done well if less than 20,000 people die before this is over. In other words, less than 20,000 deaths would be a success. The whole of the u. K. , myself included, are in lockdown, and that will continue until at least easter monday. Yesterday you may recall Prime MinisterBoris Johnson became the first world leader to report he has tested positive. Meanwhile, in germany, where 325 people have died of the virus, chancellor merkels chief of staff says germany wont ease its restrictions on movement until at least the 20th of april. Germany is not the first european country to extend their lockdown. Finally we go to china where the pandemic began in december, and people are now back on the streets again. A plane from china just landed in spain carrying a cargo of some 4 million face masks, as new cases in china dry up, beijing has gone on a pr offensive, jon, providing those medical supplies, trying to win hearts and minds in europe, and i can tell you that those face masks are very welcome. Jon . Jon Ryan Chilcote in london, thank you. More Team Coverage on the Coronavirus Crisis. Up next, how authorities in colorado are protecting healthcare workers on the front lines of this pandemic. Of a different kind. Adp helps canyon ranch place the right people in the right jobs, so employees like dave can achieve what theyre working for. 450degree oven, to box, to you, know that from our its our policy that your pizza is never touched once it comes out of the oven. And were taking extra steps, like no contact delivery, to ensure it. Tv sports announcer yeah, thats my man there. Tv sports announcer time out. Lets go to a commercial. 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