The latest:In the United States, there are more than 163,000 cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. At least 3,000 people have died nationwide.President Trump on Sunday extended federal social distancing guidelines until the end of April. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a travel advisory on Saturday, urging people in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to “refrain from non-essential domestic travel” for the next two weeks.Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday that more than 100,000 Americans could die from coronavirus.Globally, the number of cases has surpassed 784,000 with more than 37,000 deaths, Hopkins reports.More than 500 coronavirus deaths reported in the US MondayThere have been at least 502 new coronavirus deaths reported in the U.S. on Monday, according to a count by CNN Health.This is the most reported deaths in the United States in a single day since the coronavirus outbreak.There have been more than 3,000 deaths reported in the U.S. Nationwide stay-at-home order is “pretty unlikely,” Trump saysPresident Trump said that while the administration has talked about a potential nationwide stay-at-home order, it is “pretty unlikely at this time.”Trump told reporters in the Rose Garden Monday that while the administration has “talked about” a nationwide order, similar to those of some states, but said it would be very “tough” to enforce and “not something we wanted to do.” “If we do that we will let you know, but it’s pretty unlikely at this time,” Trump said, adding he will keep allowing governors to make the calls for their own states.Disney’s top executives take pay cuts because of coronavirusDisney executives are taking a pay cut because of the coronavirus pandemic, the company’s CEO Bob Chapek said in an email to employees on Monday. Bob Iger, the company’s executive chairman, will forgo all of his salary while Chapek, who was named CEO in February, said that he would taking a 50% pay cut. Chapek added that other Disney executives would have their pay cut by 20% to 30% depending on title.The news comes after the company announced that its Disneyland and Walt Disney World resort would remain closed until further notice because of the outbreak. Chapek wrote in the email that in a matter of weeks, Disney has “experienced widespread disruption across our company” from its parks and resorts closing to its film and TV production being halted. “While I am confident we will get through this challenging period together and emerge even stronger, we must take necessary steps to manage the short and long-term financial impact on our company,” he wrote.Iger’s compensation was $48 million in 2019.New York City reports first child deathNew York City reported its first death of a child in relation to the novel coronavirus Monday, NBC New York reports. The minor’s age was not released, though they did have an underlying condition.The death was one of 14 the previous night that brought the city’s death toll to 790 according to officials. Navy hospital ship docks in New York CityThe U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort docked in New York City harbor Monday to aid hospitals overwhelmed treating patients with coronavirus.Patients who don’t have the virus will be treated on the ship.“The Comfort brings 1,000 much-needed hospital beds & 1,200 personnel to New York,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo tweeted Monday morning.Another U.S. Navy Hospital ship, the USNS Mercy, docked in Los Angeles on Friday, according to reports.US social distancing guidelines extendedSocial distancing guidelines that have shut down cities across the U.S. have been extended to April 30 as a top U.S. health official warns that 100,000 or more people could die in the US from the novel coronavirus.”What we’re trying to do is not to let that happen,” Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Sunday.Fauci estimates between 100,000 to 200,000 deaths, he told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” But, he said, that could change.”Whenever the models come in, they give a worst-case scenario and a best-case scenario. Generally, the reality is somewhere in the middle,” he said.As of Sunday evening, there were more than 143,000 cases of coronavirus in the United States, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. At least 2,500 people have died. 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If not to protect ourselves, but to protect those around us,” Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said.The death of a child younger than 1 year with coronavirus has previously been reported in China. That child had a pre-existing condition.The same day, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that April Dunn, the 33-year-old chair of the Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council, died due to complications from coronavirus.”I was proud to have an advocate like April on the task force and on my staff. She set a great example for how other businesses could make their workforce more inclusive,” Edwards said.CBS News producer and talent executive Maria Mercader, 54, died Sunday of coronavirus in New York Sunday, CBS said. She had been on medical leave for an unrelated matter since late February, the network said.Talk of quarantine turns to travel advisories The state of New York has been facing the brunt of the pandemic in the U.S. Officials have struggled to obtain the resources to match the cases that have surged to more than 59,000. Deaths from the virus in the state increased by 237 in less than 24 hours over the weekend, reaching at least 965 deaths.Trump had contemplated issuing an enforceable quarantine for parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, but later said it will not be necessary.Instead, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the travel advisory Saturday, urging residents of the three states to “refrain from nonessential domestic travel for 14 days effective immediately.” The states would have “full discretion” on implementing the advisory, which exempts employees in critical fields.”The fact of the matter is, people really aren’t traveling a whole lot,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said when asked about the advisory on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday. “A travel warning, we’re fine with.”Murphy added that his state is “all in on flattening the curve.”The CDC advisory came as some state officials began implementing their own restrictions on visitors from outside their states.Florida has opened highway checkpoints to screen for motorists coming from Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Louisiana and require them to isolate for 14 days or the duration of their visit, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) said.Louisiana has the third most cases in the country and the second most deaths per capita.Delaware Gov. John Carney modified his State of Emergency declaration Sunday to also order out-of-state travelers to self-quarantine for two weeks.With Rhode Island reporting three deaths over the weekend and West Virginia reporting the first in the state Sunday night, only two states, Hawaii and Wyoming, have not reported coronavirus fatalities, according to a tally compiled by CNN using data from each state Department of Health or state officials.FDA issues limited emergency use of treatmentAfter surpassing China and Italy last week to become the country with the most confirmed cases worldwide, a letter dated Saturday announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat patients hospitalized with coronavirus.Though evidence is limited on the efficacy of chloroquine, or its closely related analogue hydroxychloroquine, the FDA said the drugs’ benefits outweighed their risk.The drugs — which are used to treat malaria and other conditions — have been called game changers by Trump.”Based on the totality of scientific evidence available to FDA, it is reasonable to believe that chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate may be effective in treating COVID-19,” said the agency in its letter.Treatment authorization is limited to patients who are currently hospitalized and weigh at least 50 kg, or 110 pounds, and health care providers must contact their local or state health departments to access the drugs.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced in a Sunday press release that two pharmaceutical companies donated the drugs to the Strategic National Stockpile: 30 million doses for hydroxychloroquine sulfate from a division of Novartis and 1 million doses of chloroquine phosphate donated by Bayer pharmaceuticals.Doctors and nurses describe chaos on the front linesWhether it is from uncharted territory, dwindling supplies or hospitals feeling the spike in cases, doctors and nurses describe chaos on the front lines.”We are slowly descending into chaos,” a trauma physician at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital told CNN. “We keep on drilling and preparing but it’s already taking a toll on our staff. Both emotionally and psychologically.”Trauma physicians that normally rely on literature, research and training are now “flying blind” without instruments and building guidelines from the ground up, the physician said. And when they are done treating coronavirus patients in trauma, they head back to the ICU to treat more.For an attending physician in the anesthesiology department of a Long Island, New York, hospital told CNN that a shortage of supplies has staff wiping down and reusing single-use protective equipment and using anesthesia machines as ventilators when they ran out.”There is not enough of anything,” the doctor said. “There are just so many patients who are so sick it seems impossible to keep up with the demand.” W2lmcmFtZSBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vZDJjbXZicTdzeHgzM2ouY2xvdWRmcm9udC5uZXQvZW1haWwvcHJvZF9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1c19pZnJhbWVfYXJ0aWNsZS5odG1sIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjQxNCIgc3R5bGU9IndpZHRoOjEwMCU7Ym9yZGVyOm5vbmU7b3ZlcmZsb3c6aGlkZGVuIiBzY3JvbGxpbmc9Im5vIiBmcmFtZWJvcmRlcj0iMCIgYWxsb3dUcmFuc3BhcmVuY3k9InRydWUiXVsvaWZyYW1lXQ==
The latest:
- In the United States, there are more than 163,000 cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. At least 3,000 people have died nationwide.
- President Trump on Sunday extended federal social distancing guidelines until the end of April.
- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a travel advisory on Saturday, urging people in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to “refrain from non-essential domestic travel” for the next two weeks.
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday that more than 100,000 Americans could die from coronavirus.
- Globally, the number of cases has surpassed 784,000 with more than 37,000 deaths, Hopkins reports.
More than 500 coronavirus deaths reported in the US Monday
There have been at least 502 new coronavirus deaths reported in the U.S. on Monday, according to a count by CNN Health.
This is the most reported deaths in the United States in a single day since the coronavirus outbreak.
There have been more than 3,000 deaths reported in the U.S.
Nationwide stay-at-home order is “pretty unlikely,” Trump says
President Trump said that while the administration has talked about a potential nationwide stay-at-home order, it is “pretty unlikely at this time.”Trump told reporters in the Rose Garden Monday that while the administration has “talked about” a nationwide order, similar to those of some states, but said it would be very “tough” to enforce and “not something we wanted to do.”
“If we do that we will let you know, but it’s pretty unlikely at this time,” Trump said, adding he will keep allowing governors to make the calls for their own states.
Disney’s top executives take pay cuts because of coronavirus
Disney executives are taking a pay cut because of the coronavirus pandemic, the company’s CEO Bob Chapek said in an email to employees on Monday.
Bob Iger, the company’s executive chairman, will forgo all of his salary while Chapek, who was named CEO in February, said that he would taking a 50% pay cut. Chapek added that other Disney executives would have their pay cut by 20% to 30% depending on title.
The news comes after the company announced that its Disneyland and Walt Disney World resort would remain closed until further notice because of the outbreak.
Chapek wrote in the email that in a matter of weeks, Disney has “experienced widespread disruption across our company” from its parks and resorts closing to its film and TV production being halted.
“While I am confident we will get through this challenging period together and emerge even stronger, we must take necessary steps to manage the short and long-term financial impact on our company,” he wrote.
Iger’s compensation was $48 million in 2019.
New York City reports first child death
New York City reported its first death of a child in relation to the novel coronavirus Monday, NBC New York reports. The minor’s age was not released, though they did have an underlying condition.
The death was one of 14 the previous night that brought the city’s death toll to 790 according to officials.
Navy hospital ship docks in New York City
The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort docked in New York City harbor Monday to aid hospitals overwhelmed treating patients with coronavirus.
Patients who don’t have the virus will be treated on the ship.
“The Comfort brings 1,000 much-needed hospital beds & 1,200 personnel to New York,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo tweeted Monday morning.
Another U.S. Navy Hospital ship, the USNS Mercy, docked in Los Angeles on Friday, according to reports.
US social distancing guidelines extended
Social distancing guidelines that have shut down cities across the U.S. have been extended to April 30 as a top U.S. health official warns that 100,000 or more people could die in the US from the novel coronavirus.
“What we’re trying to do is not to let that happen,” Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Sunday.
Fauci estimates between 100,000 to 200,000 deaths, he told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” But, he said, that could change.
“Whenever the models come in, they give a worst-case scenario and a best-case scenario. Generally, the reality is somewhere in the middle,” he said.
As of Sunday evening, there were more than 143,000 cases of coronavirus in the United States, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. At least 2,500 people have died.
The Trump administration issued guidelines March 16 on social distancing to contain the coronavirus outbreak which initially had a 15-day time frame.
Now, the guidelines, which urge Americans to avoid groups of more than 10 and advise older people to stay home, will be extended to April 30.
Deaths of a state employee, a journalist and an infant reported
As the death toll continues to rise across the U.S., the death of a baby in Chicago is under investigation. Illinois officials announced on Saturday the first death of an infant in connection with coronavirus.
“We must do everything we can to prevent the spread of this deadly virus. If not to protect ourselves, but to protect those around us,” Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said.
The death of a child younger than 1 year with coronavirus has previously been reported in China. That child had a pre-existing condition.
The same day, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that April Dunn, the 33-year-old chair of the Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council, died due to complications from coronavirus.
“I was proud to have an advocate like April on the task force and on my staff. She set a great example for how other businesses could make their workforce more inclusive,” Edwards said.
CBS News producer and talent executive Maria Mercader, 54, died Sunday of coronavirus in New York Sunday, CBS said. She had been on medical leave for an unrelated matter since late February, the network said.
Talk of quarantine turns to travel advisories
The state of New York has been facing the brunt of the pandemic in the U.S.
Officials have struggled to obtain the resources to match the cases that have surged to more than 59,000. Deaths from the virus in the state increased by 237 in less than 24 hours over the weekend, reaching at least 965 deaths.
Trump had contemplated issuing an enforceable quarantine for parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, but later said it will not be necessary.
Instead, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the travel advisory Saturday, urging residents of the three states to “refrain from nonessential domestic travel for 14 days effective immediately.” The states would have “full discretion” on implementing the advisory, which exempts employees in critical fields.
“The fact of the matter is, people really aren’t traveling a whole lot,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said when asked about the advisory on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday. “A travel warning, we’re fine with.”
Murphy added that his state is “all in on flattening the curve.”
The CDC advisory came as some state officials began implementing their own restrictions on visitors from outside their states.
Florida has opened highway checkpoints to screen for motorists coming from Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Louisiana and require them to isolate for 14 days or the duration of their visit, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) said.
Louisiana has the third most cases in the country and the second most deaths per capita.
Delaware Gov. John Carney modified his State of Emergency declaration Sunday to also order out-of-state travelers to self-quarantine for two weeks.
With Rhode Island reporting three deaths over the weekend and West Virginia reporting the first in the state Sunday night, only two states, Hawaii and Wyoming, have not reported coronavirus fatalities, according to a tally compiled by CNN using data from each state Department of Health or state officials.
FDA issues limited emergency use of treatment
After surpassing China and Italy last week to become the country with the most confirmed cases worldwide, a letter dated Saturday announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat patients hospitalized with coronavirus.
Though evidence is limited on the efficacy of chloroquine, or its closely related analogue hydroxychloroquine, the FDA said the drugs’ benefits outweighed their risk.
The drugs — which are used to treat malaria and other conditions — have been called game changers by Trump.
“Based on the totality of scientific evidence available to FDA, it is reasonable to believe that chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate may be effective in treating COVID-19,” said the agency in its letter.
Treatment authorization is limited to patients who are currently hospitalized and weigh at least 50 kg, or 110 pounds, and health care providers must contact their local or state health departments to access the drugs.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced in a Sunday press release that two pharmaceutical companies donated the drugs to the Strategic National Stockpile: 30 million doses for hydroxychloroquine sulfate from a division of Novartis and 1 million doses of chloroquine phosphate donated by Bayer pharmaceuticals.
Doctors and nurses describe chaos on the front lines
Whether it is from uncharted territory, dwindling supplies or hospitals feeling the spike in cases, doctors and nurses describe chaos on the front lines.
“We are slowly descending into chaos,” a trauma physician at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital told CNN. “We keep on drilling and preparing but it’s already taking a toll on our staff. Both emotionally and psychologically.”
Trauma physicians that normally rely on literature, research and training are now “flying blind” without instruments and building guidelines from the ground up, the physician said. And when they are done treating coronavirus patients in trauma, they head back to the ICU to treat more.
For an attending physician in the anesthesiology department of a Long Island, New York, hospital told CNN that a shortage of supplies has staff wiping down and reusing single-use protective equipment and using anesthesia machines as ventilators when they ran out.
“There is not enough of anything,” the doctor said. “There are just so many patients who are so sick it seems impossible to keep up with the demand.”