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  • New of CNN 10.

  • World News Explain objectively in 10 minutes My name is Carla Zeus.

  • How long is the question being asked by workers, students, politicians and business leaders around the world?

  • With so many places shut down?

  • According to John Hopkins University, there were more than 684,000 cases of Corona virus worldwide.

  • When we produce this show, most who have the disease are expected to recover.

  • Though more than 32,000 people have died from it so far, the United States now has the most cases of any country, with roughly 100 and 25,000 people who have caught the disease.

  • More than 2/3 of America's population has been told to stay home to prevent Cove in 19 from spreading.

  • The cases are not spread evenly across America, though more than 40% of them are in New York, by far the hardest hit state.

  • That's why, on Saturday, the U.

  • S Centers for Disease Control told people in New York and in two neighboring states, Connecticut and New Jersey, not to travel to other states.

  • But there are places like the Dakotas, Montana, Nebraska and West Virginia.

  • that have reported fewer than 200 cases each.

  • So in American health Official says the Trump administration is trying to find a balance between keeping the country shut down and reopening it entirely.

  • This could mean that some schools and businesses where there aren't a lot of Corona virus cases may reopen in the weeks ahead course.

  • New York is not part of that.

  • The U.

  • S government has given the green light for four new emergency hospitals to be built there.

  • It's also working to get more ventilators machines that help hospital patients breathe, built and distributed.

  • Companies like New Balance are working to make more facial masks.

  • Delta Airlines is giving free flights to medical workers heading for Corona virus stricken areas.

  • Some small businesses, the ones you'll find on Main Street, are coming up with creative ideas to serve customers while they and others wait for financial help from a $2 trillion stimulus bill that President Donald Trump signed on Friday.

  • Behind the forced closure of each door on one short block of stores is a story aboutthe small businesses that employ half of America's private workforce.

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  • When you put everything into walking, something grow, and then it stopped.

  • Suddenly I was sitting on the floor, just sobbing.

  • Jen Yates and Alex Cartoonion own fitness center.

  • Studio metamorphosis scrounge every single dollar, every penny toe open.

  • And we did it.

  • How are we gonna survive with, like, we're gonna wake up the next morning and have zero income, like, how does that work?

  • You know, small businesses like Studio Metamorphosis are due to receive close to the 400 billion earmarked and the $2 trillion government stimulus plan.

  • But his business owners wait for that financial relief trying to stay connected to customers.

  • Yates holding free virtual workout class is making no money.

  • You second trivia.

  • The flag of Cambodia is the only one in the world with what feature Dragon famous building tried it for religious symbol.

  • Ceremonious flag is the only one with a specific building, an ancient temple named Angkor Wat.

  • It's also one of the nation's served by a man who became a CNN hero back in 2017 and he's among those heroes who were in the spotlight again because they're expanding the work they do to help treat or prevent Corona virus.

  • We've reported on the heroic efforts of health care workers and grocery store workers today.

  • Here's a look at some former CNN heroes who are in the fight As Cove in 19 continues to spread, So did the efforts of people who bring us hope and inspiration.

  • Thes cnnheroes air on the front lines of the pandemic, bringing medical care and supplies to those who need.

  • Rob Gore is the founder of Kavi Nonprofit that focuses on violence prevention.

  • But in his day job is an E.

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  • Doctor at a Brooklyn, New York, hospital is at the epicenter of the fight against the virus in the U.

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  • Putting his life on the line daily to save others.

  • I've worked in disaster zones in the past, worked in post earthquake Haiti, worked in South America, worked in East Africa.

  • And this feels like it's a culmination of all of them, not in the sense that you see widespread tragedy.

  • But the issues regarding resource is and access to care issues regarding just fear.

  • I have never been a part of a pandemic.

  • I noticed a series of tents in front of the different hospitals and any kind of disaster situation you have to think about where patients are gonna go.

  • So you think about overflow but also want to ensure that those infections don't get spread within a hospital setting.

  • Right now, I'm not staying at home.

  • My wife is at home.

  • I do recognize that I'm around sick people a lot, but I don't wanna bring anything home so way actually staying at Airbnb not too far from where I live.

  • If you aren't a health care professional or working in a place that's essential for survivability of people in your city, in your town, stay home.

  • Use these times while we're self quarantining to reflect and find out what it is, it was important to you.

  • Jim Withers brings medical care to people experiencing homelessness in Pittsburgh.

  • Safety net.

  • Anybody home?

  • More than half a 1,000,000 Americans are living on the streets and have nowhere safe to shelter during this crisis.

  • So there's Dr Withers and his team have quickly mobilized, leading the city's efforts to try to make sure this vulnerable community is being served.

  • We're very concerned about the people that we have out here on the streets that they may be a higher risk in some ways for the Cove it infection.

  • That's coming.

  • So we made a concerted effort right now to develop new policies and procedures to be able to screen people for covert virus.

  • So we're still figuring this out as we go.

  • Testing kits were also giving out.

  • So tents, sleeping bags.

  • Should we need to put someone in isolation a minute.

  • I think it's really important in these times to remember that we're all in this together.

  • These are our brothers and sisters out here over the lessons that we learned here.

  • Being together and taking care of each other will last far beyond this covert epidemic and washing has now become a critical prevention tool.

  • But Samir Lakhani has known for years how life saving this simple task can be.

  • He's dedicated his life to providing recycled hotel soap to rural communities across the world to help battle this pandemic.

  • He's trying to make sure soap gets into his many hands as possible.

  • All of a sudden, we have woken up to a new reality where everyone is talking about hand washing with So in some parts of the world, only 1% of households have access to soap for hand washing in the last 2.5 months, we have provided over 375 1000 bars of soap to people and affected countries, and also we are on track.

  • Should this virus still persist to reach 2.5 million people by the end of this year?

  • All of a sudden ice feel a certain sense of closeness to the people in my community, but also to people around the world.

  • It is as if the color of our skin and our boundaries have just dissipated and dissolved in front of her eyes.

  • The disappearing of boundaries, inspiring acts of selflessness and unwavering courage from everyday heroes, reminding us all that we're not in this alone.

  • Here's a video worth 10 out of 10.

  • The Georgia Aquarium is among many places that are closed to the public, but that doesn't include puppies, and they're not there to feed the fish if he know it up.

  • Saying the Atlanta Humane Society recently took a couple adoptable puppies for a play date near some of the world's largest fish tanks was cute.

  • Yes, were they interested in the marine animals?

  • Not particularly, though they're still just got these.

  • I mean puppies.

  • But maybe later on downstream they'll get interested in dogfish Doberman purchasers.

  • Shark pays Amber Jack Russells Bass sounds poor beagles are bulldog Sharks up Carla Zoos, Rambert High School and Ran Burn, Alabama Thank you for requesting a mention on our official YouTube channel.

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