YOU, LINDSAY. WELL, WE'RE
KEEPING YOU UP TO DATE WITH THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON THE
CORONA VIRUS. THE CDC HAS NOW
PUT OUT A NEW TRAVEL ADVISORY
FOR PLACES LIKE NEW YORK, NEW
JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT. THAT
AREA IS NOW CONSIDERED THE
EPICENTER OF THE OUTBREAK IN
THE U.S.. HARD HIT NEW YORK
CITY IS NOW SCRAMBLING TO BUILD
A MOBILE HOSPITAL IN CENTRAL
PARK. HERE'S GABE GUTIERREZ AS
AN EMERGENCY FIELD HOSPITAL IS
BEING BUILT, AN ICONIC CENTRAL
PARK, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND
CONNECTICUT ARE NOW UNDER A 14
DAY TRAVEL ADVISORY. THE CDC IS
URGING PEOPLE IN THE NATION'S
WORST CORONAVIRUS HOTSPOT TO
HALT NONESSENTIAL DOMESTIC
TRAVEL AS CASES TOP 70000 IN
THE THREE STATES WITH OVER 1000
DEATHS. NOT A LOCKDOWN,
SOMETHING MUCH MORE CONSISTENT
WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN ACTUALLY
SAYING AND DOING IN THE CITY
AND STATE ALREADY WHICH IS
TELLING PEOPLE TO STAY HOME
UNLESS THEY HAVE AN ESSENTIAL
REASON TO GO SOMEWHERE. TODAY
THE U.S. AND ITS COMFORT IS DUE
TO DOCK IN NEW YORK HARBOR. IT
WILL SERVE AS A FLOATING
THOUSAND BED HOSPITAL FOR NON
CORONA VIRUS PATIENTS FREEING
UP BEDS ON LAND. WE STILL HAVE
TO TAKE CARE OF BAY AWAY AND
WE'LL HAVE TO DELIVER. WE HAVE
TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS WHO
NEED EMERGENCY SURGERY. CARE OF
KIDS IN THE BRONX YARDS ARE
PACKED. WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF
YOUNGER PATIENTS THAT ARE
COMING THROUGH THE DOOR THAT
ARE SICKER AS WELL AND THAT
THAT IS SURPRISING AND A LITTLE
SCARY CONCERNS ARE ALSO GROWING
ABOUT THE LACK OF PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT OR PPE FOR
HEALTH CARE WORKERS. IT'S
INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING FOR US.
OUR OUR COWORKERS ARE GETTING
SICK. THE LAST FIVE DAYS HAVE
BEEN THE BUSIEST EVER RECORDED
BY M.S. HERE IN NEW YORK CITY.
AS FOR THIS FIELD HOSPITAL IN
CENTRAL PARK, IT IS SET TO OPEN
TOMORROW. GABE PETERS, NBC
NEWS , NEW YORK. NOW THE
PRESIDENT'S NEW GUIDELINES COME
AS WE'RE SEEING NEW WARNINGS
FROM NATIONAL HEALTH LEADERS.
U.S. SURGEON GENERAL JEROME
ADAMS CALLED INDIANAPOLIS AN
EMERGING HOTSPOT FOR COPING 19
ALONGSIDE NEW ORLEANS, CHICAGO,
DETROIT AND OTHER CITIES. AND
THE COUNTRY'S TOP INFECTIOUS
DISEASE EXPERT SAYS THE US WILL
SEE MANY MORE CASES LOOKING AT
WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW. YOU
KNOW, I WOULD SAY BETWEEN 100
AND 200 THOUSAND CASES BUT I
DON'T WANNA BE HELD TO THAT
BECAUSE IT'S IT'S. EXCUSE ME
DEATHS. I MEAN WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE MILLIONS OF KIDS NOW HERE
IN INDIANA. THERE ARE NOW OVER
17 HUNDRED POSITIVE CASES OF
KOTA 19 35 HOOSIERS IN ALL HAVE
DIED FROM THE VIRUS. THAT'S UP
FROM A TOTAL OF 32 YESTERDAY.
WELL, THE CURRENT OUTBREAK IS A
NIGHTMARE FOR AMERICANS TRAPPED
IN OTHER COUNTRIES. MANY OF
THEM JUST COULD NOT MAKE IT OUT
OF THOSE COUNTRIES QUICKLY
ENOUGH. NOW THEY'RE LOOKING FOR
HELP FROM OUR GOVERNMENT. NBC
SARAH HARMAN TAKES A LOOK AT
SOME OF THEIR STORIES. TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS ARE
STRANDED OVERSEAS IN INDIA.
THERE'S CHAOS AS THE GOVERNMENT
IMPOSES A LOCKDOWN ON MORE THAN
A BILLION PEOPLE INCLUDING
PETER JOSEPH FROM SAN DIEGO.
HE'S BEEN STUCK IN HIS HOSTEL
FOR EIGHT DAYS. WE FEEL
COMPLETELY NOT SCARED. WE FEEL
ABANDONED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE WORLD. PERU CLOSING ITS
BORDERS VIRTUALLY OVERNIGHT,
SENDING AMERICANS SCRAMBLING TO
THE AIRPORT. YES, LOOKING
FORWARD TO GOING HOME. GREEN
BAY PACKERS QUARTERBACK AARON
RODGERS DESCRIBING HIS OWN
HARROWING ESCAPE IN A RADIO
INTERVIEW. THERE WERE SOME
MOMENTS WHERE WE WERE WORRIED
WE WERE NOT GOING TO GET OUT.
IT WAS ABSOLUTE PANDEMONIUM AT
THE AIRPORT. OTHERS WEREN'T SO
LUCKY YESTERDAY. THE ONLY NEAL
WE GOT WAS LUNCH. ZACHARY NEXT
WRATH HAS BEEN STUCK IN A YOUTH
HOSTEL IN CUSCO FOR 13 DAYS.
YOU'VE GOT REPATRIATION FLIGHT
THROUGH THE STATE DEPARTMENT
BUT YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO
LEAVE THE YOUTH HOSTEL,
CORRECT? THE HOSSAM JUROR SAID
THAT IF I WERE TO LEAVE WITH
THAT DOCUMENT I WOULD GET
ARRESTED. THE STATE DEPARTMENT
SAYING WE HAVE NO HIGHER DUTY
THAN TO PROTECT AMERICAN
CITIZENS AND HAVE LAUNCHED AN
UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL EFFORT TO
BRING HOME OUR CITIZENS FROM
EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE. BUT
NOT EVERYONE CAN BE RESCUED
EASILY. THOSE ON CRUISE SHIPS
STRANDED AT SEA UNWELCOME IN
ANY HARBOR THE SAME OFF THE
COAST PANAMA CARRYING FOUR
DEAD AND MORE THAN 100 SICK
TONIGHT TRANSFERRING ITS
HEALTHY PASSENGERS TO ANOTHER
VESSEL. STRANDED AMERICANS
AROUND THE WORLD WONDER WHEN
AND HOW THEY'LL EVER GET HOME.
SARAH HARMON, NBC NEWS . NOW
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS TWO HEALTH
INSURERS ARE NOW WAIVING
PAYMENTS FOR CORONA VIRUS
TREATMENT. BOTH CIGNA AND
HUMANA WILL NOT REQUIRE MANY OF
THEIR CUSTOMERS TO MAKE
COPAYMENTS OR OTHER FORMS OF
COST SHARING. THIS MOVE COULD
SAVE COLBERT 19 PATIENTS
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND EASE
THE BURDEN. LAST WEEK AETNA
ANNOUNCED PAYMENT WAIVERS FOR
COBRA 19 PATIENTS AS WELL
WORKERS AT THE JEFFERSONVILLE
AMAZON FACILITY ARE WORRIED
SHIPMENTS FROM A KENTUCKY
WAREHOUSE COULD EXPOSE THEM TO
COPE AT 19. LAST WEEK THE
SHEPHERD'S BILL KENTUCKY PLANT
CLOSED AFTER THREE WORKERS WERE
DIAGNOSED WITH THE CORONA
VIRUS. OUR PARTNERS AT THE
NEWS AND TRIBUNE REPORT
SHIPMENTS COME FROM THAT
WAREHOUSE DAILY TO THE ONE IN
JEFFERSONVILLE. BUT AMAZON SAYS
IT'S MAKING SURE THE FACILITY
IS SAFE. SO THERE ARE NO
DISRUPTIONS TO DELIVERIES WHILE
THE FBI IS WARNING PEOPLE ABOUT
SCAMS TARGETING THE NEW
EMERGENCY RELIEF PACKAGE. THE
PACKAGE OFFERS DIRECT PAYMENTS
TO MOST ADULTS AND IS SUPPOSED
TO BOOST THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.
SO THE FBI IS REMINDING PEOPLE
THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WILL
NEVER SEND AN EMAIL ASKING FOR
PEOPLE'S PERSONAL INFORMATION
TO GET FEDERAL AID. THEY'RE