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>> Ian: GOOD EVENING, I'M IAN
HANOMANSING.
MANY STRUGGLING CANADIANS ARE
ABOUT TO GET HELP.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: IF YOU CHOOSE TO
DIRECT DEPOSIT YOU WILL GET A
FIRST PAYMENT WITHIN THREE TO
FIVE DAYS.
>> Ian: WITH THE ONSLAUGHT OF
APPLICATIONS EXPECTED, WILL THE
SYSTEM WORK?
>>> THE QUEEN'S HISTORIC ADDRESS
IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC.
>> WE WILL SUCCEED AND THAT
SUCCESS WILL BELONG TO EVERY ONE
OF US.
>> Ian: SHOULD YOU BE WEARING A
MASK OUTSIDE?
OUR DOCTORS WILL TALK US THROUGH
THE PROS AND THE PITFALLS.
>>> PLUS, MADE-IN-CANADA
SOLUTIONS TO MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
SHORTAGES.
>> OUR SUPPLY CHAIN IS ALL IN
CANADA.
WE'RE NOT AT RISK IF THINGS
CHANGE ELSEWHERE.
>> Ian: HOW COMPANIES ARE
WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP.
>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>>> THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
IN CANADA COMES DOWN TO TIME AND
RESOLVE.
HOW LONG AND HOW WELL CAN THIS
COUNTRY OUTRUN THE VIRUS BY
STAYING IN ONE PLACE?
SO FAR THE PACE OF INFECTION
REMAINS RELENTLESS AS CANADA'S
CHIEF HEALTH OFFICER SAID TODAY.
>> YOU WON'T KNOW THAT YOU'VE
PASSED A CERTAIN PEAK UNTIL
YOU'RE ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF IT.
>> Ian: THERE ARE MORE THAN
15,500 CONFIRMED CASES IN
CANADA, AND ABOUT 1,500 OF THOSE
NEW TODAY.
DEATHS HAVE NOW PASSED THE 300
MARK.
AS WE OFTEN HAVE BEEN REMINDED,
THIS
ISN'T A SPRINT, IT'S A MARATHON.
BUT TIME IS MONEY.
AND MANY CANADIANS ARE RAPIDLY
RUNNING OUT OF IT.
THE FIRST PROGRAMME TO HELP
LAUNCHES TOMORROW.
PEOPLE COULD START GETTING MONEY
AS EARLY AS THIS WEEK.
BUT AS ASHLEY BURKE EXPLAINS,
THIS IS A HASTILY ARRANGED
PROGRAMME, BEARING A BIG BURDEN.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: ANYTIME THAT WE'RE
DOING BIG MEASURES LIKE THIS
THERE WILL BE GAPS, THERE WILL
BE CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTATION
AND UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES.
>> Reporter: THE PRIME
MINISTER IS ABOUT TO LAUNCH ONE
OF THE MOST NEEDED AND
ANTICIPATED ECONOMIC RELIEF
PROGRAMMES IN CANADIAN HISTORY.
HE SAYS THAT THE SYSTEM IS READY
TO GO.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WE ARE WORKING VERY
HARD TO ENSURE THAT OUR SYSTEMS
ARE ROBUST ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE
UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND.
>> Reporter: CERB WAS BUILT
FROM SCRATCH AT A TIME OF
CRISIS.
IT'S NOW DEPENDING ON THE
CANADA REVENUE AGENCY'S I.T.
SYSTEMS TO GET MONEY TO THOSE IN
NEED.
>> GOVERNMENTS HAVE A TERRIBLE
RECORD OF BUNGLING INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AND THAT
CAN RESULT IN PAYMENT DELAYS AND
WRONG AMOUNTS BEING SENT OUT.
WE HOPE THAT C.R.A. HAS MANAGED
TO PLAN FOR THIS.
>> Reporter: THE TEST WILL
COME MONDAY MORNING WHEN
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
CANADIANS LOG ON TO APPLY.
INCLUDING THIS QUÉBEC DAD WHO
LOST BOTH OF HIS JOBS.
>> I HOPE THAT IT'S NOT SO LONG
BECAUSE THIS WEEK I NEED TO CALL
MY BANK TO STOP PAYMENT FOR MY
CAR, FOR MY HOUSE.
>> Reporter: AND AS SOME WAIT
FOR THE BENEFITS, STUDENTS AND
ANYONE WHO STILL HAS ANY INCOME
ARE LEFT OUT ENTIRELY.
>> THE CONCERN IS THAT THIS
GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO DID NOT HAVE
A JOB AND LOSE A JOB AT THE
BEGINNING OF COVID-19 DON'T
QAWFERL FOR THIS CREB.
>> THE EMERGENCY BENEFIT BANS
WORKERS FROM TAKING ON ANY EXTRA
HOURS IF THEY WORK AND EARN ANY
MONEY DURING THE PERIOD WHEN
THEY RECEIVE THE BENEFIT THEY
LOSE THE BENEFIT ALL TOGETHER.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE FIRST
WAVE OF GOVERNMENT AID THAT WILL
BE FOLLOWED BY AN EVEN BIGGER
WAGE SUBSIDY PROGRAMME FOR
BUSINESSES.
ALL OF THIS IS BEING DONE AT A
PACE
AND A SPEED THAT STRESSED THE
PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS PROGRAMME,
THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT AND THE
COMPUTER SYSTEM DELIVERING IT.
ASHLEY BURKE, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> Ian: IN BRITAIN TONIGHT, THE
QUEEN DELIVERED A RALLYING CRY
IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC.
IT WAS ONE OF THE RARE TIMES
THAT SHE'S
ADDRESSED THE COMMONWEALTH WITH
A SPECIAL MESSAGE.
SHE DID IT WITH A CALL FOR
UNITY.
MARGARET EVANS WAS WATCHING.
>> Reporter: FROM THE INNER OF
THE WINDSOR CASTLE TO THE DEEP
FAMILIARITY OF BRITAIN'S LONGEST
REIGNING MONARCH, TO A NATION
LIVING THROUGH SUCH UNFAMILIAR
TIMES, THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE WAS
CLEARLY AIMED AT DELIVERING HOPE
AND REASSURANCE.
>> WHILE WE HAVE FACED
CHALLENGES BEFORE, THIS ONE IS
DIFFERENT.
THIS TIME WE JOIN WITH ALL
NATIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE IN A
COMMON ENDEAVOUR.
>> Reporter: IT IS ONLY THE
FIFTH TIME THAT THE QUEEN HAS
FELT COMPELLED TO MAKE SUCH A
BROADCAST OVER HER 68-YEAR
REIGN.
DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR, AFTER
THE DEATHS OF PRINCESS DIANA AND
HER OWN MOTHER, AND TO MARK 60
YEARS ON THE THRONE.
>> SHE'S EFFECTIVELY TRYING TO
BE ALONGSIDE HER SUBJECTS IN
THEIR LIVING ROOMS WHILE THEY
ARE SELF-ISOLATING AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING, TRYING TO BASICALLY
PROVIDE A CHINK OF HOPE AND A
CHINK OF LIGHT AT A DIFFICULT
TIME.
>> I STILL HAVE A TEMPERATURE --
>> Reporter: TONIGHT JUST
AFTER THE QUEEN'S ADDRESS, THE
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS
JOHNSON, DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19
10 DAYS AGO, WAS TAKEN TO
HOSPITAL FOR WHAT DOWNING STREET
IS DESCRIBING AS PRECAUTIONARY
TESTS.
NEARLY 5,000 PEOPLE HAVE NOW
DIED OF THE CORONAVIRUS HERE.
THE GOVERNMENT IS BUILDING VAST
FIELD HOSPITALS AND MORGUES.
AND YET THIS WEEKEND SUNNY
WEATHER STILL MANAGED TO
CHALLENGE ORDERS FOR PEOPLE TO
STAY INSIDE AND WHEN ALLOWED
OUTSIDE FOR EXERCISE TO STAY
APART.
TODAY THE BRITISH HEALTH
SECRETARY SAID THAT IF PEOPLE
DON'T FOLLOW THE SOCIAL
DISTANCING GUIDELINES HE MAY BE
FORCED TO CLOSE THE PARKS, MAYBE
EVEN FORBID PEOPLE FROM
EXERCISING OUTSIDE AT ALL.
TONIGHT THE QUEEN ISSUED HER OWN
CHALLENGE TO BRITONS, THANKING
NOT JUST FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS BUT THOSE WHO WERE
STAYING AT HOME TO PROTECT THE
VULNERABLE AND TO SPARE MORE
FAMILIES PAIN.
BETTER DAYS, SHE SAID, WILL
RETURN.
MARGARET EVANS, CBC NEWS,
LONDON.
>> Ian: WELL, AS WE SAW THE
QUEEN'S ADDRESS TO THE
COMMONWEALTH IS A RARITY AND HER
WORDS AT TIMES EVOKED A SPIRIT
OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
HERE'S MORE OF WHAT SHE SAID FOR
THE RECORD.
>> IT REMINDS ME OF THE VERY
FIRST BROADCAST I MADE IN 1940,
WITH MY SISTER.
WE AS CHILDREN SPOKE FROM HERE
AT WINDSOR TO CHILDREN WHO HAD
BEEN EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES
AND SENT AWAY FOR THEIR OWN
SAFETY.
TODAY ONCE AGAIN MANY WILL FEEL
A PAINFUL SENSE OF SEPARATION
FROM THEIR LOVED ONES.
BUT NOW, AS THEN, WE KNOW DEEP
DOWN THAT IT IS THE RIGHT THING
TO DO.
WHILE WE HAVE FACED CHALLENGES
BEFORE, THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT.
THIS TIME WE JOIN WITH ALL
NATIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE IN A
COMMON ENDEAVOUR, USING THE
GREAT ADVANCES OF SCIENCE AND
OUR INSTINCTIVE COMPASSION TO
HEAL.
WE WILL SUCCEED AND THAT SUCCESS
WILL BELONG TO EVERY ONE OF US.
WE SHOULD TAKE COMFORT THAT
WHILE WE MAY HAVE MORE STILL TO
ENDURE THAT BETTER DAYS WILL
RETURN.
WE WILL BE WITH OUR FRIENDS
AGAIN.
WE WILL BE WITH OUR FAMILIES
AGAIN.
WE WILL MEET AGAIN.
BUT FOR NOW I SEND MY THANKS AND
WARMEST GOOD WISHES TO YOU ALL.
>> Ian: HERE IN COMMUNITIES
ACROSS CANADA, LOTS OF
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COVID-19
STORY.
NOVA SCOTIA IS SET TO RAMP UP
TESTING IN OUTBREAK AREAS.
>> WELL, WE NOW KNOW THAT THIS
DISEASE IS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> Ian: THIS INCLUDES A MOBILE
ASSESSMENT CENTRE AND AT-HOME
TESTING.
IN QUÉBEC THERE WERE AN
ADDITIONAL 950 CASES AND 19 NEW
DEATHS.
THE PROVINCE HAS NOW EXTENDED
THE
SHUTDOWN OF NON-ESSENTIAL
SERVICES FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER
MONTH.
>> THE BATTLE IS FAR FROM OVER.
>> Ian: AND A WALMART SECURITY
GUARD IN SHERBROOKE, QUÉBEC IS
IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER HE
WAS HIT BY A CAR LAST NIGHT.
THE DRIVER ALLEGEDLY FRUSTRATED
WITH THE PHYSICAL DISTANCING
MEASURES IN PLACE AT THE STORE.
HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF THE
CANADIAN MILITARY ARE MOVING TO
A BASE IN BORDEN, ONTARIO, READY
TO ASSIST IF NEEDED.
AND A WORRISOME TREND CONTINUES
IN ALBERTA.
THE MAJORITY OF THE DEATHS ARE
HAPPENING IN LONG-TERM CARE
HOMES.
PHYSICAL DISTANCING IS THAT
MESSAGE THAT GOVERNMENTS AND
HEALTH OFFICIALS KEEP TRYING TO
RELAY.
AND MANY CITIES ARE ENFORCING
STRICTER REGULATIONS, BUT NOT
EVERYONE IS LISTENING.
HERE'S TALIA RICCI WITH A LOOK
AT THE CONSEQUENCES.
>> Reporter: SIGNS OF SPRING
TEMPT CANADIANS.
BUT A CAUTION TAPE, WARNING
SIGNS, AND NOW IN-PERSON
ENFORCEMENT ARE REMINDERS OF
REALITY.
>> GET OFF THE SIDEWALK AND YOU
CAN GO TO THE TRAIL FURTHER ON
BUT YOU CAN'T GO DOWN THAT WAY.
>> Reporter: AND ALSO THE
CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE FAILING
TO FOLLOW PHYSICAL DISTANCING
RULES.
>> I THINK IT IS JUSTIFIED.
WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A
GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND WE HAVE TO
TAKE OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY
SERIOUSLY.
>> Reporter: OFFICERS WERE
VISIBLE IN PARKS AND OTHER
GATHERING PLACES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY
THIS WEEKEND, INCLUDING NOVA
SCOTIA, WHERE DOZENS OF TICKETS
WERE ISSUED PROVINCE WIDE.
>> I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR BUT
SURPRISED THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAD TO ISSUE A NUMBER OF TICKETS
THAT THEY WERE ISSUING THIS
WEEKEND.
AND IF REQUIRED WE'LL STEP UP
ENFORCEMENT.
>> Reporter: IN VANCOUVER,
BREAKING THE RULES CAN MEAN UP
TO A $50,000 FINE FOR BUSINESSES
OR UP TO $1,000 FOR INDIVIDUALS.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT YOU ARE
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
>> Reporter: IN TORONTO THE
FINE CAN GO UP TO $5,000 IF THE
CASE GOES TO COURT.
THE CITY'S NEW PHYSICAL
DISTANCING BY-LAW STATES THAT
ANY TWO PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE
TOGETHER AND WHO FAIL TO KEEP
TWO METRES APART IN A PARK OR A
PUBLIC SQUARE COULD BE TICKETED.
>> I THINK THAT IT'S INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN
AT THIS TIME.
>> Reporter: AND OVER THE
WEEKEND A BLITZ IN TORONTO
FOCUSED ON PARKS WHICH POLICE
SAY THAT ARE HOTSPOTS.
ON SATURDAY ALONE BETWEEN THIS
PARK AND ONE OTHER, MORE THAN
1,000 VEHICLES WERE TURNED AWAY.
10 TICKETS WERE ISSUED ACROSS
THE CITY AND MORE THAN 1,000
PEOPLE WERE SPOKEN TO ABOUT THE
RULES.
THIS ENFORCEMENT WILL CONTINUE
DAILY.
>> OFFICERS WILL TALK TO THOSE
INDIVIDUALS AND TRY TO EDUCATE
THEM IN REGARDS TO THE THINGS
THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO.
>> Reporter: BUT IF THE PUBLIC
DOESN'T HEED THE WARNINGS, FINES
WILL FOLLOW.
TALIA RICCI, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Ian: MORE CANADIANS ARE
COMING HOME.
AND TODAY THAT INCLUDED FLIGHTS
FROM INDIA.
IT HASN'T BEEN EASY OR CHEAP
WITH TICKET PRICES AT NEARLY
$3,000.
STILL AS TINA LOVGREEN TELLS US,
THERE ARE THOUSANDS MORE HOPING
TO CATCH THE NEXT PLANE HOME.
>> I MEAN, I CONSIDERED MYSELF
LUCKY THAT I'M EVEN ON THIS
FLIGHT.
>> Reporter: HE IS RELIEVED TO
BE AT THE AIRPORT IN NEW DELHI
WAITING TO BOARD A FLIGHT TO
VANCOUVER.
BUT GETTING TO EVEN THIS POINT
HAS BEEN A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE.
>> UP UNTIL LAST NIGHT WHEN WE
GOT THE TICKET IT WAS JUST
CONSTANT CHECKING ON THE PHONE
AND CHECKING THE FACEBOOK GROUP
TO CHECK WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE
GETTING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WEREN'T EVEN
GETTING EMAILS.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT THE
TRAVEL AGENCY THAT BOOKED THE
FLIGHT WAS DISORGANIZED, DIDN'T
ISSUE TICKETS UNTIL THE MORNING
OF THE FLIGHT.
AND THEN THERE WAS THE
SEVEN-HOUR BUS RIDE TO THE
AIRPORT.
>> 30° OUTSIDE AND PEOPLE WERE
FRUSTRATED AND YELLING AND AS
YOU CAN SEE FROM THE VIDEO.
THE BUS WAS ACTUALLY FULL.
>> [indiscernible]
>> Reporter: THEY WERE TOLD TO
GET OFF AND TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER
BUS.
BUT STILL HE'S GRATEFUL THAT HE
WAS ABLE TO PAY NEARLY $10,000
TO GET HIMSELF AND HIS PARENTS
ON ONE OF THE FLIGHTS ORGANIZED
BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT.
MORE THAN 27,000 CANADIAN
CITIZENS IN INDIA HAVE
REGISTERED WITH GLOBAL AFFAIRS.
AND WHILE IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MANY
ACTUALLY WANT TO RETURN HOME,
CANADA'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MINISTER SAYS THAT THERE'S NO
WAY THEY CAN HELP EVERYONE GET
OUT.
THOUGH THEY ARE ADDING MORE
FLIGHTS.
>> WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THERE
WOULD BE FLIGHTS FROM PAKISTAN
AND FROM
BANGALORE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
THERE'S A CLUSTER OF CANADIANS
WHO WANT TO COME BACK HOME.
>> AND IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR AND A
HALF AWAY FROM WHERE MY PARENTS
ARE VERSUS THE DELHI AIRPORT
WHICH WAS ABOUT SEVEN HOURS
AWAY.
>> Reporter: THE ADDITIONAL
FLIGHTS BRINGING HOPE TO NAV
JOWER WHO HAS TRIED TO GET HIS
PARENTS BACK HOME TO B.C. FOR
THREE WEEKS NOW.
>> I HONESTLY HOPE THAT I CAN
GET THIS PHONE CALL OR EMAIL SO
WE CAN ACTUALLY BOOK THE
TICKETS.
>> Reporter: KNOWING THAT
LOGISTICS TO GET THEM HOME WON'T
BE EASY.
>> Ian: AMERICANS ARE TOLD TO
BRACE FOR A BAD WEEK, POSSIBLY
THE WORST IN THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC.
TONIGHT THERE ARE MORE THAN
335,000 KNOWN CASES, 9,500
DEATHS AND NEARLY A QUARTER OF
THOSE IN NEW YORK CITY.
AND AS PAUL HUNTER TELLS US, THE
CITY IS BRACING FOR THAT COUNT
TO GET A LOT HIGHER.
>> Reporter: AT NEW YORK'S
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, A
VIRTUAL PALM SUNDAY MASS,
STREAMED ONLINE TODAY FROM AN
EMPTY CATHEDRAL FOR PARISHONERS
WATCHING AT HOME PHYSICALLY
DISTANCING IN A CITY THAT
REMAINS THE EPI-CENTRE OF THE
COVID CRISIS IN AMERICA.
AND ON A DAY WHEN MORE SOBERING
IMAGES EMERGED OF THE LATEST AD
HOC MORGUE, THIS ONE IN
BROOKLYN, WORD THAT THE EVER
GROWING DEATH TOLL IN THIS
COUNTRY WILL THIS WEEK LIKELY
TURN EVEN WORSE.
>> THINGS ARE GOING TO GET BAD
AND WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR
THAT.
IT IS GOING TO BE SHOCKING TO
SOME.
>> Reporter: ANTHONY FAUCI,
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S LEAD
SCIENTIST ON THIS, TODAY
EXPLAINED THAT EVEN THOUGH BOTH
INFECTIONS AND DEATHS IN NEW
YORK THIS WEEKEND SEEMED FOR THE
FIRST TIME TO SLOW DOWN, SO MANY
OF THOSE ALREADY ILL ARE GRAVELY
SO.
>> SO JUST BUCKLE DOWN, CONTINUE
TO MITIGATE AND CONTINUE TO DO
THE PHYSICAL SEPARATION BECAUSE
WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH THIS
WEEK COMING UP BECAUSE IT'S
GOING TO BE A BAD WEEK.
>> Reporter: OR AS THE U.S.
SURGEON GENERAL PUT IT --
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A PEARL
HARBOR MOMENT AND OUR 9/11
MOMENT.
ONLY IT'S NOT GOING TO BE
LOCALIZED, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE
HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: THAT SAID DONALD
TRUMP TRIED TO PAINT A MORE
OFTIC PICTURE.
>> President Donald Trump:
>> WE'RE STARTING TO SEE LIGHT
AT THE END
OF THE TUNNEL.
>> Reporter: THAT IT MAY BE
THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING IN
AMERICA AS WELL AS OTHER STEPS
IS BEGINNING TO HAVE AN EFFECT.
>> President Donald Trump: YOU
CAN NEVER BE HAPPY WHEN SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE DYING, BUT WE'RE
GOING TO BE VERY PROUD OF THE
JOB THAT WE DID TO KEEP THE
DEATHS DOWN TO AN ABSOLUTE
MINIMUM, THE LEAST THAT COULD
HAVE HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: TRUMP HAS BEEN
CRITICIZED FOR BEING OVERLY
OPTIMISTIC ON ALL OF THIS, BUT
INDEED TONIGHT HE SUGGESTED THAT
THE OVERALL DEATH COUNT IN
AMERICA ULTIMATELY MAY NOT BE AS
HIGH AS
HIS OWN EXPERTS HAD PREDICTED.
THOUGH HE EVEN NOTED TONIGHT
THAT IT WILL BE HORRIFIC.
PAUL HUNTER, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Ian: ONE MORE DEVELOPMENT
FROM THE UNITED STATES COMING TO
US LATE THIS EVENING.
THE BRONX ZOO ANNOUNCED THAT ONE
OF ITS TIGERS TESTED POSITIVE
FOR CORONAVIRUS.
APPARENTLY THE TIGER CAUGHT IT
FROM AN
A-SYMPTOMATIC WORKER AND OTHER
TIGERS ARE SHOWING SYMPTOMS TOO.
SO LET'S BRING IN A FAMILIAR
FACE TO OUR VIEWERS, INFECTIOUS
DISEASE SPECIALIST LYNORA
SAXINGER JOINING US FROM
EDMONTON.
I KNOW THAT THIS SENT YOU TO THE
BOOKS TO DO SOME READING OR AT
LEAST THE COMPUTER.
DOES THIS CHANGE OUR THINKING
ABOUT WHETHER PETS COULD GET
COVID-19 OR PASS IT ON TO US?
>> WELL, WE'VE ALREADY GONE
THROUGH THE DOG QUESTION AND IT
LOOKS LIKE DOGS ARE NOT VERY
GOOD HOSTS FOR THIS VIRUS,
ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO
CARRY IT.
THEY DON'T APPEAR TO GET THAT
SICK.
AFTER I HEARD ABOUT THE TIGER I
FOUND THAT THERE'S A PUBLICATION
LOOKING AT GIVING THE INFECTION
TO CATS ON PURPOSE USING A
FAIRLY HIGH AMOUNT OF VIRUS.
IN THAT CASE THE CATS DIDN'T GET
TERRIBLY SICK, BUT THEY DID
CARRY THE VIRUS
AND WERE ABLE TO PASS IT TO
OTHER CATS IN CLOSE QUARTERS.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN EVOLVING
QUESTION.
BUT BASED ON THAT STUDY IT
DOESN'T LOOK HIGHLY LIKELY THAT
WE'LL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CATS
BEING A CAUSE FOR TRANSMISSION
IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE A BIT
MORE CAUTIOUS WITH HAVING CLOSE
FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT WITH YOUR
CAT IF YOU'RE SICK.
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, DR. SAXINGER,
WE'LL SEE YOU IN A FEW MINUTES
IF ARE OUR REGULAR "YOUR
QUESTION" PANEL.
>>> CBC NEWS HAS TRACKED EVERY
CONFIRMED CASE OF COVID-19 IN
CANADA.
YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT ONLINE AT
cbcnews.ca/CORONAVIRUSTRACKER.
>>> OF ALL OF THE NUMBERS THAT
WE'RE WATCHING THE MOST ACCURATE
MEASURE OF THE PANDEMIC MAY BE
THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN INTENSIVE
CARE.
THAT'S WHERE THE PATIENTS GET
LIFE-SAVING SUPPORT, SOMETIMES
INCLUDING VENTILATORS.
THOSE BEDS ARE A LIMITED
RESOURCE AS PROVINCES RUSH TO
EXPAND CAPACITY.
UP-TO-DATE FIGURES CAN BE HARD
TO FIND.
BUT HERE ARE THE I.C.U. BEDS
REPORTEDLY AVAILABLE IN THE
PROVINCES FACING THE LARGEST
OUTBREAKS.
AND HERE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS
FILLING THEM AT LAST COUNT.
THE WORRY, OF COURSE, IS THE
COMING WAVE IN ONTARIO AND
QUÉBEC, THE NUMBER OF COVID
PATIENTS IN THE I.C.U. HAS BEEN
RISING RAPIDLY.
CATHERINE CULLEN TELLS US HOW
DOCTORS ARE ALREADY BRACING FOR
THE TRAGIC DECISIONS THEY'LL
HAVE TO MAKE IF BEDS AND
EQUIPMENT RUN OUT.
>> Reporter: DECIDING WHICH
SICK, SUFFERING PERSON GETS A
BED IN INTENSIVE CARE AT SOME
PARISIAN HOSPITALS ISN'T EASY.
IT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: IT'S A STRESS TO
BE FORCED TO MAKE CHOICES THAT
WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE, SAYS THIS
DOCTOR.
A STRESS THAT DOCTORS IN ITALY
AND THE U.S. ARE FACING,
SOMETHING THAT CANADIANS ARE NOW
THINKING ABOUT TOO.
>> I THINK THAT IT IS ONLY
PRUDENT TO BE PREPARED FOR THE
POSSIBILITY THAT WE ARE GOING TO 
BE FACING A VERY SIMILAR
SCENARIO IN THE COMING DAYS OR
WEEKS.
>> Reporter: NOT HAVING ENOUGH
INTENSIVE CARE BEDS OR
VENTILATORS IS A WORST-CASE
SCENARIO THAT EVERYONE IS TRYING
TO AVOID.
THEY ARE DRAWING UP GUIDELINES
TO MAKE THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS.
ONTARIO'S WORK WAS LED BY
DR. JAMES DOWNER.
>> WE'RE TRYING AS HARD AS WE
CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE HAVE
TO EXCLUDE ANYBODY FROM CRITICAL
CARE THAT IT WOULD BE PEOPLE WHO
WOULD BE THE MOST LIKELY TO DIE
DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORT.
>> Reporter: SO HEALTH WOULD
BE A DECIDING FACTOR.
BUT HE SAYS THAT A PATIENT'S AGE
SHOULDN'T BE.
>> BECAUSE IT'S VERY HARD TO
DEFEND A SPECIFIC AGE LIMIT.
>> THE DECISIONS ARE
GUT-WRENCHING, THEY ARE
HEARTBREAKING.
>> Reporter: THE CANADIAN
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION IS ALSO
WORKING ON GUIDELINES FOR
DOCTORS AND SAYS THAT AS HEALTH
CARE WORKERS FIGHTING THIS
DISEASE FALL ILL THERE IS AN
ARGUMENT FOR ENSURING THAT THEY
ARE AMONG THOSE WHO GET
LIFE-SAVING CARE.
>> THEY HAVE PUT THEMSELVES IN
HARM'S WAY AND THEY ARE ALSO
GOING TO BE NEEDED TO COME BACK
TO CONTINUE TO PRACTISE THEIR
PROFESSION.
>> Reporter: THE IDEA IS THAT
A TEAM OF DOCTORS OR PERHAPS
EVEN A COMMITTEE WOULD BE THE
ONES MAKING THESE DIFFICULT
DECISIONS AND THAT ALL PATIENTS
WOULD STILL GET MEDICAL CARE,
EVEN IF ONLY SOME WOULD HAVE
ACCESS TO THE VENTILATORS THAT
COULD SAVE THEIR LIVES.
COULD SAVE THEIR LIVES.
CATHERINE CULLEN, CBC NEWS,
OTTAWA.
>> Ian: AND A WOMAN WHO FOUGHT
FOR THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HER
FATHER HELPED FOUND HAS DIED
TONIGHT.
ACTIVIST AND ACTRESS SHIRLEY
DOUGLAS HAD BEEN BATTLING
PNEUMONIA.
HER SON KIEFER SUTHERLAND SAID
THAT IT WAS NOT CONNECTED TO
COVID-19.
DOUGLAS WAS BRIEFLY MARRIED TO
DONALD SUTHERLAND AND HER FATHER
WAS FOUNDING
N.D.P. LEADER TOMMY DOUGLAS.
SHIRLEY DOUGLAS WAS 86.
>>> CANADA'S CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICER SAYS THAT NEW GUIDELINES
ON MASKS ARE COMING.
>> WE ARE ACTIVELY REVIEWING THE
EVIDENCE RIGHT NOW.
>> Ian: UP NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL"... THE GREAT MASK
DEBATE GOES ON.
OUR EXPERTS WEIGH IN.
>>> PLUS, RIDE-SHARE OR TRANSIT?
THE SAFEST WAY TO GET AROUND
DURING A PANDEMIC IN OUR LATEST
COVID-19 HOW-TO GUIDE.
>>> AND ALL HANDS ON DECK.
INSIDE THE CANADIAN BUSINESSES
RAPIDLY PIVOTING TO SUPPLY
HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
WE'RE BACK RIGHT AFTER
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>> Ian: WELCOME BACK.
WELL, DURING THIS COVID-19
PANDEMIC, CANADIANS ARE LOOKING
FOR WAYS TO BEST PROTECT
THEMSELVES AND THAT'S LEADING TO
QUESTIONS ABOUT MASKS.
HERE'S WHAT THE CHIEF MEDICAL
OFFICER HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT
TODAY...
>> WE'RE ACTIVELY REVIEWING THE
EVIDENCE RIGHT NOW WITH THE
PROVINCES AND THE TERRITORIES
AND WE'LL HAVE MORE SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE VERY
SHORT TIMEFRAME.
>> Ian: IN THE MEANTIME,
COUNTRIES LIKE THE UNITED STATES
HAVE ALREADY PUT OUT THEIR OWN
GUIDELINES AND THAT'S LEAVING
MANY IN THIS COUNTRY CONFUSED
ABOUT WHAT THEY SHOULD OR
SHOULDN'T DO.
SO WE'LL GET TO THIS WITH OUR
NIGHTLY QUESTION-AND-ANSWER
SESSION WITH
DOCTORS IN A MOMENT.
BUT FIRST WE ASKED DR. SAMIR
GUPTA TO BREAK DOWN WHAT WE DO
KNOW, AND THE PRECAUTIONS THAT
YOU SHOULD TAKE IF YOU DO CHOOSE
TO WEAR A MASK.
>> LET'S START WITH HOW A MASK
MIGHT HELP.
SO MOST IMPORTANTLY YOU MIGHT
ACTUALLY HAVE THE CORONAVIRUS
AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT, IN WHICH
CASE WEARING A MASK WOULD
PROTECT OTHER PEOPLE FROM
CATCHING IT FROM YOU BY BLOCKING
YOUR INFECTED DROPLETS FROM YOUR
MOUTH AND NOSE.
THE MASK MIGHT ALSO PROTECT YOU
FROM
OTHER PEOPLE'S DROPLETS AND FROM
TOUCHING YOUR MOUTH OR NOSE WITH
YOUR HANDS WHICH COULD HAVE
BECOME CONTAMINATED BY TOUCHING
ANY INFECTED SURFACE.
BUT THERE ARE PITFALLS.
SO THE MASK DOESN'T COVER YOUR
EYES WHERE THE CORONAVIRUS CAN
ALSO GET IN.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T USE
THE MASKS PROPERLY.
SO THE WHOLE IDEA IS IF THEY ARE
BLOCKING THOSE DROPLETS THE
CORONAVIRUS IS SITTING ON THE
SURFACE OF THE MASK.
SO YOU'VE GOT TO WASH YOUR HANDS
BEFORE YOU PUT IT ON AND WASH
YOUR HANDS AFTER YOU TAKE IT OFF 
AND YOU NEVER TOUCH THE SURFACE.
WHICH MEANS DOING THINGS LIKE
THIS DEFEATS THE PURPOSE.
SO WHAT'S THE RIGHT TYPE OF
MASK?
SO THIS IS AN N95 MASK AND IT'S
DESIGNED TO BLOCK MICROPARTICLES
CREATED DURING CERTAIN MEDICAL
PROCEDURES AND IT'S MEANT TO BE
AIRTIGHT WHICH MEANS THAT IT HAS
TO BE FITTED TO EACH PERSON'S
FACE.
IT GETS HOT AND SWEATY.
IT CAN EVE BRUISES.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT A
HEALTH CARE WORKER YOU SHOULDN'T
WEAR THIS MASK.
THIS IS A SURGICAL MASK AND IT
IS DESIGNED TO BLOCK THOSE
DROPLETS AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
WE WANT.
THIS IS A BANDANA.
SO THIS AND OTHER TYPES OF CLOTH
MASKS WILL PROBABLY REDUCE
TRANSMISSION OF YOUR OWN
DROPLETS TO OTHERS BUT THEY'RE
NOT DESIGNED TO BLOCK OTHER
PEOPLE'S DROPLETS.
SO IF YOU USE THEM YOU HAVE TO
MAINTAIN THAT PHYSICAL DISTANCE.
SO WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
IF YOU'RE SICK, STAY HOME AND
WEAR A MASK TO PROTECT OTHERS
AROUND YOU.
IF YOU'RE NOT SICK, I WOULD SAY
IT DEPENDS.
IDEALLY, DON'T LEAVE YOUR HOUSE
IN WHICH CASE YOU DON'T NEED A
MASK.
IF YOU DO LEAVE YOUR HOUSE TRY
TO
STAY SIX FEET AWAY FROM EVERYONE
ELSE.
AND IF YOU CAN'T DO EITHER OF
THOSE THINGS WEARING A MASK
PROPERLY WILL REDUCE THE CHANCES
OF CORONAVIRUS TRANSMISSION.
SO IF YOU'VE GOT A MEDICAL GRADE
MASK, YOU CAN USE IT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MASK AND YOU
WANT TO GET ONE, BUY A CLOTH
MASK.
BUT EITHER WAY YOU'VE GOT TO USE
THE MASK PROPERLY.
WHICH MEANS THAT YOU DON'T
ASSUME THAT YOU'RE INVINCIBLE
AND DON'T STOP WASHING YOUR
HANDS AND DON'T STOP TRYING TO
PHYSICALLY DISTANCE.
AND ALWAYS HANDLE
THE MASK AS IF IT'S CONTAMINATED
WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
AND DON'T FORGET THAT HOSPITALS
ARE RUNNING LOW ON MASKS RIGHT
NOW SO IF YOU HAVE A SUPPLY OF
UNUSED MEDICAL MASKS, ASK YOUR
DOCTOR HOW TO GET THEM BACK INTO
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM BECAUSE
YOUR PROVIDERS DESPERATELY NEED
THEM RIGHT NOW.
>> Ian: DR. GUPTA WHO IS A
RESPIROLOGIST AND DR. LYNORA
SAXINGER WHO WORKS WITH
INFECTIOUS DISEASES IS WITH US
NOW
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE
ISSUE OF THE DAY -- MASKS.
WE HEARD DR. TAM SAY THAT THE
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS IN
CANADA ARE STILL REVIEWING THE
EVIDENCE RIGHT NOW AND THEY'LL
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS SHORTLY.
AND SO DIFFERENT PEOPLE,
INCLUDING DIFFERENT DOCTORS,
HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS.
SO HERE'S A QUESTION FROM OUR
AUDIENCE.
SHOULD PEOPLE WEAR HOMEMADE
MASKS WHEN THEY GO OUTSIDE.
DR. GUPTA, YOU TOUCHED ON IT,
BUT LET ME ASK YOU, WHY DO YOU
THINK THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD
DO?
>> I THINK THAT IF YOU LOOK AT
THE MESSAGING THAT IS COMING
FROM DIFFERENT AGENCIES, OUR
AGENCY VERSUS THE C.D.C., PEOPLE
ARE CONFUSED BECAUSE THERE'S
DIFFERENT MESSAGES AND A LOT IS
BECAUSE THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
IS NOT THAT CLEAR.
WE NEED TO BE UPFRONT ABOUT
THAT.
BUT THERE'S SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY COME, BUT
IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC THAT
IS EVOLVING YOU SOMETIMES HAVE
TO MAKE MOVES THAT ARE
PRAGMATIC.
SO WE KNOW FROM SORT OF LAB
SETTINGS THAT THESE KINDS OF
MASKS DO REDUCE DROPLET
TRANSMISSION, INCLUDING CLOTH
MASKS.
SO THE IDEA IS TO EXTEND THAT TO
THE SORT OF THE PUBLIC SETTING.
AND ALSO TO ACCOMPANY ANY
MESSAGING AROUND PEOPLE WEARING
MASKS WITH THE WARNINGS OF WHAT
THEY DON'T PROTECT FROM WHICH WE
SORT OF HEARD ABOUT IN THE
VIDEO.
>> Ian: SO, DR. GUPTA, YOU WOULD
WEAR A MASK OUTSIDE THEN?
>> I WOULD, I WOULD WEAR A CLOTH
MASK OUTSIDE.
I WOULD SAVE
THE MEDICAL GRADE MASKS FOR WORK
BUT WEAR A CLOTH MASK OUTSIDE.
>> Ian: BUT HERE'S THE
INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS
ISSUE, RIGHT, DR. SAXINGER.
THERE YOU ARE IN EDMONTON AND
YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW.
YOU WOULDN'T BE WEARING A MASK
OUTSIDE?
>> NO, I DON'T THINK THAT IN
MOST SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE
OUTSIDE IN PUBLIC RIGHT NOW IF
THEY'RE DOING SOCIAL DISTANCING
THAT A MASK IS LIKELY TO ADD
MUCH AS LONG AS THEY'RE
OBSERVING THE SOCIAL DISTANCING,
OF COURSE, AND HAND HYGIENE.
SO THERE'S AN UNKNOWN ELEMENT OF
IS IT HELPFUL IN THAT SETTING OR
NOT.
WHICH MAKES ME HESITANT TO SAY
THAT I THINK THAT EVERYONE
SHOULD DO IT.
THE POTENTIAL DOWNSIDES WERE
ALLUDED TO ALREADY WHICH IS THAT
IF YOU TOUCH THE MASK,
PARTICULARLY ACTUALLY IF YOU'RE
DOING THAT WITHOUT PROPER HAND
HYGIENE THERE'S A BIT OF A RISK.
THERE'S EVEN SOME DATA FROM
HEALTH CARE
SETTINGS WHERE A CLOTH MASK
ACTUALLY -- PEOPLE WEARING THE
CLOTH MASK HIS THE HIGHEST RISK
OF INFECTION IN ONE STUDY
COMPARED TO INTERMITTENT USE OF
A SURGICAL MASK.
AND SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY
EXCLUDED THE POSSIBILITY THAT
THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING AT ALL.
AND A LOT OF THE EVIDENCE FOR
THEM IS MORE ON THE LABORATORY
BASIS.
SO I'M HESITANT TO SAY THAT
I THINK THAT EVERYONE MUST DO
IT.
I DO THINK THAT IF YOU'RE GOING
TO BE IN CLOSER QUARTERS WITH
PEOPLE THAT THE ARGUMENT THAT IT
MIGHT REDUCE YOUR LIKELIHOOD OF
SPREADING INFECTION TO OTHERS,
EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT
YOU'RE INFECTED IS A GOOD ONE
THOUGH.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S
SITUATIONAL.
>> Ian: AND DR. GUPTA, YOU
WANTED TO JUMP IN?
>> I THINK THAT IN MANY WAYS WE
ACTUALLY AGREE.
WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT WEARING
A
MASK IT'S REALLY IN SETTINGS
THAT I CAN'T PHYSICALLY
DISTANCE.
SO IF I GO FOR A WALK OR A RUN I
WOULDN'T WEAR IT.
I'M REALLY THINKING ABOUT THAT
LOCATION, LIKE A GROCERY RYE
STORE, WHERE I THINK THAT IT HAS
VALUE.
>> Ian: WELL, THANKS TO BOTH OF
YOU BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
REALLY TROUBLED BY THIS QUESTION
AND HOW THEY SHOULD CONDUCT
THEMSELVES.
AND, OF COURSE, WE WILL BE
ASKING YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT
COVID-19 EACH NIGHT GOING
FORWARD SO YOU CAN SEND THOSE
QUESTIONS TO US AND THAT IS
DIRECTLY ON
INSTAGRAM @CBCTHENATIONAL OR
SEND US AN EMAIL AT
COVID@CBC.CA.
>> CONFIRMED CASES AROUND THE
WORD HAVE NOW REACHED NEARLY
1.3 MILLION, BUT AS WE HAVE SEEN
ON "THE NATIONAL," DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES HAVE EXPERIENCED VERY
DIFFERENT OUTBREAKS.
FROM THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS THAT
ITALY STILL FACES FROM ACTING
TOO LATE --
>> WE WERE THE FIRST SO WE WERE
TOTALLY UNPREPARED.
>> Ian: TO IRAN AS IT FOUGHT THE
VIRUS WITH PROPAGANDA, EVEN AS
COVID-19 INFECTED THE HIGHEST
RANKS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
>> THE REGIME WAS A DISASTER IN
THE WAY THAT IT HANDLED IT.
>> Ian: TO GERMANY WHICH
INITIALLY MANAGED TO BLUNT THE
FORCE OF THE DISEASE WITH
PREPARATION, TESTING AND A BIT
OF LUCK.
CHRIS BROWN GIVES US A LOOK NOW
AT SWEDEN WHICH IS FIGHTING
COVID-19 WITH A HANDS OFF
APPROACH SEEN PRETTY MUCH
NOWHERE ELSE.
>> Reporter: LIFE STILL FEELS
KIND OF NORMAL IN THE STOCKHOLM
COFFEE SHOP, LIKE IT WAS BEFORE
COVID-19.
YOU CAN PLACE YOUR ORDER AND
THEN CHAT WITH A FRIEND SITTING
A TABLE OR TWO AWAY.
>> I AM FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES
SO KEEPING A DISTANCE AND NOT
SITTING SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
>> Reporter: SWEDEN HAS NOT
DONE WHAT MOST CANADIAN
PROVINCES HAVE.
THERE ARE NO STATES OF EMERGENCY
AND BUSINESSES HAVE NOT BEEN
ORDERED TO CLOSE TO ENFORCE
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND HALT THE
SPREAD OF THE INFECTION.
NOT ONLY ARE SOME RESTAURANTS
STILL OPERATING, SO ARE SCHOOLS
AND DAYCARES.
>> I FOLLOW WHAT THE EXPERTS
SAY, AND THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE,
THEY MAKE THE DECISIONS.
I THINK THAT THOSE MEASURES ARE
GOOD FOR US HERE IN SWEDEN.
>> Reporter: THAT IDEA OF
TRUSTING EACH OTHER AND TRUSTING
THE GOVERNMENT IS WHAT SWEDES
BELIEVE SET THEM AND THEIR
COVID-19 STRATEGY APART FROM
OTHERS IN EUROPE AND THE WORLD.
DEPUTY STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST
ANDERS WALLISTON IS ONE OF THE
POLICY'S ARCHITECTS.
>> THERE'S CULTURE AND TRADITION
AND IN SWEDEN THIS IS THE WAY
THAT WE USUALLY WORK AND WE
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THIS
DURING THIS CRISIS AS WELL.
>> Reporter: INCREASINGLY
THOUGH SWEDES ARE QUESTIONING
WHETHER SOMETHING STRONGER THAN
TRUST IS NEEDED.
THIS PROFESSOR IS AN
INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST,
WORN OF 2,000 PROMINENT DOCTORS
WHO
SIGNED A PETITION TO URGE
STRONGER MEASURES.
>> I THINK THAT ALL OTHER
COUNTRIES THAT ARE CLOSED DOWN
ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE
THEIR HEALTH CARE PROBLEMS
BETTER.
>> Reporter: THE CRITICS NOTE
THAT BRITAIN TRIED SOMETHING
SIMILAR AND ABANDONED THE
STRATEGY WHEN IT BECAME EVIDENT
THAT THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
WOULD BE OVERWHELMED.
AND IN STOKE HOME THAT'S WHAT
EVERYONE IS WATCHING FOR NOW.
>> IN STOCKHOLM WE'RE STILL
STRUGGLING TO STAY AHEAD OF THE
COVID PANDEMIC AND SO FAR WE
HAVE SUCCEEDED.
>> Reporter: BUT FOR HOW MUCH
LONGER?
SWEDEN HAS SEEN A SPIKE IN
FATALITIES NOW WITH OVER THREE
TIMES MORE DEATHS PER CAPITA AS
NORWAY NEXT DOOR WHICH IS
ESSENTIALLY LOCKED DOWN.
>> I AM WORRIED, YES.
BECAUSE JUST NOW WE HAVE SEEN
THAT THE VIRUS HAS SPREAD TO A
LOT OF HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY AND
THAT'S NOT A GOOD SITUATION.
SO, YES, I AM WORRIED.
>> IT'S GOING TO TAKE TOO LONG A
TIME AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT
THIS VIRUS IS SPREADING SO FAST
WHICH MEANS THAT THERE ARE TOO
MANY PEOPLE THAT GET SICK AT THE
SAME TIME AND YOU COLLAPSE THE
HOSPITALS.
SO IT JUST DOESN'T GO TOGETHER.
I SAY THAT THIS VIRUS IS MORE
OF A DANGEROUS VIRUS FOR THE
SOCIETY THAN IT IS FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL.
>> Reporter: THIS WEEKEND
THERE WERE SIGNS OF THE SWEDISH
GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO ITS
OUTLIER PLAN MAY BE WAIVERING.
THE CABINET HAS ASKED PARLIAMENT
FOR SWEEPING AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE
STRICT LOCKDOWN TYPE MEASURES IF
IT COMES TO THAT TO FORCE SWEDES
TO KEEP THEIR DISTANCE.
CHRIS BROWN, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Ian: NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL,"
PIVOTING TO FIGHT THE
CORONAVIRUS.
>> YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS ARE
BEING LAID OFF AND IT'S AN
HONOUR THAT WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PUT PEOPLE BACK
TO WORK.
>> Ian: HOW BUSINESSES ARE
RAPIDLY CHANGING TO MANUFACTURE
DESPERATELY NEEDED P.P.E.s.
BUT FIRST, CORONAVIRUS HAS
FORCED US TO RECONSIDER HOW WE
DO
THE SIMPLEST TASKS.
IN TONIGHT'S COVID-19 HOW-TO
GUIDE, ANDREW ASKS IF YOU HAVE
TO GO SOMEWHERE WHAT'S THE
SAFEST WAY TO GET AROUND?
>> Andrew: WHEN YOU NEED TO
GET SOMEWHERE AND DRIVING
YOURSELF ISN'T AN OPTION, WHICH
IS THE SAFER BET -- PUBLIC
TRANSIT OR CALLING A TAXI OR AN
UBER?
WELL, ON THE ONE HAND, PUBLIC
TRANSIT
INVOLVES MINGLING WITH THE
PUBLIC.
MORE PEOPLE MEANS MORE OF A
CHANCE TO GET SICK, EVEN IF YOU
TRAVEL DURING OFF-PEAK HOURS
WHICH BY THE WAY WHICH IS WHAT
I YOU SHOULD BE TRYING TO DO
WHEN YOU GO.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IN A CAR YOU
ARE IN A MUCH MORE CONFINED
SPACE.
SO IF THE DRIVER OR A FELLOW
PASSENGER HAPPENS TO BE SICK,
YES, YOU'RE THAT MUCH MORE
LIKELY TO GET SICK AS WELL.
THEN AGAIN ON PUBLIC TRANSIT
MAYBE YOU TOUCH MORE THINGS --
THE DOOR, THE TURNSTILE AND THE
TICKET MACHINES AND THE HAND
RAILS AND THE ELEVATOR BUTTONS.
BUT HERE'S THE THING -- THE POST
LIKELY WAY TO GET
SICK IS NOT ACTUALLY BY TOUCHING
THINGS, IT'S BEING AROUND SICK
PEOPLE.
>> AVERAGED OUT AND TAKING AN
UBER IS PROBABLY SAFER BUT WE
ONCE AGAIN COME DOWN TO DON'T
TAKE TRIPS
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
>> Andrew: THAT'S NOT TRUE
JUST FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION,
THINK OF THE DRIVER AND ALL OF
THE STRANGERS THEY HAVE TO
>> Ian: SOME COMPANIES ARE
DONATING THEIR SERVICES IN THE
WAR AGAINST CORONAVIRUS.
SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE DYLAN'S
DISTILLERY IN ONTARIO AND AS
WELL AS BIG COMPANIES LIKE
MOLSON COORS AND A PARENT CUTCHE
OF A FRENCH
PERFUME GIANT.
IT'S NOT JUST HAND SANITIZERS
BUT THEY STARTED MAKING MEDICAL
GEAR LIKE VENTILATORS AND
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
HERE'S HOW THREE CANADIAN
OPERATIONS HAVE PIVOTED THEIR
PRODUCTION TO MAKE FACE SHIELDS.
IT'S BEEN A CRAZY RIDE SAYS THE
PRESIDENT.
JUST ONE MONTH AGO THIS SMALL
COMPANY IN KITCHENER, ONTARIO,
WAS MAKING EDUCATIONAL TECH
PRODUCTS, 3D PRINTERS AND
ROBOTIC KITS.
TODAY IT'S RE-TOOLED AND
RE-ENERGIZED AND TURNING OUT
MEDICALLY CERTIFIED FACE SHIELDS
AND THEY'RE HIRING.
>> A LOT OF FOLKS ARE BEING LAID
OFF AND IT'S AN HONOUR THAT WE
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT
PEOPLE BACK TO WORK AND TO DO IT
IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
OUR JOB STARTS AT $18 AN HOUR
AND SCALE UP FROM THERE AND
WE'LL HIRE 150 TO 200 PEOPLE IN
THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
>> Ian: EVERYTHING IS MOVING
QUICKLY.
HE SAYS THAT THEIR
HEALTH CANADA LICENCE CAME WITH
THE FASTEST APPROVALS EVER.
SOON THEY'LL BE PRODUCING 10,000
SHIELDS A DAY AND OPENING UP A
NEW FACILITY.
THE PARTS CAN BE DISASSEMBLED
AND THEN STERILIZED AND THAT
MEANS THAT IT CAN BE USED TO 10
TIMES.
HAINES-SMITH CALLS IT "THE
CANADIAN SHIELD."
>> WE'RE USING ALL CANADIAN
SUPPLIERS.
SO OUR SUPPLY CHAIN IS ALL IN
CANADA.
WE'R NOT AT RISK IF
THINGS CHANGE ELSEWHERE, AND
WE'RE OKAY, WE CAN KEEP
MANUFACTURING THESE.
>> CURRENTLY WE ARE PRODUCING
OFF A 3D PRINTER AND THIS IS THE
PRODUCT WHICH WE HAVE DEVELOPED
HERE.
IT'S A FACE SHIELD WHICH IS FOR
DROPLET PROTECTION.
>> Ian: OUTSIDE OF BARRIE,
ONTARIO, M.P.C. MOLDED PRECISION
COMPONENTS IS ALSO HIRING.
THE AUTO PARTS MAKER IS THREE
WEEKS AWAY FROM SHIFTING
PRODUCTION TO 15,000 SHIELDS A
DAY.
SOON THAT WILL BE UP TO 320,000.
THEIR RE-TOOLING FUNDED IN
PART BY A GOVERNMENT GRANT.
>> WE'RE INSTALLING SEVEN NEW
MOLDING MACHINES TO INCREASE THE
CAPACITY AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
AND THAT'S A HUGE ENDEAVOUR.
WE HAVE EIGHT WEEKS TO BASICALLY
TO DEVELOP AN ENTIRE
MANUFACTURING -- ADDITIONAL
MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN OUR
WAREHOUSE WHICH INCLUDES LIKE A
BIG TRAILER GENERATOR AND ALL OF
THE ELECTRICAL AND WATER
HOOK-UPS, IT'S A MASSIVE
ENDEAVOUR.
>> Ian: FOR BOWER, THE
TRANSITION FROM HOCKEY VISORS TO
MEDICAL SHIELDS HAS BEEN EASY.
FOUR DAYS FROM BRAINSTORMING TO
PROTOTYPE.
NOW THEY'RE
PRODUCING 8,000 UNITS A DAY IN
TWO PLANTS, ONE IN QUÉBEC AND
ONE IN THE U.S.
BUT OVERWHELMED BY ORDERS THEY
DECIDED TO PUT THEIR PLANS ON
THE INTERNET FREE FOR ANY
COMPANY TO COPY.
AND THAT IN TURN HAS INSPIRED AN
EXTRAORDINARY TEAM EFFORT.
>> NOT ALL COMPANIES REALLY CAN
DO ALL OF THE THINGS NECESSARY
FOR MANUFACTURING.
BUT WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT
THERE'S AN INFLUX OF COMPANIES
COMING TO US AND SAYING WHAT
THEY COULD DO, THEY COULD
PROVIDE COMPONENTS AND DO
ASSEMBLY.
WHAT OUR ENGINEERS ARE NOW DOING
IS WORKING AS FACILITATORS TO
BRING THESE COMPANIES TOGETHER
TO THEN ALLOW A DIFFERENT TYPE
OF MANUFACTURING THAT MAY NEED
MORE THAN ONE COMPANY.
>> Ian: WITH EVERY RING OF THE
BELL ANOTHER CASE OF THE
CANADIAN SHIELD IS READY TO GO.
THE TOY TECH COMPANY NOW FULLY
TRANSFORMED TO MEDICAL SUPPLY
MANUFACTURERS.
>> WE NEED A LONG-TERM
MANUFACTURING BASE IN CANADA SO
THAT THE NEXT TIME THAT WE HAVE
A CRISES WE CAN PROTECT
OURSELVES.
SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
ALL OF THIS EQUIPMENT RIGHT
HERE.
>> Ian: AND WE WOULD LOVE TO
HEAR MORE STORIES OF CANADIAN
COMPANIES TURNING THEIR FOCUS TO
MAKING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND HOW
IT'S GOING.
SO SEND US AN EMAIL AT
THENATIONAL@CBC.CA.
>>> NEXT ON THE PROGRAMME --
>> IT'S ALWAYS BUSY.
FOR FIRST TIME WE'RE NOT BUSY.
>> Ian: FINDING A SILVER LINING.
MEET PEOPLE TAKING TIME TO
PRACTISE GRATITUDE.
BUT FIRST --
>> THIS IS WHAT THE VATICAN
LOOKED LIKE LAST YEAR ON PALM
SUNDAY.
BUT TODAY A VERY DIFFERENT KIND
OF CELEBRATION, FORCED INDOORS
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND
CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC.
POPE FRANCIS ADDRESSED AN ALMOST
EMPTY ST. PETER'S BASILICA.
AROUND THE WORLD THE FAITHFUL
HAD TO ADOPT THEIR TRADITIONS
WITH VIRTUAL MASSES AND
MAKESHIFT DRIVE-THRUS AND A
[Cheers and Applause]
>> Ian: IN CITIES AROUND THE
GLOBE IT'S BECOME A NIGHTLY AND
NOISY SHOW OF APPRECIATION.
A SALUTE TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS,
THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THIS
CRISIS.
IT'S A MESSAGE IN DIFFERENT
LANGUAGES, OFFERED IN DIFFERENT
WAYS, BUT ALL SAYING THE SAME
THING -- THANK YOU.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NO SHORTAGE
OF FEAR IN THIS PANDEMIC, BUT
WE'RE ALSO SEEING AN ABUNDANCE
OF GRATITUDE.
AS IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS EXPLAINS,
IT'S A BIT OF A MAGIC FORMULA,
BY FORCING MUCH OF THE WORLD TO
STAY IN, MANY ARE REACHING OUT.
(*)
>> Reporter: THE TIMES ARE
STRANGE AND UNSETTLING.
YET IN THIS FORCED RETREAT THERE
IS A GROWING SPACE TO SIMPLY SAY
THANK YOU.
* THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND 
>> Reporter: EVERY DAY AT
5:00 p.m., A STREET COMES
TOGETHER WITH A DIFFERENT SONG.
BUT IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT GRATITUDE.
>> * YOU'RE A PAL 
NOTE AND A DELIVERY MAN *
>> Reporter: BEN CHAN IS A
DOCTOR.
HE ALTERED THE LYRICS
TO ACKNOWLEDGE OTHER FRONTLINE
WORKERS LIKE GROCERY CLERKS AND
MAIL CARRIERS.
>> * WOULD YOU STAND AND TAKE A
BOW *
>> WE SANG SONGS ABOUT GRATITUDE
TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER
PEOPLE
OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO BE
THANKFUL ABOUT.
>> Reporter: FROM STREETS TO
SCREENS.
>> * COUNTRY ROADS 
>> Reporter: PEOPLE ARE
FINDING A WAY TO SHOW
APPRECIATION, EVEN IN LIGHTER
SPOOFS, THERE'S A DEEPER
MEANING.
>> * I BELONG 
>> Reporter: AND THEY MADE
THAT NOW VIRAL VIDEO OF FRIENDS
AND FAMILY TO PASS THE TIME.
AND ARE SO GLAD THEY DID.
>> JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T SPEND
TIME TOGETHER FACE-TO-FACE IT'S
NICE TO DO SOMETHING WHERE WE
CAN STILL CONNECT OVER THE PHONE
AND ON VIDEO AND MAKING VIDEOS
LIKE THIS IT'S NICE TO SEE YOUR
FRIENDS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH THE SAME
THING.
>> I FEEL THAT WE COULD PUT A
SMILE ON PEOPLE'S FACES WITH
THIS VIDEO AND WE HOPE THAT WE
CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
(*)
>> Reporter: GRATITUDE SEEMS
TO BE THE FLIPSIDE OF FEAR.
IT'S LESS ABOUT DENIAL AND MORE
ABOUT REFLECTION WHILE OUR WORLD
AS WE KNEW IT IS ON PAUSE.
>> FINDING ACTIVITIES TO DO SO
WE'RE NOT BORED ALL DAY.
>> AND HAVING FOOD AND WATER.
>> AND BEING THANKFUL FOR YOUR
FAMILY.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT.
>> Reporter: MELISSA
ENCOURAGES HER DAUGHTERS TO
WRITE DOWN WHAT THEY'RE GRATEFUL
FOR.
>> BEING GRATEFUL FOREVER YOUR
FOOD.
>> THOSE ARE MOMENTS THEY
WOULDN'T HAVE TIME NECESSARILY
DURING A REGULARLY SCHEDULED
DAY, RIGHT.
THEY GO TO SCHOOL AND THEY COME
BACK AND I COOK DINNER.
AND WE'RE ALWAYS BUSY.
FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE NOT
BUSY.
SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO
MAXIMIZE OUR TIME TOGETHER, MAKE
IT FUN AND PLAY A
LOT OF FAMILY GAMES AND BEING
PART OF A FAMILY THAT CARES
ABOUT EACH OTHER AND WANTS TO BE
WITH EACH OTHER.
>> Reporter: THE FORCED
DISTANCE FROM OTHERS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GO INWARD AND TO
GIVE THANKS IN OTHER WAYS.
>> THROUGH THE POWER OF SOCIAL
MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY THERE'S
ACTUALLY SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO
TO MOBILIZE OTHERS AND IN
EXPRESSING OUR GRATITUDE IN
CONCRETE WAYS.
>> Reporter: FASHION DESIGNER
KIM SMILEY RUNS A NON-PROFIT
MOVEMENT THAT PROMOTES ACTS OF
KINDNESS.
SHE LAUNCHED AN ONLINE CHALLENGE
ASKING PEOPLE TO HAIL HEROES
AMONG THEM.
THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF
NOMINATIONS ALREADY.
>> I THINK THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE
ARE SLOWING DOWN IT'S ALLOWED
THEM TO GET OUTSIDE OF THEIR
HEADS IN ORDER TO SEE WHAT'S
GOING ON AROUND THEM.
AND I THINK THAT HAS ALLOWED
LIGHT TO BE REFLECTED ON PEOPLE
WHO ARE DOING THESE INCREDIBLE
WORKS.
THESE HEROES.
THESE HEALTH HEROS AND THESE
OTHER FRONTLINE WORKERS.
(*)
>> Reporter: AND MORE ARE
CHIMING IN TO SUPPORT THOSE
WORKERS.
LIKE MANY NEW RITUALS, IT'S
SUBSTANCE FOR SHAKEN SOULS AND
STALLED LIVES.
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PEOPLE ON THIS STREET NOW LIGHT
CANDLES EVERY NIGHT.
LATISHA O'CLEARY CAME UP WITH
THE IDEA.
IT'S AN EXERCISE IN GRACE IN
FINDING THE LIGHT IN EVERY DAY,
HOWEVER HARD IT MAY BE TO GET
THROUGH ONE.
>> IT'S NOT EASY, IT'S NOT EASY.
IT'S REALLY BAD WHAT'S HAPPENING
AND I KNOW THAT IT COSTS A LOT
OF LIVES.
BUT THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN SEE
AND I CAN GO THROUGH THIS IN A
BRIGHT LIGHT IS SEEING THAT WE
NEED A PAUSE.
THE WORLD IS PAUSING.
IT'S A TIME TO RETHINK
EVERYTHING -- OUR VALUES AND OUR
WAY OF LIFE AND SLOW DOWN AND
ENJOY WHAT WE HAVE MOST
IMPORTANT INSIDE OF OUR FOUR
WALLS -- OUR FAMILY AND OUR
LOVED ONES AND WHATEVER WE CAN
DO LIKE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
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>> Reporter: A REMINDER THAT
LIVES NOW SUDDENLY SMALLER HAVE
ROOM TO BE FILLED WITH SO MUCH
MORE.
IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: WE HAVE ANOTHER STORY OF
GRATITUDE IN OUR "MOMENT" JUST
AHEAD.
BUT FIRST...
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>>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.
GERDIE AND HIS NEIGHBOUR JORDAN
LIVE IN YUKON, AS THEY SAY, OUT
IN THE WILDERNESS.
THEY'RE PRACTISING PHYSICAL
DISTANCING WHILE ALSO CREATING A
CANADIAN CROSS CULTURAL MOMENT.
EVEN TWO METRES APART CAN'T STOP
YOU FROM MAKING A LITTLE MAGIC.
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[BAGPIPE MUSIC]
>> Ian: THE TORONTO SKYLINE
FEATURED LIT UP HEARTS TO SHOW
THE CITY'S GRATITUDE TO FRONT
LINE WORKERS LAST NIGHT.
AND IT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF
DR. SAMIR SINHA WHO TWEETED, I
STOPPED THE CAR AND WEPT LAST
NIGHT.
THANK YOU TO MY CITY OF TORONTO
AND ITS CITIZENS FOR THESE ACTS
OF LOVE THAT ARE KEEPING ITS
FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS GOING."
HIS REACTION AND HIS MESSAGE TO
CANADA IS OUR "MOMENT."
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>> COMING HOME AT THE END OF A
LONG DAY AND JUST SEEING, LIKE
AN ACT OF LOVE, IT WAS JUST SO
LOVELY FOR ALL OF US WHO ARE AT
THE FRONT LINES, FOR ME AS A
GERITRICIAN AND I CARE FOR THE
POPULATION THAT COVID IS BRUTAL
FOR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORRIED --
WORRIED ABOUT EACH OTHER AND OUR
OWN HEALTH CARE COLLEAGUES AND
WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT OUR
PATIENTS.
WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE COUNTRY.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF ANXIETY.
AND AMONGST US WE'RE TRYING TO
CONTINUE OUR ROUTINE CARE AND
MAKE SURE THAT OUR REGULAR
PATIENTS ARE OKAY AND THAT WE
DON'T WANT TO MAKE MISTAKES.
SO WE HAVE ALL OF THAT WEARING
ON US.
IF YOU HAVE AN OLDER PERSON IN
YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, LOOK OUT FOR 
THEM.
YOU KNOW MY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN
GREAT BECAUSE
THEY KNOW THAT I'M NOT EATING
MUCH THESE DAYS.
SO WHAT DO I GET?
I NOW GET A READY-MADE MEAL TO
MAKE SURE THAT I EAT.
SO LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER.
AND IF YOU'VE GOT A SENIOR IN
YOUR LIFE, SERIOUSLY REACH OUT,
DON'T TOUCH THEM BUT REACH OUT
AND LOOK OUT FOR THEM TOO.
>> Ian: SO YOU MAY HAVE SEEN
THAT INTERVIEW EARLIER TODAY,
ROSEMARY BARTON DID IT ON CBC
NEWS NETWORK.
SHE'S BEEN DOING SO WELL EACH
MORNING WITH THE LIVE SPECIALS
WITH THE PRIME
MINISTER'S MESSAGE.
AND INTERESTING TO GET A PEEK
INSIDE OF THE REACTION FROM
HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
I HAVE WONDERED IF THEY SAW
THESE MESSAGES OF GRATITUDE AND
THEY ARE APPRECIATING THEM AND
CLEARLY THEY HAVE.
>>> THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
SUNDAY, APRIL 5th.
GOODNIGHT.
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