By Jessie Yeung, James Griffiths, Steve George, Amy Woodyatt, Mike Hayes and Meg Wagner, CNN
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he will seek to build another four more temporary hospitals in the state to combat coronavirus.
He said that will increase hospital capacity by 4,000 beds. The state has already started working with the federal government to build four temporary hospitals.
Cuomo said, "I'm going to ask the President today to authorize" the additional hospitals.
Some context: Gov. Cuomo says New York will need 140,000 beds for the apex. There are currently 53,000 beds.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state is looking at "about 21 days for a possible apex" for the peak number of coronavirus cases.
He continued: "So we want to do everything we can to be ready for that increased capacity that could hit us in 21 days and ramp up the hospital capacity."
He said that, at that time, New York will need 140,000 hospital beds. There are currently 53,000 beds.
The press conference is ongoing.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo just announced that all schools across the state will remain closed until April 15.
Schools had originally been scheduled to reopen next week, but now, they'll stay closed for another two weeks. Officials will reassess the situation at that time.
"School should remain closed. I don't do this joyfully," Cuomo said at a news conference. "It only makes sense to keep the schools closed."
Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser just announced that one of her staffers has died from coronavirus.
“A member of my team who worked in the office of legal counsel recently tested positive for Covid-19 and he passed away this morning," she said at a news conference.
She continued: "My prayers right now are with his family, his entire team and of course we will be supporting them during this very difficult time.”
Mayor Bowser did not give any further details on the staffer.
From CNN’s Sarah Jorgensen
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced today that all travelers arriving to the state are to self-quarantine for 14 days.
The governor said all travelers will receive flyers with info at Boston's Logan Airport as well as other transportation hubs.
Drivers will also see this on message boards and at rest stops instructing travelers to quarantine.
“Do not travel to our communities especially if you have symptoms,” Baker said at an ongoing news conference.
From CNN Health’s Gisela Crespo
US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said Friday on "CBS This Morning" that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has sent a team to New York City to help allocate resources.
"You heard Governor Cuomo say, look, we have actually resources, they're just mismatched," Adams told CBS' Gayle King. "So we sent a team, a FEMA team to help New York City to make sure the resources are getting to where they need."
"We need to make sure we get right resources to the right people, and that's what we're committed to doing," Adams said.
From CNN's Manu Raju
Rep. Haley Stevens, a typically mild-mannered freshman Democrat from Michigan, went over her allotted time while speaking on the House floor, prompting the presiding officer to tell her her time was up.
However, she continued to shout her speech as members were audibly telling her to stand down.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer asked for her to have some additional time, but she went beyond that and Hoyer was gently trying to get her to wrap up - as the chair was banging the gavel down.
The House is debating a $2 trillion stimulus bill. The legislation represents the largest emergency aid package in US history and the most significant legislative action taken to address the rapidly intensifying coronavirus crisis, which is overwhelming hospitals and grinding much of the economy to a halt.
Stevens wore pink plastic gloves throughout her speech.
"To our doctors and our nurses, I wear these latex gloves to tell every American to not be afraid," she said.
Finally, she loudly said, “I yield back,” slamming her speech on the table.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was smiling and Stevens sat down next to her for a minute.
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From CNN's Betsy Klein
Vice President Mike Pence downplayed President Trump's Easter timeline for having the country "opened up" in a CNBC interview today.
“The President expressed really an aspirational goal as we continue to follow the data,” he said.
“He would love to see it around Easter but whenever that day is that we can responsibly open up portions of the country," Pence added,
Some background: Earlier this week, President Trump said he wants the nation "opened up and just raring to go by Easter." But few health experts — which is just more than two weeks away — will be sufficient in containing the spread of coronavirus.
From CNN’s Pervaiz Shallwani
At least 512 New York Police Department employees have tested positive for coronavirus as of Friday morning, a senior NYPD official tells CNN, up 161 from an official update by the NYPD Thursday evening.
Of the 512, 442 are uniformed members of the forces, and 70 are civilian members, according to the source.
4,122 – about 11% of the NYPD work force – are out sick, the official tells CNN.
