Nurses at 15 hospitals in seven states are protesting this week over what they call a “lack of preparedness” by a major U.S. hospital chain. They say the shortage of protective equipment is putting them, their families, and patients at risk as they work on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Catherine Herridge speaks to one nurse who called her hospital a “war zone.” Source

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates talks with “CBS This Morning” co-host Anthony Mason about why we need “strong isolation measures on a countrywide basis” to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, how it could be “years” before the U.S. economy gets back to where it was before and why he thinks “for the next one, we will be far more ready than we were for this one.” Source

Two cruise ships wait outside Port Everglades in South Florida, carrying passengers believed to be infected with the coronavirus. The cruise line says more than 200 people on the two ships have flu-like symptoms. On one ship, The Zaandam, nine people have tested positive for the coronavirus and two of them have died. Manuel Bojorquez speaks to one person who says her parents are on the ship, and her father has developed pneumonia. Source

NFL team’s owner, Robert Kraft, helped arrange the flight to bring 1.2 million N95 masks for use in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Source

President Trump said the national stockpile of emergency medical supplies is nearly depleted. Also, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ordered all of his residents to stay at home in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a move that critics say should have happened earlier. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Source

Over 1,000 American residents died of the coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the U.S. death toll to over 5,100. In New York City, paramedics have been told to not transport patients in cardiac arrest to the hospital, reflecting the grim reality of how overwhelmed the epicenter of the virus outbreak is. David Begnaud reports from outside a field hospital in Central Park to show the toll the disease is taking on the city. Source

Paramedics in New York City have been told hospitals are now too overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients to try to resuscitate patients already in cardiac arrest. Source

Eric Garcetti’s recommendation for a way to help curb COVID-19’s spread goes further than suggestions from many public health experts. Source

Eduardo Moreno “stated that he thought that the USNS Mercy was suspicious and did not believe ‘the ship is what they say it’s for,'” the complaint said. Source

More than 5,000 people have died from the disease nationwide. “This is the most scared I’ve ever been,” one emergency room doctor tells CBS News. Source