The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on many facets of everyday life, but has also shown the remarkable ways people can and have stepped up to help each other in a time of need. New York Times bestselling author Gretchen Rubin joins “CBS This Morning” to talk about how you can reach out and help your community as well, as part of our partnership with Rubin and her award-winning podcast, “Happier.” Source
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Man tips $10,000 on day before eatery’s coronavirus-linked layoffs
Owner of Naples, Florida restaurant says tipper is a regular customer but he’s not even sure what his name is. Source
Barr tells federal prisons to send inmates home amid coronavirus outbreak
“We are using all the tools we have to protect the inmates,” Barr said on Thursday. Source
U.S. couple stuck in India with adopted daughter as pandemic upends travel
The State Department estimates the coronavirus has left more than 50,000 Americans stranded in other countries. The Savilles, who traveled to India to finally bring their newly adopted daughter back home, now have no idea how they will get back home to their three young boys in Georgia. They speak to Kris Van Cleave about what they are doing as they search for a way to get back to the U.S. Source
How are everyday people handling the new normal of social distancing?
Although the U.S. has thousands of confirmed coronavirus cases, there are millions of Americans who find themselves in good health and confined to their homes due to precautions put in place to slow the disease’s spread. CBS News has heard from a respiratory therapist, a Door Dash delivery driver and others who chronicled how they spent a week of social distancing. Source
Actor Mark Blum dies of coronavirus complications
“This is really tragic and my heart goes out to him, his family and his loved ones,” said Madonna, Blum’s co-star in “Desperately Seeking Susan.” Source
Surgeon General Jerome Adams: Coronavirus projections “based on worst-case scenario”
The U.S. has become the new global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic as cases in the country surpass Italy and China. As the numbers climb, state and local officials worry about the amount of life-saving equipment such as ventilators they will have access to at the worst of the pandemic. U.S. Surgeon General VADM Dr. Jerome Adams joins “CBS This Morning” to address public fears, claiming projections that reflect a severe lack of ventilators are based on “worst-case scenarios.” Source
Coronavirus updates: U.K. leader tests positive as U.S. states seek help
With the U.S. reporting more cases than any other nation, American hospitals are facing a daunting challenge, and “there is still a long battle ahead.” Source
Eye Opener at 8: New York hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus
A look at what we’ve been covering on “CBS This Morning.” Source
U.K.’s Johnson is first world leader to confirm coronavirus diagnosis
“Be in no doubt that I can continue, thanks to the wizardry of modern technology, to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight back against coronavirus,” Johnson said. Source