Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Weekend News with Doug Dunbar.” Source
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Instacart workers to strike for better coronavirus protections
“Shoppers have had enough. Instacart has refused to act proactively in the interests of its Shoppers, customers and public health, so we are forced to take matters into our own hands,” the workers said. Source
Health care workers protest lack of equipment
Health care workers at NYC hospitals are reusing the same N95 masks — which are meant for one-time use — for five days. Source
States scramble to build makeshift hospitals before virus peaks
“I will turn this state upside down to get the number of beds we need, but we need the staff for those beds,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said. Source
Trump speaks at Virginia Navy ship departing for New York aid
President Trump spoke before the departure of the Navy hospital ship the USNS Comfort to New York, the state hardest hit so far by the coronavirus pandemic. Watch his remarks. Source
Titans Social Buzz: Checking in on Titans Players During Quarantine
From taking care of their families and pets, to working out and watching re-runs, we check in on Titans players during the 2020 quarantine. Source
EPA cites COVID-19 as reason to suspend regulation of polluters
“The administration should be giving its all toward making our country healthier right now. Instead, it is taking advantage of an unprecedented public health crisis,” said former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. Source
New York moves presidential primary to June 23
New York postponed its presidential primary from April 28 to June 23 amid the coronavirus pandemic. “I don’t think it’s wise to be bringing people to one location to vote,” Governor Andrew Cuomo said Saturday. Source
Trump says he is considering a quarantine in the N.Y. metro area
New York state has the most cases of coronavirus in the country. Source
“I don’t even like the sound of it,” Cuomo says after Trump says he’s considering quarantine
President Trump said Saturday he is considering an “enforceable” quarantine affecting residents of the metro New York area amid the coronavirus pandemic. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said shortly afterward that he doesn’t “even like the sound of it” and said he had not spoken to the president about it. Source