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it may just change the script and save life as we know it. i can't wait to meet you. hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. anna coren in hong kong and cnn newsroom starts now. the united states has the most coronavirus infections and deaths in the world. now the nation is watching nervously as some states ease rules designed to combat the spread. businesses like tattoo parlors, gyms, salons and bowling alleys were allowed to reopen and
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monday restaurants will be allowed to sit customers again with restrictions. health experts and president trump warned that it is too soon and atlanta's mayor is urging people to stay home but some say they are dealing with a tough choice. >> i am sorry. you know, i am sorry for that. i hope they don't hold it against us. we are not trying to hurt anybody. look, we just want to get our business going. we have 25 employees that support families. you know we are trying to get them back to work also. >> i am just kind of on the fence, you know. i hope we are doing the right thing. i know i need to get back to work. but i don't want to contract the disease either. >> a member of the coronavirus task force could be fired for his handling of the crisis. talks are underway to replace
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the health and human services secretary. the white house would not confirm the report. the number of coronavirus related deaths in the u.s. is approaching 54,000 according to johns hopkins university with more than 938,000 confirmed cases. governors in several u.s. states say the tough restrictions helped to flatten the infection curve, at least for now. in the coronavirus epicenter, new york city, the last of 182 patients treated aboard a navy ship is expected to leave sunday and the governor of new york says the state is going in the right direction after an unbearable few weeks. >> reporter: with new york preparing to enters it sixth week under a stay at home order, there are signs the stressful lockdown is having a positive effect. on saturday governor andrew cuomo announced covid hospitalizations are down to the level they were 21 days ago,
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still a high number but one cuomo reflects that the state is on the downside of the mountain. a new program will turn drug stores into diagnostic testing sites and newly loosened restrictions will make those available to essential workers. antibody testing is underway as well with the first tests going to health care workers at the state's most affected hospitals. governor cuomo urged new yorkers to stick with the program, to continue obeying the state's tough lockdown rules. stayinga the home cuomo said has saved lives. health officials say widespread antibody testing is essential to reopening the country, but what is an antibody test? what does it tell you? what does it mean if you are immune to the virus for life? cnn's dr. sanjay gupta helps
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find out. >> there are two different tests that we are all becoming familiar with. a diagnostic test that searches for the markers of the coronavirus and this one that tests for antibodies. the first thing that you will notice is that the antibody test requires blood. for me it was just a poke. >> just like that. >> but then look at all of the steps that take place after that. my blood is taken down to the lab. and then spun down in. this might have contained antibodies if i was previously exposed. just take some of my serum and put it in the same test tube as the virus and see what happens. >> if you have antibodies against that they will bond and we will be able to detect that. the medical director of the
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blood bank in atlanta where i practiced as a neurosurgeon. i was able to get the test because i am still working there as a doctor and health care workers are considered to be at high risk. here is what happens in your body when you are infected. the blue line, take a look at the green line. early on antibodies appear but disappear shortly after and then the red line. that is the igg antibody, the one that, peer appears after t infection clears and might provide immunity. for others like sars antibodies lasted 2-3 years and the middle east respiratory syndrome about three years but with the new coronavirus it is still too early to tell. >> what is the real value of having the test. >> if you are positive on the
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test it indicates you have been exposed. that can give you a bit of peace of mind, i think, that the cough that i had two weeks ago, that was really covid-19. it could indicate some of your close contacts should be tested. >> most importantly he told me something i had not considered before, if you test positive for the antibodies that means you dealt with the infection and you beat it and chances are if you are exposed to it again you will beat it again. as for me, that part is still an open question mark. i tested negative. >> dr. sanjay gupta reporting there. dr. phillips joins us now. great to have you with us, doctor. let's start with the mass testing he was referring to. 1.2 million tests were conducted last week. it is a significant improvement to previous weeks. but experts say that is not
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enough. what are your thoughts? >> i definitely think it is not enough yet. 330 million people in america and right now one of the simple markers that we can follow is how many of the tests are coming back positive. right now it is averaging around 20% of the tests that are done in the u.s. are coming back positive. the world health organization says you are doing enough test if it is 10% or less. in south korea they were getting 3% of their tests back positive. it means we are selecting out the people to be tested those at highest risk and not testing everybody else. we need to be able to test everybody else. >> we heard from the world health works this week that said there is no evidence to suggest that if you have the antibodies in the system and you are recovering that there is nothing to say that you can't be reinfected. >> you know, it has been really interesting looking at how our bodies are reacting to the
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virus. and part of it is that we need more research. it is so early on. there are other viruss, things like hepatitis b, you can have an antibody to the core of hepatitis b and this virus has a core like that one and a surface. they are different. they are all different by the way. there are many, many different types of antibody tests out there right now. what are they testing for? the ones that protect you from the virus? are they testing for a mild exposure? that is what the world health organization was cautioning us against. >> obviously the focus is currently on mass testing. but some authorities and some countries are saying that contact tracing also must go hand in hand with the mass testing. how far along is the united states to developing this process? >> it is getting there. but you know, one of the key
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things is when you think about it like a wildfire. we are all staying home right now. that is going to take the germ itself under control. we are trying to tamp down the spread. it is like getting a wildfire under control. then you are still going to see hot spots and embers that you have to go after and that is what contact tracing does. once the fire gets under control, you can start to open up the economy a little bit and look for outbreaks and quickly tracing people who that person was in contact with. organizations like apple and google are partnering together to help build apps based on b e bluetooth to make it easier to do that contact tracing. >> doctor, you mentioned the reopening of the economy of the united states. as we know there are states that are currently doing it.
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governors that have taken the decision to reopen their states. are you concerned? are you concerned that there will be a second wave in these states? >> the people in the states if they are careful, maybe they will be lucky. but you want to get control of the virus first. you want to get down to just very minimal cases, and then you want to have broad testing, and then you open. that is a little bit out of sequence. so i think that it will be an interesting experiment to watch and to see how the -- what the trajectory looks like in those states. >> and doctor, just before you go i would like your reaction to what president trump suggested earlier in the week that an injection inside the human body with disinfectant could help combat coronavirus. your thoughts at the time of
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hearing this? >> yeah. yeah. there is poison labels on all of the bottles for a reason. don't inject anything in your body that is poisonous and hazardous to your health, even drugs that are meant for internal use have side-effects. so, definitely read the label and do not use anything that is poisonous inside of yourself. >> listen to the doctors. listen to the health professionals. great to have you with us. many thanks for your insight. >> thank you. well, the coronavirus pandemic is fuelling discontent in russia. when we return we will take a look at the toll the virus is taking on the country's economy and possibly on the popularity of president putin. my name is jonatan and i work for verizon. i totally get how important it is to stay connected. we're connecting with people, we're offering them solutions. customers can do what they need to do, whenever they need to do it online. because it gives customers the ability to not come
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is right for you. >> welcome back. british prime minister boris johnson is supposed to be back at work on monday now recovered from covid-19. that is what a spokesman told cnn. dominic rob will step aside in
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order for mr. johnson to make a full return. he left the hospital on easter sunday and he has been further recovering at the prime minister's country side retreat. the u.k.'s department of health says that mobile testing unit will travel around the country to increase access to coronavirus testing. these units are meant to operate on top of existing drive-thru test sites to ramp up the number of tests done each day. personnel from the armed forces will collect swabs and care homes, police stations and prisons will be the top priorities. the spread of the coronavirus in russia is having an impact on vladimir putin's presidency. a spike of almost 6,000 new cases reported on saturday and the country's restrictions are fuelling a growing discontent. cnn's matthew chance explains. >> reporter: this is the kind of chaotic scene that the kremlin has been desperate to avoid.
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hundreds of protesters angered by the coronavirus lockdown, demanding more financial support. these demonstrations were quickly brought under control by riot police, but across the world's biggest country amid tight covid-19 restrictions and a growing death toll, patience is wearing thin. that is a potential threat to vladimir putin. the russian president depends on order and prosperity for his support. this pandemic may be undermining both but you won't see him admit it. >> the situation is under total control. our society as a whole becomes united when confronted with a common threat. >> reporter: and that threat is becoming even more common. russ russia's confirmed covid-19 cases are still well below numbers recorded in the worst affected states, but the virus appears to be spreading fast, recently identified in every one
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of the country's vast regions. making the situation harder is the strick lockdown with shops and businesses closed to stem infections, digital passes are needed in moscow for any trips by road or public transport. it all fuels public resentment with the job losses and the economic hardship. it is a mood that russia's main opposition movement is trying to tap into, with an online campaign demanding more financial compensation for unemployed workers. millions of russians. >> in addition to financial aid, we demand to stop deceiving us with the strange terms, self isolation and non-working month. clearly call it what it is, quarantine. >> russia is not the only country facing a backlash
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against measures intended to save lives. but it points to how in these pandemics how governments as well as people may be vulnerable. new satellite pictures are raising more questions about the whereabouts of the north korean dictator, it shows the beach compound used by kim and his family. according to the group 38 north it shows a train at a station reserved for the kim family. a train such as this is often used for important occasions. kim took a similar train to meet the chinese president in beijing and the u.s. president in hanoi. it comes as the u.s. is looking into intelligence that kim is in grave danger after surgery. kim was last seen in public on april 11th. well, he went from deejay on stage to recovering from covid-19. the one-time musical partner of superstar will smith, d.j. jazzy
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you're looking at footage here of italy celebrating liberation day. this year was a milestone. 75 years since the end of the nazi occupation after world war ii came to an end in 1945. it's a day for the country to remember all those who laid down their lives to bring down the fascist regime. the italian air force put together this beautiful aerial display. not an easy feat given that
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italy has been under lockdown because of the pandemic. well, you may be familiar with dj jazzy jeff. the one-time stage and musical partner of will smith. after recovering from the coronavirus jazzy jeff is sharing his story when he left a ski resort after a trip with friends and family he had no idea he'd be in the spotlight for contracting covid-19. cnn's stephanie elam has more. >> i was all over the world. >> reporter: fly in, spin some music, and create memories. that's what dj jazzy jeff does. >> it spiraled downhill extremely fast. >> reporter: but when the famed turntablist left ketchum in idaho's sun valley he may have brought something home with him from the skier's paradise. the coronavirus. >> i lost my sense of smell. i lost my sense of taste. i started hallucinating. >> reporter: this was early march. before the lockdowns. before most realized the
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outbreak was already invading the u.s. less than a week after his return home it hit him while he was in the store with his wife, linnette. >> i looked at her, and i said, you know what? i don't feel well. i can honestly say i had one or two times that my brain started going down a really dark path, i cannot believe this is how i'm going to go out. >> reporter: he says he was never tested for the coronavirus. >> there was no doubt in my mind that i had covid. it was just trying to figure out where. i never thought i'd catch it. >> reporter: dj jazzy jeff's sun valley party on march 6th was open to all. among those who attended were members of the national brotherhood of skiers. >> when i walked offstage i might have given three high fives fives before i went into the dressing room. >> reporter: by week's end people headed out. all over the country. and even abroad. the local health department said. eventually, jeff's wife got sick and then her mother fell ill.
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his family all recovered. but sadly, that's not the case for the brotherhood. several of them, including heyman jahai and charles jackson jr., died of covid-19. dr. broderick franklin, an emergency medicine physician in los angeles, was also in sun valley for the ski summit. >> within a week after i returned from the trip at least four people who i knew personally tested positive. >> reporter: while he never developed symptoms, dr. franklin did test positive for antibodies for the virus. >> it absolutely changed the way i looked at a patient's presentation. >> reporter: he says jazzy jeff's case highlights that more virus and antibody testing remains key. ♪ hopefully you're somewhere safe ♪ the dj also wants the antibody test. if he can get over his fear. >> i am absolutely terrified to go out of the house. because you know, the unknown of if you can get it again, the unknown if i'm still carrying.
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>> reporter: from early on performing with will smith, aka the fresh prince, in the early '80s -- ♪ just don't understand -- dj jazzy jeff has traveled the world to rock people. >> does this change how you see your future? >> absolutely. the funny thing is i don't think it's just my future. i believe that 60% of this is our new norm. >> reporter: stephanie elam, cnn, los angeles. well thanks so much for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm anna coren. more news after this short break. ple in a place. but when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. so, when you get a check... you can deposit it from here. and you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. you can save for an emergency from here. or pay bills from here. so when someone asks you, "where's your bank?" you can tell them: here's my bank. or here's my bank. or, here's my bank. because if you download and use the chase mobile app, your bank is virtually any place. visit chase.com/mobile.
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hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm anna coren in hong kong. this is "cnn newsroom." the united states has the most reported coronavirus infections and deaths around the world. and now citizens, health experts and politicians are all watching nervously as some

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