it is a milestone nobody wants. the number of coronavirus cases around the world now tops 4 million. top u.s. health experts quarantined, the result of white house staffers testing positive. also this hour, a fax machine? you thought they were gone, one first world country is still using them to report coronavirus

cases. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world and happy mother's day, moms. i'm natalie allen, and this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ thank you so much for joining us. unfortunately, we begin with another staggering number. what began as a handful of coronavirus cases last december in china has now infected more than 4 million people around the world and killed almost 280,000. it was just five weeks ago that the 1 million milestone was reached. data from johns hopkins university show the number of confirmed infections worldwide has been growing by 1 million

cases every 12 days or so. yet more and more countries are looking to end their long lockdowns. british prime minister boris johnson will unveil his plan for the uk in the coming hours. johns hopkins has tracked 1.3 million cases in the u.s. alone accounting for one-third of the global total. the virus has even made it into the trump white house now and potentially sidelined several key health officials. cnn's jeremy diamond has this from the white house. >> reporter: well, three top doctors on the white house's coronavirus task force are now going to be teleworking, working from home, carrying out some form of self-quarantine for the next two weeks after coming into contact with somebody at the white house who tested positive for coronavirus in just the last week. that is dr. robert redfield, the head of the centers for disease

control, dr. stephen hahn, as well as dr. anthony fauci who has of course become one of the most public faces of this white house's response to the coronavirus. all of them announcing that they will be working from home for the next two weeks carrying out some form of self-quarantine. dr. anthony fauci telling jake tapper that he will be undergoing a modified quarantine for the next 14 days, working from home, wearing a mask at all times of the day. though he does note if he's called to the white house or capitol hill, he will go, but will take every precaution necessary. a similar message that we are hearing from a spokesperson from the cdc saying that dr. redfield would go to the white house if he had to fulfill any responsibilities with regard to his role there, but he would be wearing a mask. but of course, very notable that we're seeing these three top medical experts on this coronavirus task force, all of which are undergoing some form

of self-quarantine. what we have not seen, though, is a unified approach from the white house as to how to deal with this. earlier this week, white house spokeswoman katy miller, the vice president's spokeswoman, she tested positive just on friday and a couple days before that, we saw one of the president's personal valets, a navy official, also testing positive. but, again, no clear message from the white house on whether any individual coming into contact with them should go into self-quarantine. it seems we're learning about this on much more of a piecemeal basis. but what is clear, though, is as the country begins to reopen, as many workers are being asked to come back to work with far less stringent procedures, even here at the white house, where there are the most strict protocols, officials coming into contact with the president being tested daily, temperature checks being conducted for anybody coming onto the white house grounds. even here, the coronavirus is seeping in.

jeremy diamond, the white house. a risky balancing act is under way across the united states. more and more communities are trying to reopen without triggering another wave of infections. for the latest on this here is in natasha chen. >> yeah in rhode island the governor said friday her state would be the first to lift a stay-at-home order. >> we're doing better and so therefore, we're in a better position so we can start to lift our restrictions a little bit sooner. >> reporter: restrictions are lifting from coast to coast, in north carolina retail stores have reopened. in delaware, stores can now offer curbside pickup. in california stores can deliver just in time to send flowers for

mother's day. >> for me as a small shop, i'm not going to let anybody in. but at least i can operate and not just open everything because we will have a second wave and go back to square one. >> reporter: san francisco has decided to keep businesses closed until may 18th. but the rest of the state has businesses reopening with some modifications. >> i need to open. we're ready. >> reporter: this is what we have right now for takeout. nevada and alaska have joined states to open up restaurants with restrictions. in arizona, people can get their haircut by appointment only. same for texas with owners eager to open their doors. >> everything is ready and my clients are more than ready. i lost everything. destroy my business. lost my business. that's what it has done.

>> reporter: in iowa, people can go back to the dentist, tanning facilityi facilities following guidelines. pennsylvania is taking a county by county approach to reopening. welcome news for this chocolatier. >> we're hoping the people you are under age 60 come out because, again, they want to get out, i think. >> that sounds like a good place to try and go to, a chocolatier. now we know what barack obama thinks about the trump administration's handling of the pandem pandemic. the former president was uncharacteristically blunt in a private call that was leaked to the media. >> it's part of the reason why the response to this global

crisis has been so anemic and spotty and it would have been bad even with the best of governments. it has been an absolute chaotic disaster when that mind set of what's in it for me and to heck with everybody else, when that mind set is operationalized in our government. >> three former obama administration officials confirmed to cnn that the audio is authentic. president trump has yet to personally weigh in on the criticism, but the white house press secretary offered this statement, president trump's coronavirus response has been unprecedented and saved american lives. there has been a bipartisan recognition of president trump's leadership and the american people have taken notice.

the state of new york is still the american pandemic hot spot. the governor called the death rate infuriatingly constant, although the number of new cases does appear to be going down. but now there is a disturbing new twist, an illness that might be linked to covid-19 has struck dozens of children, killing three of them. here's cnn's polo sandoval. >> reporter: andrew cuomo describing these recent hospitalizations as not new, but as disturbing for parents here. these are at least 73 children in and around new york that have been hospitalized with symptoms that, according to the governor, are very similar to toxic shock syndrome or kawasaki disease. the governor making it clear that these are likely or possibly related to covid infections. but still, many questions surrounding these recent hospitalizations including three children who sadly did not

survive. >> now, these are children who come in, who don't present the symptoms that we normally are familiar with, with covid. it's not a respiratory illness, they're not in respiratory distress, but the illness has taken the lives of three young new yorkers. so this is new and it's developing. >> reporter: these hospitalizations are getting the attention of health professionals across the country, especially since from the very beginning we had heard that it was perhaps some of the younger people who were possibly not as vulnerable to this illness, but now this new information that's being released by the governor suggesting otherwise. we should mention that the cdc is working with the state of new york. their main goal is to develop criteria that would be applied

across the country as they continue to look into these illnesses. reporting in new york, polo sandoval. the british prime minister reportedly has a lockdown exit strategy. in a few hours, he's set to reveal it in a televised address. we'll have that and more after the break. also -- sights and sounds that will not return to a spanish island. how ibiza is coping with the virus that has crashed the party.

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uk prime minister boris johnson is set to unveil his lockdown exit map in a few hours. he'll deliver a televised address sunday evening local time. he's expected to loosen coronavirus restrictions and introduce a new covid-19 tracking system. let's go live now to london. good morning to you. what are we expecting from the prime minister? >> reporter: good morning, natalie. as you said, it will be a road map for gradual easing of these coronavirus restrictions and the

prime minister is expected to announce the launching of a kind of an alert system tracking the danger of covid-19 on a scale of one to five based on the data which will be adjusted. it will be available only in england initially. we're also expecting that message, stay home, stay safe which has been promoted by the uk government in the last few weeks to be revised and the rule that you can only go out once a day will probably be scrapped. but beyond that, changes are likely to be only small and incremental, that's what the foreign secretary said early on this week and he and other officials have really tried hard to dampen down any type of excitement or expectation that on monday britain will be returning back to normal. that will not be happening, they say and that's because social distancing will stay as a core strategy of this government's dealing with the coronavirus

outbreak because data shows that's what brought the infection rate of the virus down. this will present challenges, for example, in the transport system. even at full capacity, in order to comply with social distancing rules, the transport system will only be able to accommodate about a tenth of the passengers. and for those people who were hoping that boris johnson will give them, you know, license to go out and have a drink, finally, and after many weeks have a meal at a restaurant, they will be disappointed because reopening pubs and restaurants is not like to be on the government's agenda anymore soon. >> all right. thank you so much. we'll wait and hear what he says. let's talk more about it. we head north from london to manchester, england. ian hall joins me now. mr. hall, thank you so much for

being with us. i want to ask you, first, the prime minister is set to warn the nation the unique k is ente the most dangers battle. what are you looking to hear from him on this tracking system? >> i think it's the most dangers simply because it's the point where complacency might enter the population, may start to relax. the hard work that we've been doing as a community and as a nation in controlling the disease. now the numbers are going down in sort of the mortalities, in the deaths and the cases. there will be a desire to get back to normal as quickly as possible. but we can still see that there are frail and vulnerable populations that are still at extreme risk of severe outcomes from disease. >> you are part of a team using

computer modeling expertise to advise the government on how to best protect the population right now. how does it work and what are you looking for? >> well, there's -- it's a very big team of mathematical modelers and computer scientists from many universities. and we are -- the models are only as good as the data and the assumptions that go into them. but models can really be used in two ways. one is to understand disease dynamics and the other is to predict what might happen in the future. and so the models are being used in both ways. at present, we're trying to forecast what might happen in the short term and in the longer term that's challenging because we're not quite clear the role of different interventions as we

relax things and really one of the key challenges is the assumptions we've made in the models and how much they actually reflect reality. so if you have, say, a spatial model, then you have to put in some belief about how the population will mix and how people will travel around. and clearly a lot of that is based on historical data, on computer -- commuter movements and work that may not be the case under lockdown. so, actually, the tracking app may well provide some situational awareness as to how people are moving differently and, yeah, that's really where that might lead us. >> you talk about disease dynamics. how do the unknowns about this virus which seems to present new

medicine obstacles affect your modeling? >> that's one of the great challenges. we really don't have the -- there are two big challenges, one is the severe outcomes in the elderly and of the age spectrum and the other is the fact that the mild cases are -- seem to be spreading the disease. and so if you can't see a case if you can't see they're symptomatic and if the cases don't know they've got the disease, that means they might go around behaving as they would without the disease and thus have more contacts and the key things really limiting those contacts. so that's the big challenge. >> we look forward to hearing what the prime minister has to say.

we appreciate your expertise, ian hall, thank you so much for answering our questions. >> thank you. spain is a day away from easing more lockdown restrictions for most of its population, but the new normal is quite different from how things used to be. the island of ibiza knows that all too well. it's not expecting its once popular nightclubs to be packed anytime soon. scott mcclain looks at how the island is adjusting. ♪ >> reporter: if ibiza is known for one thing, it's this. music, sunshine and beautiful beaches attract tourists by the boat load. this year, all of the biggest venues were promoting the most famous names in house music, black coffee.

covid-19 arrived. >> it looks like a morning after a wild night out. >> reporter: robhe is a club manager. >> the summer is here. there's no -- there are not flights. there are no boats. there are no -- there's no movement between roerds in rurp. it's ve >> reporter: especially when your business has people packed shoulder to shoulder on a dance floor. >> is there any way to social distance at a nightclub? >> no. there's no way to dance without relaxing. >> reporter: his boss is working on a virtual reality clubbing experience. and the club is hosting house parties. famous deejays spinning on zoom. >> the only industry we have is

the tourist industry. there's no people coming. >> reporter: the president of the island which welcomes more than 3 million visitors every year. ibiza has had only 186 cases and 13 deaths. he wants to see tourists return asap, just not the virus. >> it's necessary to make controls in all the airports, to control the people who comes is free of virus. >> testing. >> the testing is the only way to have tourism again. >> reporter: until then, the night life will have to wait. >> you can enjoy ibiza for sure, but you're not going to feel the same. you're not going to feel the real ibiza. ibiza is among the areas set to enter the next phase of spain's de-escalation plan.

it will join more than half of the country's population in stage one on monday. the prime minister is touting the progress made so far for the country but is urging people to remain cautious. al goodman joins me live from madrid. that will be the big question. how are you doing? >> reporter: hi, there. the reason that ibiza and places like that around space aspain ae moving to phase one is because they have lower infection rates and the hospitals are able to deal with a second wave. that's not the case here in the spanish capital and in barcelona which will remain back. these were the hardest hit areas. they will be able to starting monday -- people will be able to go out to outdoor restaurants

and they will be able to have a coffee or a beer with up to ten people they don't live with, family members or friends. that hasn't been possible now for these past eight weeks. stores will have people inside to a third of their capacity. there will be worship. here in madrid, this restaurant and all of the others stay closed. madrid have takeaway service and many of them haven't opened for that. the stores you have to have a prior appointment. going back to the summer idea, in beaches here on the mainland of spain, a couple of towns have devised plans for limiting the amount of people on the beaches to allow social distancing, splitting up the beach in a grid pattern. one of these towns near the city of valencia would require you to go onto a mobile app and make a reservation in advance to have one of these spots on the beach, like you pick seats at a movie

theater. when you get there, an usher will take you to your place. in another town, they will have a similar grid system. it will be first come first serve and you can't stay all day. this is the new normal. it really doesn't look like the old normal. natalie? >> certainly not. al goodman in madrid. thank you so much. the coronavirus pandemic is taking a heavy toll on people of color. that is essentially evident among latino communities in the u.s. what is causing the disproportionate impact? we'll take you into a hard-hit chicago neighborhood to find out next. also ahead here, new developments in the inquiry into the death of a black man jogging in georgia who was shot. investigators say they're looking at additional video

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♪ welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen. this is "cnn newsroom." there are now 4 million confirmed cases of coronavirus around the world and counting. johns hopkins university says that milestone was reached on saturday and there's little sign this pandemic is slowing. from the time the first cases were detected, it took about three months to infect 1 million people. less than two weeks later, two

million had the virus. much of it has been here in the united states. the country now accounts for about one-third of the global total. we've reported how the coronavirus pandemic is taking a disproportionate toll on communities of color, especially black americans. the virus also is having a devastating impact on latino communities both in terms of health and family finances. om om >> reporter: the majority of the population here is hispanic and harder hit than anywhere else in the state. >> i could not breathe. >> reporter: alex is sick with coronavirus and says he isn't priz surprised to see the devastation to his community.

>> they think it's not real because it hasn't affected them. >> reporter: a lot of the guidelines have been stay home, don't go to work. how many people do you know are actually able to stay home and not work? >> not a lot of people. >> reporter: for those who have to, testing is among their only defenses. this community testing site has seen lines around the blocks. >> reporter: were you surprised to see the amount of people? >> things don't seem to be slowing down. we had a 47% positivity rate where the provider at that time when he screened the individuals said only one-third of those individuals showed symptoms. since then, our positivity rate has come up to 57.21%. >> reporter: hispanic residents make up 39% of all confirmed coronavirus cases in chicago but make up less than 30% of the population. statewide, the governor's office says hispanic residents are testing positive about 60% of the time. in other parts of the country

like california, 70% of all coronavirus-related deaths within the 18 to 49 demographic are latinos, despite making up 43% of the population. >> that's the occupational side of this. disproportional number of our black and brown community are not teleworking. they're on the front lines. >> reporter: in new york city, hispanics are dying at a higher rate than other groups. >> these are the delivery food people, the people that are -- the day workers, the farm workers. these are people that are working at restaurants. they are essential services. they are not enjoying the protections that maybe in other industries people can have. >> reporter: but it's not just health. as unemployment soars to levels not seen since the great depression, hispanic unemployment is at nearly 19%, a record high, and higher than any other demographic. and even for those who are just

holding on, life is difficult. >> we're struggling. >> reporter: patty is the manager at this boutique. with promise and weddings on hold, they shifted to making masks. >> in this crisis, this is what we get. this pushes you to do things that you never did before. >> reporter: this isn't easy? >> not easy. >> you can't help your loved ones. that's the most painful for my family and friends. >> reporter: it's a new reality for an american community devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. cnn, chicago. >> new developments in the death of ahmaud arbery who was shot while jogging in february here in georgia. state investigators say they have additional photographs and video evidence they're pouring over.

in the meantime the lawyer for the man who filmed the disturbing cell phone video of the shooting is speaking out. martin savage reports. >> reporter: ever since the horrific video was released on tuesday that showed the death of ahmaud arbery, there have been questions about whether there could be additional video and the georgia bureau of investigation released a statement today on the very subject says, quote, we are indeed reviewing additional video footage as part of the active case. it's important to note this footage was reviewed at the beginning of the investigation and before the arrest of gregory and travis mcmichael. in other words, it's not new video, but it's video that had been in the case file that they continued to analyze further. they're asking for any additional information the public may have and that they come forward and tell them. that got us thinking about bill bryant or welcome brian. he's the man who took the footage on that terrible day.

and one of the questions we wanted to know is, is it possible there's additional footage on his phone. we spoke to his attorney and i was surprised to find out that authorities had not confiscated his phone. the attorney wasn't sure that there might be more to be revealed from it. >> the video that everyone has seen -- >> yes. >> -- is that the video entirely? >> i'm looking into the authenticity of the video and details surrounding it. when i have more, i'll be glad to share that. mr. brian, ironically, until he hired a lawyer, never occurred to him that he was anything other than a witness. frankly if you had asked him on wednesday, he would have let you have his phone. >> reporter: the attorney denies that his client in any way participated in the chase or the death of ahmaud arbery. also today, there was a huge demonstration, the second,

actually, in a row of days. the one on friday was more out of frustration, people were still angry about how this case has evolved. the one today was a celebration of ahmaud's life. there was family there, people from all backgrounds and there was barbecue and music. so it was more just a recognition of a life that was lost and acceptance of a case that is now begun. martin savage, cnn, glynn county, georgia. a spike in coronavirus cases in south korea linked to a nightclub and the president of the country has a dire warning about that. also, doctors fighting the coronavirus in japan face a different challenge, outdated technology. you may not believe what they're using. we'll have a live report in tokyo. ry supplements neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance.

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brazil is officially the coronavirus hot spot in latin america. once the first infection set in, the virus took off. today, the country has more than 150,000 confirmed cases. but brazil's president is in denial pushing against health officials lobbying for stricter lockdowns. president bolsonaro is not alone. his supporters blocked streets in the capital dancing and chanting. they were protesting against mounting criticism of his handling of the pandemic and allegations of police interference. over the weekend, brazil's coronavirus death toll surpassed 10,000. between friday and saturday alone, more than 700 people there died of covid-19. south korea reports troubling new data. 34 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed saturday that.

is the biggest single-day jump since april 9th. authorities say they believe the spike in cases is linked to people going out to seoul's nightclubs and they've ordered them closed. president moon jae-in is urging south koreaens not let their guard downs. he's saying the country should brace for a potential second wave of infections. in japan, doctors saying they're being slowed down as they try to help patients because outdated technology is getting in the way. will ripley joins me now from tokyo. dare i ask what technology this is, will? >> reporter: it's a throwback from the 1980s, natalie. the fax machine is still popular here in japan. it reminds them of the times of the bubble economy when the money was flowing. but japan never gave up the fax machine. it's a vital part of business

and doctors are saying it's slowing them down as they try to track the pandemic. >> reporter: as other nations track coronavirus with 21st century tech, japan relies on a relic that peaked in the 1980s. we have to fill out paper documents by hand and send them in by fax says this doctor. our system hasn't changed for decades. his twitter tirade about his pile of coronavirus paperwork quickly went viral. getting the attention of japanese lawmakers like this deputy minister in charge of i.t. policy. >> reporter: is it frustrating for you that this country clings to this technology? >> yes, i'm frustrated he says. i think the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic exposed the problem of

digitalization in japan. not just the government, most japanese companies still rely on fax machines. documents have to be hand stamped with traditional seals. outdated business practices make working from home nearly impossible for most japanese. prime minister shinzo abe has been trying to make the system for efficient, a challenge says this economist. >> coronavirus is doing what abe couldn't achieve which is fundamentally change japanese behavior. the reality is that the fax machine was a brilliant technology in the early 1980s, but now it's the equivalent of the steam genuine. >> reporter: this is japan. they invented the bullet train. nearly everyone has a smart toilet. there was a joke that japan is

going to invent a robot to carry your fax to you. why are they still using them? >> they are resistant to change and it's about time that they start to embrace digital culture as passionately as japanese teenagers. >> reporter: he says the pandemic may be changing rigid behavior finally bringing futuristic japan into the 21st century. in all fairness, natalie, japan is not the only country that people think is clinging to outdated business customs. they think it's crazy that americans are carrying credit cards and writing checks. it goes to show, sometimes, you want to have something in your hand in the u.s. it might be checks and in japan, they love the faxes. >> they certainly do. if i had a fax machine, i would fax you a happy birthday greeting. happy birthday. >> thank you, natalie. >> like that report.

the international political committee is moving forward with plans to hold the tokyo games next year. the committee and the japanese government has already postponed the games until july 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. now the ahead of the ioc games says there's no plan to push back the olympics any further. >> this is a massive exercise and we are working through now getting the same venues, the same 43 venues. we're proceeding on the basis that there's no plan b of deferring the games again. >> they need to take it carefully, safe for the athletes and safe for the community. the last thing we need for sport to cause an outbreak of the virus in the community. we're taking it carefully and one step at a time. >> johns hopkins university says japan has 15,000 cases of the virus and 600 deaths.

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♪ mother's day is traditionally big business for the flower industry and club ola is the second largest exporter of flowers in the world. our journalist reports for us. >> reporter: the flowers are in full blossom in columbia. in the last three months, the country has been badly hit by coronavirus. columbia is the second-largest flower exporter in the world, an industry that generates $1.5 billion every year and creates about 140,000 jobs according to the local association of flower growers. a company in the outskirts of the area, flies 95% of its

products to the united states. but orders have been canceled. the virus hit right when the industry was gearing up for one of its busiest day, mother's day. >> mother's day is essential for us together with valentine's day. valentine's day was good, but mother's day will effect us for the year. >> reporter: this company takes the virus seriously. workers and visitors have to go through a thorough security check point. to accommodate losses, they reduced working hours. about one every ten workers have been kept isolated from home because they're at risk such as over 50 or pregnant. the flower industry is such an important sector for the

columbiaen economy, that in february, the president went on state television to announce the launch of an investment plan that will see exports doubled in the next ten years. all of that ambition had to be put aside as most of the production in the last five weeks or so didn't go anywhere. business is now only picking up again with a partial reopening in europe. but the concern in the long term remains strong. flowers are almost entirely exported by plane which means that as long as air traffic won't return to normal, orders will still be canceled. >> we produce flowers, everything. so we need to sell them. so we want to see how the markets will open. especially the united states. >> reporter: but not all the flowers are going to waste. these bouquets have been delivered to workers who are delivering aid. a little gesture for those on the front line against coronavirus.

cnn, columbia. happy mother's day, everyone. i want to tell you now about a remarkable young man in kenya. he's created an invention to help people stay germ free. he's just 9 years old and is the designer of this machine. it's powered by a foot pedal. he says his device is created from scrap materials and it only took a few days to make. >> translator: on the first day i collected timber, nuts and nails, and on the second day i started making the machine. on the fourth day, my dad helped me to finish it. >> he got the idea after watching people in his village repeatedly touching the same items while trying to keep clean. 9 years old. he's our inventor of the day.

here's a graduation ceremony. >> congratulations, we're so proud of you. >> thank you. >> arizona state university is celebrating its class of 2020 with robots. it was prerecorded from their homes and appeared on a video screen at the university. the dean virtually handed them their diplomas. the students and loved ones will be able to stream the ceremony on monday. pretty cool. i'm natalie allen. you're invited to follow me on instagram and twitter. i'll be right back with another hour of "cnn newsroom." these folks, they don't have time to go to the post office they have businesses to grow customers to care for

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