♪ hi. welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you're watching cnn news room. i'm ron b curnow. just ahead on the show, blame game at the white house. why a top adviser is criticizing the government agency that typically plays the lead roll during a public health crisis. the u.s. secretary of state no longer sounds confident that coronavirus originated in a wuhan lab but he's still blaming china for that. he's being called a medical miracle, a father who spent 18

days on a ventilator and then went home after a month in hospital. ♪ so, across the united states 48 of the 50 states are all reopening to some degree. and many are closely watching to see if more mobility causes a spike in cove 19 infections. now, texas could be a telling case. it's launched one of the most aggressive reopenings yet, and more restrictions will be relaxed today. that's after a weekend of pretty grim figures as you can see from this. texas just reported its single biggest increase in new covid-19 cases sibs the start of pandemic. meanwhile the trump strau administration is in full on blame mode with the trade adviser taking swipes at the centers for disease control and

prevention. >> early on in this crisis, the cdc, which really had the most trusted brand around the world in this space, really let the country down with the testing because not only did they keep the testing within the bureaucracy, they had a bad test. and that did set us back. >> now, we'll have the cdc's sharp rebuke a little bit later on, but the president himself is also casting blame now on his predecessor. >> look, he was an incompetent president. that's all i can say. grossly incompetent. thank you. >> then he went on to twitter and repeated that to call obama not just incompetent but part of the most corrupt administration in history. obama telling graduating seniors that the pandemic has exposed inadequacies in current leaders.

the death toll has risen to nearly 90,000 people. that's almost 30% of the confirmed coronavirus fatalities even though the u.s. makes up less than 5% of the global population. as natasha chen reports, no amount of troubling data is dampening the drive to reopen. >> at least 48 states will have partially reopened businesses or eased restrictions by tomorrow and with it comes some familiar siets. nascar held a race with no spectators today. graceland is inviting visitors back. but with it troubling images of crowded bars and boardwalks. >> feels like a regular summer. >> tremendous progress is being made. >> reporter: president trump encouraged reopening the country with or without a vaccine. health and human services secretary alex azar explains. >> everything does not depend on a vaccine. we're committed to delivering a vaccine. we're going to put the full power of the u.s. government towards getting to a vaccine, but that's one part of a multifactorial response program. >> one of the important factors is expanding testing.

new york governor andrew cuomo was tested during his live press conference today. >> that's it? >> new york is now conducting 40,000 tests a day. cuomo said per capita, that's more than other countries. more testing is one of the reasons texas says it saw the highest single day increases in new cases since the shutdown began. that has some officials in texas wondering if they're on the wrong path. >> what we do know based on our last six to eight weeks is that if we're on the wrong path, we're going to be able to react in time to fix it. if that happens, i sure hope the governor is on board with that. >> georgia one of the most aggressive in opening high contact businesses as early as three weeks ago has not seen a dramatic spike in the seven-day average of daily new cases, but there hasn't been a dramatic drop either. this woman's family has been watching and didn't go out before the weekend. >> i didn't feel we were ready and i wanted to feel that the establishments were taking

proper precautions. >> it's actually very scary, but it's kind of exciting and happy that you get to go outside to some places you enjoy again. but you have to be very careful. >> reporter: in new york, the epicenter of the u.s. outbreak, a phased reopening didn't begin until friday and only in certain regions. the state's seven-day average of daily new cases has been on an obvious downward slide. >> total hospitalization is down. good news. net change is down. intubations is down. and new covid hospitalizations are down. so, it's a good day across the plate. >> reporter: california, the first to institute a state-wide stay-at-home order is seeing numbers fluctuate in the same zone, but its budget deficit like many other states is skyrocketing due to the pandemic. the house passed a $3 trillion aid package friday that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has indicated would not pass the

senate. >> the next time they want to salute and celebrate our heroes, first responders, police officers, and firefighters, consider the fact that they are the first ones who will be laid off by cities and counties. >> a reality of uncertainty. natasha chen, cnn, atlanta. well, we know that the health and human services secretary alex azar also suggested underlying conditions, especially among minority communities, were factors in the disease killing so many americans. here he is telling cnn's jake tapper that diversity is part of the problem. >> every death is tragic, but we have maintained our health care burden within the capacity of our system to actually deal with it. unfortunately, the american population is a very diverse and it is a population with significant unhealthy comorbidities that do make many individuals in our communities, in particular african-american minority communities particularly at risk here

because of significant underlying disease, health disparities, and disease comorbidities. and that is an unfortunate leg so i ha legacy of our health care system that we need to address. the response of the united states has been historic, to keep this within capacity is genuinely a historic result. >> i want to give you an opportunity to clear it up because it sounded like you were saying that the reason there were so many dead americans is because we're unhealthier than the rest of the world. and i know that's not what you meant. >> so, i think that there's -- we have a significantly disproportionate comorbidities, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, these do make us at risk for any type of disease burden. >> sure. >> let's discuss this further with infectious diseases specialist and associate

professional at the medical school. you just heard those comments there from top person within the u.s. here saying that the reason america is the worst in terms of the death toll is because of obesity and inequality and hypertension and diabetes and diversity. but countries around the world all have that as well. >> yes, that's right. i mean, certainly we do know that people who get severe episodes of covid are more likely to have certain underlying chronic conditions like chronic heart disease, chronic lung disease, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, et cetera -- >> but those aren't exclues toif the u.s. >> no, no, no, in fact it's not exclu exclusive to the u.s. at all. there are other factors too. how quickly did you get tested? how quickly did you seek testing?

and were you able to get into hospital in time? did the hospital have the capacity to look after you in terms of doctors and nurses? so, all of those are factors as welt. >> they certainly. i want to talk about some of those underlying conditions in a moment. also when we talk about america, most states here reopening. we see people certainly gathering, going out, trying to get back to normal despite the fact that the figure's perhaps telling another story. do you think there's a danger of complacency when people think oh, it seems okay, i don't know anybody who's had this even though perhaps social distancing is working? >> i think there is an enormous danger of complacency, not just in the u.s. but here in australia where we've had a reasonable amount of success in controlling the outbreak. we recently lift red restrictio,

and we are seeing people going to the shopping mall and being very close together and not socially distanning at all. i think you go from that almost seed mentality of being stuck at home for so long to suddenly having to be out. and you get a euphoric feeling when you can mix with other people. so. >>. obviously someone is trying to call you. perhaps they're telling you they're seeing you on cnn. hopefully you've got someone to pick up your phone there. that's what happens when we all work from home in the first place. it's good people are calling in asking for your advice. i do want to know -- i think a lot of parents even if you're watching the news are concerned about children and inflammatory p problems. what do you know about this? >> so, i think this virus is throwing us curveballs all the time. we are learning more and more about it. even though it seems like we've been having this outbreak for an

eternity, it's only been about five months. so, what we are seeing in certain number of children in the u.s. and europe is this inflammatory condition which shares traits with conditions in kawasaki's disease in children. we think it's associated with covid-19 because it's occurred in a lot of areas with covid and some kids with this have tested positive for covid but not all of them have. so the world health organization has recently put out a case definition and said we have to study this further. but it seems to be a fairly rare syndrome, and the reason that it might be being seen in the northern hemisphere a lot more than in the southern hemisphere is because there's a lot more covid about. >> okay. so, that's one thing that certainly has people concerned. we also know that there's a diversity of problems. this isn't just a respiratory

disease. we're seeing clotting, increasing strokes, particularly in middle aged or younger people where you wouldn't present with a stroke. what do you make of that as well in terms of diversity of symptoms? >> that's right, and again you hit the nail on the head. this isn't just a sore throat and a cough and pneumonia. this is an infection which excites the inflammatory system, particularly in critically ill people. and in some intensive care units, about 30% of people with covid who are sick enough to be in intensive care are getting clots in the veins in their legs and they're getting clots in the lungs. and the recent study in the uk, they did cat scans of the lungs in people with severe covid and they found that a lot of the blood vessels were clotted, contributing to lower oxygen. so, this is a complex infection which acts in a lot of ways. >> it certainly is. great to have your expertise.

great to have you here. so, several european nations are taking more steps to reopen, struggling to find this balance between caution and progress. so, we know some parts of spain are entering what they call phase two allowing more people to dine in restaurants or use sports facilities. most of the country is still in phase one which is more restrictive. and the country's biggest cities, barcelona and madrid are under strict lockdown rules there. meanwhile, germany's biggest football club plays the first match in more than two months on sunday in an empty stadium. nurses in belgium staged a silent protest, turning their backs on the country's prime minister. local media say the medical staff want more acknowledgment and want to keep unqualified staff from carrying out nursing duties.

and british prime minister boris johnson says he knows the government is confused with the restrictions. those comments coming at the same time that half of u.s. doctors are saying that they're worried about catching it. >> very much so. good morning to you, robyn. this is a survey that was conducted in the uk. 25,000 of them. and 48% of those surveyed say they are concerned or very concerned, robyn, about catching covid-19. that number rising significantly to 78% worried about contracting covid-19 among black, asian, and ethnic minority doctors according to this survey. 16.5% of them have found themselvess in situation without access to ppe over the last few weeks. now, the president of the royal

college of physicians says that while people think everything is okay on the front lines,that moore r morale is good on the front lines, this shows that isn't the case. yes, ppe has improved, testing has improved significantly over the last few weeks, but it's taking a bit to get results. 14% of doctors saying it's taking four days or so to get results. more than 100 nhs health insurance staff here have died of covid-19. >> okay. thanks for that update. italy is further relaxing its lockdown measures and entering into its lockdown. you were reporting from where you're standing now for weeks and weeks and weeks. and i suppose now there's some light at the end of the tunnel.

>> reporter: it does feel like there's light at the end of the tunnel. but people are nervous about how to take these very first delicate steps towards what is supposed to be normal. it's anything but normal though, people going around in masks, there's plexiglass in the bars, restaurants will open for seating for the first time tonight. that's going to be really interesting to see how that works, how the waiters will be able to bring the food. these things are so, so basic yet seem so, so, dangerous in the time of coronavirus. the country is ready to reopen. the numbers suggest the contagion is under control and people are ready to get back to their lives. >> so, what has been the main concern from italians? do they feel their government has handled this well? and is there still this deep concern about the toll it's taken particularly on health care work es in the north? >> oh, yes. there are so many, many

different concerns. today retail stores opened but we're seeing lots of stores with signs on them saying they're not going to be able to open unless they get government help. a lot of stores are saying will not open at all because they've p not been able to maintain the staff or pay the rent. we get a clear picture of how that comes together as the year progresses. there is frustration with the government in a lot of different sectors especially south of the country where the contagion level wasn't nearly as high as the north. those people feel they have sacrificed a lot. in terms of the health care workers, the health ministers said the number of icu beds will be increased by 115%. now, that is to prepare for potential second wave of coronavirus. so, people feel that they're very prepared for whatever happens next but very, very careful about how we get there. >> for the moment they want to go out and have a coffee. thanks so much. appreciate it. so, brazil has overtaken

spain now as the world's fourth-most infected nation. it's reporting more than 241,000 cases, more than 16,000 deaths. look at that graph. prime minister bolsinaro is continuing to flout social distancing guidelines himself. on sunday mr. bolsinaro disregarded social distancing advice posing for photographs. still to come u.s. secretary of state is no longer confident that coronavirus originated in this chinese lab but he's blaming china for the pandemic. [♪]

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>> we know it began in wuhan but we don't know from where or from whom. how this was ultimately delivered to the world you have to know where patient zero began and how patient zero became infected. >> just a few weeks ago pompeo insisted the virus came out of this lab and claimed there was enough evidence to prove it. take a listen. >> mr. secretary, have you seen anything that gives you high confidence that it originated in that wuhan lab? >> martha, there's enormous evidence that that's where this began. we've said from the beginning that this was a virus that originated in wuhan, china. we took a lot of grief for that. but i think the whole world can see now. >> clearly, you could hear there the u.s. secretary of state pack pedaling from earlier comments.

what is the reaction where you are? >> well, robyn, i think the chinese government and state media are going to seize on the remarks from pompeo that he is in their word ace pathological liar who is trying to smear china and shift blame from the u.s. government. now, this particular claim has always been disputed by many experts and scientists from around the world and there's not a great amount of consensus among u.s. intelligence officials themselves as well as close allies. so, the chinese government has been trying to highlight those points and trying to point to the u.s. government saying it's the u.s. government that needs to be investigated instead of the chinese government. now this kind of rhetoric obviously amid growing international calls for independent inquiry on the origin of the pandemic. the chinese have seen this as a move against the beijing

government, so they've been pushing back very strongly saying this is not a time to do so as most governments are still fighting this pandemic. they say the appropriate time for such an investigation is after the pandemic is over. then the international community can sit down to review their experiences and shortcomings as well as discuss ways for more cooperation, robyn. >> just give us a sense of what it's like in china at the moment, getting in and out if possible, moving between cities. this is in many ways you guys are three or four months ahead of much of the world. what's it like? >> that's right. i think domestically here in china it's very much a slow return, a gradual return to a state of new normal, meaning crowds have returned to the streets and more people were taking their masks off in outdoor areas. and a lot of business have reopened anesthes reopened as well. but you still have the obsessive health screenings and tracks as well as tracking peoples'

movements. this comes as you still have a small number of new cases on the daily basis. the latest figures we are seeing is 7 ton previous 24 hour cycle, three of which were locally transmitted. that's why you see wuhan authorities continue their very challenging task of testing the cities 11 million residents even though now they have clarified a little saying this is mandatory. they are only strongly encouraging people above the age of 6 to take this test. if you hear from authorities, that means you're positive. but they haven't said how they're going to announce results from the citywide effort. >> thanks for that update. appreciate emt. you're watching cnn newsroom. still to come a white house adviser publicly criticizes the centers for disease control and the cdc responds. the latest on the finger pointing. hold my pouch.

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welcome back. thanks for joining me. i'm robyn curnow. cnn first reported president trump is scheduled to tour a ford motor company plant in michigan this week. the auto maker says the white house wants to thank its workers for producing medical supplies and equipment during the pandemic. while the administration has praise for ford, it's critical of one u.s. agency at the forefront of the coronavirus fight. jeremy diamond now reports. >> reporter: it would be remarkable at any moment for a top white house official to criticize a government agency, but particularly remarkable when it's a senior white house official criticizing the centers for disease control amid a

global pandemic but that's what we heard from peter navarro who criticized the cdc on sunday for its early testing failures. >> early on in this crisis, the cdc which really had the most trusted brand around the world in this space, really let the country down with the testing because not only did they keep the testing within the bureaucracy, they had a bad test. and that did set us back. >> navarro is right in his criticism here that the cdc made critical mistakes early on that delayed the release of accurate testing kits across the country for several weeks. but that was one of several missteps by the trump administration, so the question is why is navarro singling out the cdc. it comes as the there are rising tensions between the white house and the centers for disease

control, part of it stemming from how the cdc is tracking data related to the virus. but there's also the detailed guidelines, 68 pages of guidelines that cdc officials compiled for how businesses and states can begin to reopen. the white house shelved those plans, instead releasing just six pages of far less detailed guidelines last week. now, as there is some internal firing in the trump administration, we are also hearing some criticism from a very prominent voice on the outside and is that the former president barack obama who we know just a week ago had been criticizing president trump's response to the coronavirus as anem anemic, calling it a disaster. he offered more criticism public during an address to graduates on saturday. >> more than anything, this pandemic has fully torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing. a lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge. >> president trump over the last

week has been repeatedly attacking former president obama, leveling a series of unsubstantiated allegations against him, suggesting he was part of a conspiracy to try and undermine his presidency in the early days for which we do not have any evidence to back up those claims. president trump did respond to that criticism from president obama on sunday afternoon. all he had to say was that president obama was grossly incompetent as president. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. cnn spoke with a senior official from the cdc who had this to say, we should remind mr. navarro that the cdc is part of the administration, an appointed position, and dr. redfield was appointed by president trump. if there's criticism, ultimately mr. navarro is critical of the skppt the man the president

picked to lead the agency. the u.s. federal reserve chairman is giving a sobering check on the health of the u.s. economy. on an interview with "60 minutes" he said a recovery is not going to happen rig away. it may take a while. it may take a period of time. it could stretch through the end of next year. we really don't know. can there be a recovery without a reasonably effective vaccine assuming there's not a second wave of the coronavirus? i think you'll see the economy recover steadily through the second half of this year. for the economy to fully recover, people will have to be fully confident, and that may have to await the arrival of a vaccine. >> several major auto makers will reopen their u.s. facilities today with new safety measures to prevent the spread of the virus. ford will provide testing in cities where it operates plants.

ford joins general motors and fiat production. hi anna, what can you tell us? >> thousands of workers will be finally heading back to work after weeks and weeks of their factories being shut down. it will look incredibly different for the workers of ford, general motors, and fiat chrysler. they'll be going back to factories where social distancing will be part of the shift. there will be cleaning between shifts, deep cleaning, time for people to put on their ppe. it goes down to canteens. people will be spaced apart. you simply can't have as many people in the same places at the same time. these car makers are tyking the lead from factories in asia and europe that w.h.ho have started reopen. ford are going to try out watches that factory workers wear. if they come to close to another worker, it will alert them.

not much capacity in terms of the cars and not all of the work force will be back at the same time. so, 80% of ford's work force starting this week and around third for general motors and third for fiat chrysler. so, back to for many but not all. >> who wants to buy a car under the current economic conditions? japan is facing a harsh economic reality as well. for more on that, i'm joined by numbers don't really reveal the full effect of the pandemic. the government has already approved a trillion dollar stimulus package and could announce more measures later on this month. you're watching cnn newsroom. still to come travel restrictions keep adopted parents from reaching newborn babys in ukraine. what one father had to overcome

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so, we know that dozens of babies born to surrogate mothers in ukraine are stranded due to the coronavirus. a nationwide lockdown is preventing their adoptive parents in the u.s., europe, and elsewhere from traveling to ukraine to pick up the newborns. matthew chance now has the story of one american family who overcame all the tight regulations and restrictions to be with their daughter. take a look. >> so, this is my daughter, ember rain. she's a little tired at the moment. >> amid this lockdown, a family united. one american dad getting into ukraine just to hold his newborn daughter. she is a very lucky girl indeed. >> thank you. i'm a lucky father. >> when you saw her for the

first time, what was going through your mind? what was your feelings? >> at the same time i was elated to see her, i was also just -- my heart was broken that i was the only one there by myself and that my wife wasn't able to be in the delivery room. so, it was both, it was really mixed. >> mixed but relieved because dozens just like ember rain born amid the pandemic to surrogate mothers remain stranded, marooned in a screaming lockdown. cnn gained access to just one facility in kiev where tight coronavirus restrictions mean more than 50 babies here can't be collected by their legal parents. mostly locked down themselves in europe and the united states. some parents have waited 15 years for this dream to come true, the owner tells cnn. one couple are both 55 years old. another has tried 36 times for a baby, he says. they can't wait any longer.

ukrainian officials say they're trying to speed up access to foreign parents, but the pandemic means the country's borders are sealed. special permits are a bureaucratic nightmare. for ember rain's mom, michelle, watching this remotely with her two other kids in california, even the thought of being unable to reach a child in another country is agonizing. >> what must their parents be going through now, parents who can't get to their children? >> i can't even imagine. can't imagine not being able to be there. i don't know. i don't know, for me it was mind numbing to know that somebody that we don't even know would be taking care of our daughter. luckily, we were able to find a way. but other people because their countries aren't allowing them

to travel to another country are not being allowed in. so, we found a way and we were lucky, but others aren't so lucky. and i'm sure they're just devastated. >> at the moment, ukrainian officials say around 100 babies born to surrogates are stuck in clinics like this one around the country. but pregnancies are in progress, and they say numbers could soon rise to 1,000 if borders stay closed. the longer the lockdown, the more ember rains with nowhere to go. there is growing criticism in ukraine because of these stranded babies of commercial surrogacy in the country. the human rights have called it a massive and systemic problem and it could be curved in the future. but for the moment the focus is on trying to get the babies already born united with their legal parents. matthew chance, cnn london. >> agonizing story. thanks matthew for that.

i want to turn now to u.s. politics. cnn has learned that the ousted u.s. state department inspector general had been investigating whether secretary of state mike pompeo made a staff member run personal errands. president trump fired him friday and confirmed it was pompeo who recommended the move. a democratic aide tells cnn that errands included walking the dog, picking up dry cleaning, and making dinner reservations. the firing was just the latest in a series of dismissals of watchdogs responsible for the oversight of the trump administration. we're watching this. tropical storm arthur is drifting closer and closer to the u.s. east coast. parts of north carolina as you can see under tropical storm warnings. rip tides are expected from south carolina to maryland. meantime, a cyclone is lumbering through the bay of bengal. it reached category 4 strength

on sunday and is expected to get even stronger. pedram javaheri is tracking both of these and joins us with the latest. talk us through the numbers and data you're getting pedram. >> good to see you, robyn. it's an incredible set up when it comes to not just what's happening across the united states but especially into the bay of bengal. across the u.s. sixth consecutive year we've had a named system come to shore, get close to land within the next few hours here within six consecutive years, june 1s being the first day of hurricane season. arthur sitting 170 or so miles off north carolina. we think the closest approach will be the afternoon hour of monday. but the atmosphere is such we think the closest approach could be 25 to 30 miles and the storm is off toward the atlantic ocean

and amove asway from the united states. you'll notice the incoming front disturbs the system and moves it away from the united states. the tropical storm winds generally 35 to 40-miles-per-hour, you'll notice gusts up to 60-miles-per-hour. dangerous rip currents buts that about it when it comes to the direct impacts to the storm system. heavy rainfall across the region and then it moves away from the united states. but the broader picture, showing you what's happening across the bay of bengal because we have a massive tropical cyclone. this is 240 kilometers per hour, equivalent to a strong category four if it were in the atlantic ocean or a super typhoon in the western pacific. you'll notice the cloud field roughly twice the size of the u.s. state of texas. of course this region among the most vulnerable regions on the planet, seven of the top ten deadliest systems on our planet have impacted bangladesh or

myanmar. in fact the deadliest of all time was november, 1970, bhola took half a million lives. nar gis in one night took 138,000 lives. when you talk about an area with 24,000 kilometer of waterway, 700 tributaries, densely populated, about half the population of the united states located all within the size of the state of illinois or iowa. so, that is the amount of land we're talking with half of the population of the u.s., rather densely populated. so, this is going to be a serious storm, robyn. wednesday into thursday is when we're looking at this storm to potentially make landfall near calcutta or points to the east, and this region home to the world's most populated refugee camp as well in southern bangladesh. about a million people reside across that area. >> you make an excellent point

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here's a good story. a 104-year-old woman in central italy has recovered from covid-19. isn't that amazing? the governor of her region made the announcement on twitter on sunday congratulating her and thanking health care workers. and the announcement comes on the heels of italy reporting its lowest daily increase in death in more than ten weeks on sunday. so, good news all around there. meanwhile, a man in the u.s. battled coronavirus for nearly a month in icu, in intensive care. now he's sharing the story of his remarkable recovery and what motivated him to keep on fighting. here's miguel marquez. >> i'm a miracle. yeah, i'm a miracle. a lot of people in the hospital call me medical miracle. >> 18 days on a ventilator. nearly 30 days in the icu. >> i'll take this syringe here.

>> three times intubated, a tracheostomy, his throat healing, he still eats out of a tube. his heart nearly stopped beating. the miracle, he's still alive. >> is there a point you realized this may be it? >> there's a point where it hurt to take even one breath. and i did actually at one time just want to die. but then i heard a voice in my head that said you're being selfish. >> selfish because he thought he'd mar graduation for one daughter. he had a team of doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists caring and pulling for him. >> you know the whole time that he was here, you know, i don't know if our patients can hear us or if he even heard it, but i used to tell him don't give up.

i would like to know if he heard me saying that to him. >> kevin says he does remember hearing that. he wasn't sure if he was remembering it. but he remembers it and a nurse named beth. >> she's the one that came up and told me i was there the night you almost died. i was like i knew nothing about that. >> covid-19 keeps patients like kevin sedated and separated from loved ones. medical staffs wear masks and gowns. hard to know who's who. beth was in the room on his worse day. >> he started to crash. >> this is when his heart nearly stopped. >> it did. i was caring for him that day, in the room with him while all of this was happening. and when i saw him on the day that he left the hospital, i told him that. i told him that he almost died and i thought he was going to die. and i just -- i'm so thankful that he didn't. >> kevin swing now an

inspiration for the staff that saved him. how do you cope with patients as sick as kevin? >> in the beginning of all this, it definitely wasn't easy and a lot of us left in tears a lot of time. but i believe we've come together as such a support for each other, and also seeing people improve, it's helped. the fact that kevin is home do&doing so much better, it helps us to know we're making this much of an impact. >> kevin swink not typical in another way. 50 years old, no underlying health conditions, otherwise healthy. some get deathly ill while others barely know they have it. >> it's very confusing to us. and i think there are people that are looking into why this might be. could it be related to genetics? could it be related to the viral load or the amount of virus that the person's exposed to? >> kevin's recovery as

mysterious as his illness. his father also tested positive and may not recover. other family members got it too and were barely affected. >> it just blindsided me. i didn't think i would get it. i didn't think there was any possibility or anything like that. >> when he was discharged, his church organized a drive by parade. kevin will see graduations and birthdays. he's looking forward to solid food, a double portion of maryland crab cakes. >> how sweet is life? >> nice. very sweet. very sweet. >> miguel marquez, cnn baltimore, maryland. >> thanks for that lovely store. i'm robyn curnow, cnn news room continues next with rosemary church. enjoy. you're watching cnn. hold my pouch.

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♪ hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, texas prepares for more reopening measures in the hours ahead despite some grim new figures. plus -- >> the cdc which really had the most trusted brand around the world in this space really let the country down. >> tension between the white house and the cdc over the agency's response to testi