cbs's elizabeth palmer reports tonight from sweden. >> reporter: a trip on stockholm's subway is like time travel back to the precovid world. >> i stick outlining a sore thumb, the only one wearing a mask. >> sweden's approach was lockdown lite, no gatherings, ov 5s sted op. and sodi priry and middle schools as research showed that kids didn't spread the virus. >> are you happy with swedish government's approach. >> happy is a strong word. but i'm satisfied, yes, i am. >> reporter: but at what cost. sweden per capita has one of the worst covid mortality totals in the world. 30% higher than the united states. hell ep gluckman says sweden's policy utterly failed her 80 year old father jan. >> he was squeezing my hand when i was talking to him. >> he didn't know were you there. >> i think he heard me. >> reporter: when jan tested positive for covid, instead of sending him to the hospital for treatment, his care home gave him more feen. and he died. have you lost faith in your government? >> yes, of course, i have lost faith in the government. >> reporter: but will that government change

i'm elizabeth palmer in london. >> in washington, congress and the white house continue to wrappinglones of a new coronavirus relief package. all sides seem to agree the final bill should include another round of200 stimulus

. >> elizabeth palmer in sweden for us. according to the world health organization most people who suffer a mild case of covid 19 should fully recover in two weeks but some report other complaints even after recovered. so just how common is this here's dr. tarrin arula. >> her ride home was amazing. the skies never seemed so castr left the hospital was one of the best days of his life. >> reporter: did you feel like you'd survived, beaten this? or did you have some issues. >> being in isolation is really hard. i knew my muscles had atrophied. i felt i got a new opportunity. he was put in a ventilator. it's clear his battle with the disease is not over. >> i'm still not a hundred percent. i still feel tired. i still have no stamina. >> doesn't look like much to me. >> she was hospitalized in april but she never went to the i.c.u. in may she tested negative but hasn't recovered either. >> i have bad joint pain. i still have this pressure in my chest. i also had a lot of confusion, where i'll have to read things two or three t

i'm elizabeth palmer in london. >> in washington, congress and the white house continue to wrappinglo the outlines of a new coronavirus relief package. all sides seem to agree the final bill should include another round of200 stimulus checks. in the first round nearly $1.4 billion went toe m of their surg spouses received checks they cannot cash. anna warmer has more. >> tough couple of years. >> ian davis lost his wife, a 32-year-old mom and singer. she died in surgery related to kidney problems in february. ♪ ♪ >> i miss everything about her. not a day, not a moment goes by that i don't think about her. her laugh, her joy for life. >> now davis, who had been caring for his wife full time is struggling to find work. he's staying with family along with his 5-year-old son. inform may he thought he caught a break when a stimulus check arrived for he and his wife. when he went to the bank. what did they say to you? >> can't do anything. even with a death certificate, they said they cooperate do anything to cash it. >> jenny faced a similar problem. her husband died march 21st, possibly o

elizabeth palmer went to stockholm to see what happened. >> reporter: the stockholm vibe is relaxed.estaurants have stayed open throughout the pandemic. and so have primary and middle schools. how nervous are you now about catching coronavirus? >> not nervous. >> reporter: health officials believe just a few basic measures like limiting gatherings of over 50 would control the infection along with swedish common sense. you are social distancing? >> as far as i can. it's not always that easy. but i try. >> reporter: you don't wear masks? >> no, we don't wear masks. we haven't -- no, we haven't. >> reporter: neither do most people. i'm wearing my mask, but nobody else is. but there's no doubt that sweden's lockdown light has costs lives. and one of them belonged to hlen gluckman's 80-year-old father jan. >> he was squeezing my hand when i was talking to him. on wednesday he was -- >> he didn't know you were there? >> i think he heard me. >> reporter: when jan tested positive for covid, the care home didn't send him to the hospital but gave him morphine. in days, he was dead. have you lo

elizabeth palmer reports from london where new travel restrictions are in place. >> reporter: as soontravel restrictions eased in mid june, europeans flocked to sunny spain. a month on, the number of covid cases there has quadrupled. that's the biggest uptick. there are spikes in france, germany and belgium, too. >> i'm afraid you are starting to see in some places the signs of a second wave of the pandemic. we all remember what happened last time. >> reporter: the uk government abruptly announced a two-week quarantine for britains returning from spain. >> there isn't a consistent strategy. >> reporter: in germany, public health officials have set up free covid testing stations at airports. strict lockdowns this spring left some of the most famous tourist sites in the world deserted. life has begun to trickle back. another lockdown brought on by a second wave of covid would be devastating. and unnecessary says this professor. you wouldn't recommend a complete shutdown of travel in europe? >> no, i wouldn't be. i think we need to begin to understand how to travel safely. we begin -- we