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U.K. PM Johnson Addresses Parliament On Reopening Plan; Germany Virus Transmission Rate Rises As Restrictions Ease; Nearly Every U.S. State Moving To Ease Restrictions; Wuhan Reports New Cluster Of COVID-19 Cases; Cases Spike In South Korea; Lebanon Adds Hours To Curfew As COVID-19 Spreads; Shanghai Disneyland Reopens With Limited Visitors. Aired 11a-12p ET
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And save lives. And that it is the legal right of all the first ministers to set their approach for Scotland, for Wales and for
Northern Ireland. Mr. Speaker, in terms of the new slogan, last night the Prime Minister said and I quote, I have consulted across the political
spectrum across all four nations of the United Kingdom.
Can the Prime Minister therefore explain why his government didn't share his new slogan with the devolved administrations, leaving them to learn out
of the change in the Sunday newspapers? Further to that, will the Prime Minister commit not to deploy this new slogan in Scotland and Wales and
Northern Ireland and last to devolved governments to say it otherwise.
On quarantining following travel, when will these quarantine measures come into force? And can the Prime Minister confirm if his own Transport
Secretary has told airline industry leaders that if there are too many obstacles in implementing it, it may not even happen.
And finally, for ultimate clarity will the Prime Minister reaffirm for the public and businesses in Scotland, the advice that they should follow will
come directly from the Scottish government and not the advice that he gave in last night's broadcast.
BORIS JOHNSON, PRIME MINISTER, UNITED KINGDOM: Mr. Speaker, just quickly the answers are One: Yes. Two: I think stay alert is a valid piece of
advice and indeed so is stay at home if you can. My answer to question number four is no.
And Mr. Speaker, I would just say to the right honorable gentleman, quite simply that I do think that the U.K. has been able thanks to the
corporation I've had, not just with honorable members opposite but across all four nations. I think we have been able to make a huge amount of
progress together.
I think most people actually understand where we are in fighting this disease. Most people looking at the reality, the practical reality of the
advice that we are giving today, I can see that overall there is far, far more that unites the U.K. than divides though I know that it is always the
political temptation to accentuate the divisions. That is not going to be the approach of this government and I do believe it to be the approach that
commends itself to bodies across this House.
SPEAKER: Can I just urge members to speed up in the questions and certainly in the reply from the Prime Minister. I know everyone --
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HALA GORANI, CNN HOST: Well, our Chief International Correspondent, Clarissa Ward is outside Parliament and she's been listening to the Prime
Minister Boris Johnson here, the U.K. Prime Minister answering questions from the opposition and other - other members of parliament.
They're questioning the new government strategy, stay alert rather than stay home and recommending people cover their faces in enclosed spaces,
allowing people to exercise more but people believe that this statement and this announcement was too vague.
Some of it coming too late with questions outstanding on international travel and when some critical businesses that fear they might not survive
this pandemic will be able to reopen and operator. Clarissa, what -- what's the big headline here, coming from this because this is a Prime Minister
under pressure to give more details and explain to his government strategy, further.
I'm not sure I heard anything new here.
CLARISSA WARD, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, that's what was sort of incredible about this. If you thought of last night as you know an
initial statement to kind of pave the way and today was about giving details and giving sort of more forensic analysis of what exactly this
roadmap was going to look like.
What we've heard in the Prime Minister's speech to the parliament just now and what we've seen in this 50-page document is essentially just repetition
of what we've already seen and heard before. Not anything in terms of specific concrete answers and I'm thinking specifically about the issue of
who returns to work on Wednesday.
Who determines if it's safe for those people to return to work? Now the Prime Minister has said that its employers who should be the ones to say
whether it is safe for people in manufacturing and construction particularly, to go ahead and return to work.
But already we're hearing from union workers and organizers saying that you know, that this is outrageous, that there needs to be more questions, that
there needs to be more information, there needs to be more analysis. All of this coming on the back of experts saying that people in low skill jobs
such as security workers, such as truck drivers are reporting higher death rates from COVID-19 than other ordinary workers and that clearly sets out
dichotomy or a disparity that makes a lot of people in this country very uncomfortable.
But Hala, honestly that was just one thing that the Prime Minister was being asked to provide more detail on. You also heard him being asked to
give some kind of a date for when this quarantine process would break in.
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The Prime Minister said that when you come to the U.K. at a certain point you'll have to spend 14 days in quarantine but so far, we don't know when
that would start, who exactly would be affected, who might be immune or would not have to participate in that quarantine.
So still an enormous amount of questions Hala and really only continued vague statements from the Prime Minister.
GORANI: And for our international viewers some of whom might you know in the coming months, need to travel to the United Kingdom, this self-
quarantine question is an important one because it wouldn't apply to Ireland for instance. So if you travel from I don't know, the U.S. or
another European country to Ireland, you're not required to self-quarantine when you come to the U.K. and what about France?
There was a government communique that seemed to exempt the French - French travelers from this self-quarantine period yet France was not mentioned
today when the Prime Minister talked about international travel and self- quarantining.
So there seems - I mean, I'm more confused now about the self-quarantine than I was yesterday.
WARD: I think a lot of people feel that way about many aspects of this plan. Clearly the government feels an enormous amount of pressure to show
that there is a clear road map forward, that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and clearly and understandably, there is a very real imperative
to make sure that there isn't a second wave of infection.
We've heard the reports from South Korea today, from China today, countries that thought they had escaped the worst, that are now seeing small
clusters, that could potentially grow though of COVID-19 resurrecting again.
They do not want to see that happen in the U.K., so one understands the political and economic imperatives that would lead the government to come
up with this kind of an outline for a lockdown lifting but the reality is that when it comes to substance and detail and actual clarity, what you are
left with is more confusing and more vague frankly than what you've had before.
You have the sense that things might start to change but every single statement or every single date that is given as a potential timeline also
has a caveat right underneath it saying but that might not happen if x doesn't happen and y doesn't happen.
At the end of the day Hala, one is left with the sense that other than the fact that as of Wednesday you can go out to the park more than once a day
and if you work in construction or manufacturing, you should try to go to work but don't take public transport.
There is very little that we know concretely about what the future looks like for Great Britain, going forward, moving as it continues to try to
fight against COVID-19.
GORANI: All right, Clarissa Ward, thanks very much. And Clarissa was talking about concerns of a second spike while I'm going to talk to you in
just a moment about some countries in Asia that are experiencing a spike in numbers after relaxing some of these lockdown requirements.
So we'll get to that but first, Spain. Our Scott McLean is in Cuenca which has just entered Phase One of easing the lockdown. Scott, what does that
look like where you are?
SCOTT MCLEAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey Hala, so as of today, for this area, churches, stores, restaurants here as you can see are all allowed to open,
even salons and barber shops are allowed to open with specific restrictions.
But honestly, this is not what we expected to see when we got here. This is city of 200,000 people but it sure doesn't feel like it today. That's
because a lot of these places have decided not to open at all and a lot of people, it seems are staying home.
You would think that after eight weeks of lockdown, people would be lining up to go and sit on a patio and have a drink, especially considering it's a
pretty nice day. There's also pretty touristic part of this city as well that people flock to especially in the summertime with a really grand old
cathedral cobbled streets and all kinds of nice patios to have a drink.
We were up there earlier. They're almost all closed. We only found one of them that was actually open and that's because there are no tourists.
People are not allowed to travel outside of their home area with limited exceptions and not every area is in the Phase One that this area is in.
I want to point out one more thing and that's this cafe right here. We actually spoke to the owner earlier today who's waiting tables right now
and he said that given the limitations on the number of tables that they're allowed to have, only 50 percent, he says there's a pretty good chance he
may well lose money by opening. Listen.
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WILLIAM CARDENAS, SPANISH RESTAURANT OWNER (through translator): The 50 percent capacity is not enough for what we need, which is to support all
the families behind this, like my partners, the waiters and people who are going through a rough period.
I'm aware of the COVID-19 problem but we also have to think about the people behind us who are not well.
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MCLEAN: So Hala, he would prefer to see patios opening at 80 percent capacity. He thinks he'd stand a better chance of actually making money.
Now Phase Two of this reopening will come a minimum of two weeks from now. More things will be allowed to open. You may even be allowed to have
outdoor events. As for the rest of the country that's still stuck back at Phase Zero. That includes the two biggest cities, Madrid and Barcelona.
They're still under stay-at-home orders and they're not going to be moving towards this phase until they can get their outbreaks under control. The
government still says they have too many cases, not enough contact tracing and not the hospital capacity to handle a potential second spike in cases,
Hala.
GORANI: Well, I see that behind you there's a cafe terrace that looks a little bit busier so people are hopefully getting a bit of fresh air after
months of being cooped up at home. So let's hope that doesn't lead to a spike in new cases. Thanks very much, Scott.
Well, France is also getting its first little taste of its pre-coronavirus life again. The nation has started easing its very strict lockdown but as
Melissa Bell reports, the move is only a baby step in the return to normal life.
MELISSA BELL, CNN PARIS CORRESPONDENT: I'm Melissa Bell in Paris. For the first time in nearly two months the French were able to leave their homes
without a special authorization. The lifting of the country's stay-at-home order.
That means that people are back on the metro although in much fewer numbers than they would be on an ordinary Monday. Clearly you can see that a lot of
people who have chosen to stay at home. Those that do come out have to wear a facemask when they're down here in the metro and if they want to travel
at peak time, they need a special authorization from their employer explaining why they couldn't work from home.
So in places like Paris which remain in the red zones of France, still a lot of restrictions on people's liberty and the government now looking very
closely at those COVID-19 figures to see whether this very slow gradual resumption of normal life will have an impact on those figures.
GORANI: Well, elsewhere in the E.U., Germany's coronavirus reproduction rate has risen even as restrictions there gradually lift. Our Frederik
Pleitgen is live from the German coastal city Rostock.
So when we say reproduction rate, just to remind our viewers, it's the number of people infected by a single person with coronavirus and you want
that to be well below one. What is the new number and are German authorities linking that new number with the easing in restrictions.
FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi Hala. Well, first of all, they're not linking it to the easing of restrictions which
has been going on for a couple of weeks now really but certainly has kicked into a whole new level. Basically today the number has been 1.1 and 1.3
over the past two days.
That's our according to the German Center for Disease Control. They have not yet linked that to the reopening but they do say, they're going to have
a press conference about that tomorrow which is actually quite interesting because they've said that they were going to stop having press conferences
because they said right now the situation in Germany was out of control.
So it really does seem as though there is something up and the authorities are quite concerned about it but if we look across this town Rostock, I'm
going to show you a little what's going on here because we just had Scott and Melissa on.
This town really doesn't feel like it's on a lockdown or that there's any sort of restrictions in place. As you can see there's folks here in the
cafes, there's folks here going around, you'll see there's very few people actually wearing masks and one of the things that's happened today and
yesterday here in this town, Hala, is that the restaurants have opened again.
So you can not only sit outside as the people behind me are doing right now but you could also go into the restaurant so when you go into the
restaurants, there are certain hygiene measures where the staff there is wearing masks. The patrons don't have to wear a mask but you also have to
leave a lot of your information with the restaurant staff.
Your phone number, your address. Anyway that you can be - any other way that you can be reached, the date that you were there and the table that
you were at. That's because of the contact tracing that Germany is really trying to expand a great deal where they say if there is a coronavirus case
in any of the restaurants here, they want to be able to go back and trace everybody who was in that restaurant at that time.
So that data is being taken very seriously but as you can see here from the general mood here of the city and the way people are walking around, it
really doesn't feel anymore as though there is a serious lockdown that's in place. One of the things that we do have to point out about this region
specifically here in the north of Germany on the Baltic coast, it is the one that really has had one of the fewest rates of the novel coronavirus
and is also the reason in Germany that is opening up the quickest.
But in other regions there are other things that are opening as well like fitness centers in certain places and certainly other places where
restaurants are also opening as well. Hala.
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GORANI: OK, Fred Pleitgen, thanks very much and I've been looking behind you and I'm not seeing many people with masks so as opposed to other parts
of your. Thanks very much Fred. We'll talk to you soon. Coming up as the Trump administration pushes states to forge ahead with their reopening
plans, the coronavirus has reached the White House and put top health officials at risk. We'll be right back.
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GORANI: Welcome back. So by this week in the United States nearly every state has started to relax restrictions and that is leading to more people
moving around in public and potentially more infections and even deaths than previously predicted in America. CNN's Polo Sandoval reports.
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POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Starting Monday, New Hampshire will allow retail stores, barber shops and hair salons to take in some customers. In
the south Alabama, gyms, restaurants and other businesses also will reopen under certain rules.
Across the country, states taking a patchwork approach to reopening amid continuing, still climbing cases of COVID-19. Nationwide more than 1.3
million diagnosed with more than 79,000 deaths.
13 states have seen an average increase in new cases this past week. 15 have remained steady and 22 states have seen a decline in new cases.
Despite a recent uptick in Ohio cases, retailers there will open, Tuesday as part of the state's phased reopening strategy. Gov. Mike DeWine
describing the process on Fox news, Sunday as something we have to do.
GOV. MIKE DEWINE (R) OHIO: Well, it's really a risk no matter what we do. It's a risk if we don't do anything, it's a risk if we - if we do this.
What we have done is come up with the best practices for businesses to reopen. We put business people together with health people, had them come
up with these best practices.
PROTESTER: Open up the county. Open up the county.
SANDOVAL: On the west coast, protesters returned to the streets in Stockton, California, demanding the governor lift the state's stay-at-home
order and reopen businesses. White House facing challenges of its own, not only with the predicted May unemployment rate of 20 percent but with news
that two people in the West wing tested positive for the virus. An Oval office valet and the Vice President's Press Secretary.
Dr. Anthony Fauci one of the faces of the White House's coronavirus response team is on modified quarantine out of an abundance of caution but
has not tested positive. And other administration officials are taking precautions of their own.
KEVIN HASSETT, CHAIRMAN, WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS: So we've all been exposing ourselves to risks. You know we're under the best
guidance we could possibly have to keep us safe but we're willing to take that chance because we love our country and - and I think that you know,
there are things that have to happen in that West wing even if the building is a little bit old and under ventilated and so on.
And so yes, I absolutely have a mask in my pocket. I can waive it at you right now and I practice social distancing.
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SANDOVAL: In New York signs of a new and disturbing COVID related illness, that's already proven deadly for some children. At least 85 kids, mainly
toddler and elementary school aged have been hospitalized with what doctors are describing as pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome. Three
children have died and authorities are investigating if that number is even higher.
MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO (D), NEW YORK CITY: As a father, I am feeling the concern I know other parents are feeling. Our health leadership is deeply
concerned. Doctors are now calling this Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome and what it does is basically in a child's body, triggers
intensive, almost overwhelming immune system response and that actually causes harm to the bodies so as the body is fighting, it fights in such a
manner that actually starts to cause other problems.
SANDOVAL: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio adding that symptoms of the illness include fever, rashes, abdominal pain and vomiting.
The CDC now asking the state of New York to develop a national criteria for the illness. The expectation here is that we could see more of these cases
especially outside of New York. But what this does do Don, it certainly leaves parents concerned since these cases undercut what they've been told
before which is that younger people may not be as vulnerable.
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GORANI: All right, that's Polo Sandoval reporting. Now that risk to kids is a - is a newer development and it is frightening for families. Joining me
now is CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen in Atlanta so talk to us about this because as you know and as many of our viewers know, at
the beginning of the pandemic, it was kind of an accepted - accepted almost as fact, that children were if not immune, at least didn't really get sick
and - and they were they were not at risk as much.
What's - what's this about? What's the particular worry here?
ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: So sometimes Hala, what happens is that when you have an outbreak, you don't see the unusual cases so you
see you know, relatively healthy child after relatively healthy child after relatively healthy child and as it grows, as the number of infections grows
and as doctors see more of these patients, what we may be seeing here is that they're picking up on very rare reactions from children to this virus.
It is also possible that what we're seeing with these children is not connected to the virus. They are still trying to figure this out. We've
certainly seen these illnesses in Europe, seen these illnesses in the U.S., very few deaths in the U.S.
There appears to have been three deaths so far although they're still counting all of this up and figuring this out. It appears to be an
inflammatory response that they're calling it a multi system pediatric inflammatory response. It resembles in some ways toxic shock syndrome.
It resembles in some ways Kawasaki disease which is an inflation, especially of the blood vessels so we're really at the beginning of this,
it is still a mystery, they're still trying to figure this out.
GORANI: And just a quick question on the White House infections, for instance the Vice President's Press Secretary testing positive, the valet
of the President, secret service members as well. I mean, when you have a COVID infection so close to the President and the Vice President, would it
normally be the recommendation of health officials that the President and Vice President should quarantine even if they've tested negative in COVID
tests? What - what are - what is usually the recommendation in these cases?
COHEN: So you know, there is no usual or typical in this situation because of course we never had a pandemic like this and also the Trump
administration doesn't - usually presidents follow the advice of science but as we've seen repeatedly, this administration does not do that.
I mean the moment when Vice President Pence walked into the Mayo Clinic in a state where there are rules about masks and the Mayo Clinic told him to
wear a mask and he wouldn't wear a mask and everyone else around him was wearing a mask, that speaks volumes.
This is an administration that doesn't really seem to care what experts tell them. They can do whatever they want to do. They can quarantine. They
cannot quarantine and we're seeing various responses. Some people who had some level of contact with Katie Miller are quarantining, others are not.
Others are doing what's being described as a modified quarantine. They're sort of kind of quarantining but not 100 percent. What we're learning with
this pandemic is that this administration can basically do whatever it wants. Frankly, I'm sort of surprised that they are not well terrified as
you said, they've had more than one person in their midst who's had this virus.
GORANI: All right and we're showing our viewers there a graphic of the top officials who are either self-quarantine or in some form of modified
quarantine including Dr. Anthony Fauci. Thanks very much Elizabeth Cohen in Atlanta. Well, if all goes according to plan and that is really the
operative term here, the American health care giant, Johnson and Johnson has announced plans for 1 billion coronavirus vaccines.
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But that requires approval and manufacturing to go according to plan. There are concerns though that if one country gets a vaccine, they might not be
willing to share with others right away, that it would serve its own needs first. CNN's Anna Stewart has more.
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ANNA STEWART, CNN CORRESPONDENT: At least 100 COVID-19 vaccines are in development around the world. From small biotech firms and university
research groups to the big pharmaceutical companies. Eight groups have broken through to the next phase, human trials.
If one succeeds and gets regulatory approvals from individual countries, the next challenge begins. Producing enough vaccine for the world.
THOMAS CUENI, DIRECTOR GEN, INTL FED OF PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS: When you look at the big vaccine manufactures, it may be five in industrialized
words able and with skill set know-how to manufacture at large scales and even if you combine their capacity and they don't have excess capacity,
they might struggle to come up with the volumes you need right now.
STEWART: Pharmaceutical companies are forming partnerships, even united they could face major manufacturing challenges.
CUENI: At the end of the day, you may have a vaccine but then you find out, you don't have enough vials, the bottleneck might be at the end of the
supply chain.
STEWART: The entire world needs this vaccine but who gets it first?
KATHERINE O'BREIN, WHO IMMUNIZATIONS AND BIOLOGICALS DEPT: In any product that is - has inadequate supply to meet all of the demand, there will
always be interests at heart to serve you know, the primary interests of those who are in control of - of the product.
STEWART: There are concerns countries could put national interests first.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, DIRECTOR, NIAID: Everybody wants to get a vaccine for their country, for the safety of the country and if possible make it
available to the world.
STEWART: How a vaccine is shared is a question for politicians and it needs to be answered soon.
O'BREIN: If everything went perfectly well, we might be able to see early licensure of this products near the end of 2020. I've never seen a product
where everything goes as planned. Maybe we'll get lucky.
STEWART: And if we do, there are further challenges ahead to vaccinate the world. Ana Stewart, CNN, London.
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GORANI: All right, we're going to take a quick break. When we come back, South Korea's plans to open schools is put on hold as new cases spike in
Seoul. What is the country doing to help contain a new coronavirus outbreak? Also Disney reopens one of its parks. We'll tell you what is
being done to keep the Magic Kingdom safe for visitors. We will be right back.
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GORANI: Well, the Chinese city of Wuhan and this is concerning to people there, is reporting a new cluster of cases for the first time since early
April. You'll remember the virus and the pandemic initially originated there at the end of last year and there was a positive development, when
the numbers went down of community infections to near zero.
Now we're seeing this new spike so what is the reason behind it and what are authorities going to do to respond to it, Ivan Watson has those
details.
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IVAN WATSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That city that went under a very fierce 76-day lockdown has had a small outbreak of community
transmission. Five new cases found there on Sunday that has prompted the authorities to raise the alert level in one neighborhood there and things
have loosened up there.
For example, high school seniors were going back to school in Wuhan just last week and now people have to be on alert. There have been urged by the
top health authorities to be on alert and to take precautions against the virus.
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GORANI: Well, South Korea as well is fearing a second wave of the virus after a new outbreak surfaced in Seoul. Paula Hancocks has our story.
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PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm Paula Hancocks in Seoul. The reopening of schools here in South Korea has been pushed back by one week
after a cluster of new cases in Seoul's Itaewon district have raised fears of a second wave. A 29-year old man tested positive after visiting a number
of clubs on May 2. Since that point 86 more people have been confirmed with the virus, all linked to that one case.
Now we understand from officials that they have 5500 names of people who were in the area over a two-week period that they want to test. They have
already tested more than 3000 of them and they are trying to trace others. Seoul city mayor saying that the next two to three days is critical to try
and contain this outbreak.
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GORANI: All right, well, Turkey is testing the waters by slowly lifting its lockdown restrictions. Starting today hair salons, barber shops and malls
are some of the first businesses to open. Our Arwa Damon was one of the first customers to get her hair cut under the new guidelines.
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ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Turkey says that it's now entering the second phase in the fight against coronavirus. The
slightest easing of restrictions and what is being called controlled socialization with some businesses being allowed to open like hair salons.
Full disclosure. I actually booked one of the first possible appointments because right now it is by appointment only and then we decided to shoot.
And you know there's all sorts of restrictions in place here. The temperature checks, the social distancing. This is Adol, he cuts my hair
and this is exactly why I wanted to get back in here.
So it's been quite tough on the staff here obviously as it is for kind of all sorts of businesses, not knowing if they were going to be able to
recover and stay open through all of this. You can see the chairs have the red tape on them, that's to ensure social distancing among clients.
So right now maximum, they would open up at half capacity and Adol was telling me that you know some of their clients wanted to come in right
away, some are still wanting to stay at home and wait. And you know, like everybody, the questions he's asking himself, they're asking themselves is
when is this going to end?
We've been talking about how as Adol was saying you know, it's - it's interesting how you mentally adjust to this sort of new normal, you adjust
to living at home but he has a 2-year old son. So that's been quite difficult trying to keep a kid that age confined inside.
Well, that's definitely a lot better than what I walked in here with that I can guarantee that I am completely incapable of trying to even replicate
this at home and you know this sense now with this first day of this new phase is that there's still a lot of anxiety, there's a lot of unknown.
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This isn't being viewed by many as being a normalization as much as it is an entirely new mental adjustment to what is now potentially going to be
normal. Arwa Damon, CNN. Istanbul.
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GORANI: All right, senior citizens are out and about in Turkey as well. That demographic hasn't been allowed out of the house since late March. On
Sunday officials relaxed the curfew for four hours and many elderly people say they relish the freedom.
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SABIHA ERCANTEKIN, SENIOR CITIZEN (through translator): We are very happy. The weather is really good. We're thankful to all the officials for giving
us this day and thankful to all nurses and doctors for taking care of patients. We wish that this virus will go away very soon.
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GORANI: Well, it's all part of Turkey's plan to try to return to some sort of normalcy. People under the age of 20 as well will be allowed out of the
house for a similar amount of time. Well, Turkey maybe cautiously trying to open up a bit but Lebanon is actually extending the hours of a nationwide
curfew. People are being told to stay home from 7:00 PM until 5:00 AM, two hours longer than the old curfew.
Lebanon reported 36 new infections on Sunday and now has almost 850 confirmed cases of the disease. Still compared to other countries though,
pretty low numbers Lebanon wants to keep it that way. It has so many other problems it's dealing with right now.
Now the global travel industry has been decimated obviously by this global pandemic. Nobody is flying, nobody's booking hotel stays and in fact people
are canceling pre-booked vacation. First quarter losses for airlines topped $2 billion and many American Airlines cannot afford to keep all of their
employees much longer, meaning up to 750,000 workers are at risk for losing their jobs.
Experts warn that down the road up to a third of the industry's jobs could go away. Airlines have already asked workers to take voluntary, unpaid or
low paid leaves. Right now the government bailouts bar the airlines from layoffs but job cuts are expected once those rules expire in October and
even when the airlines recover, about 100,000 jobs could be gone permanently because imagine this, if things bounce back, it's great, right?
But people aren't going to take let's say, the five flights that they didn't take when they were under quarantine or they couldn't travel.
They'll take that one flight so you have all of these things, same with hairdressers, you're not going to get six hair-cuts when you're out of
quarantine, you'll still get just the one.
There is a lot of economic activity that will not return simply because people will not be consuming at the level that they would have consumed
during the six months or eight months or however long it was that they weren't taking active part in the economy.
So a number of airlines are making passengers for instance wear face masks in order to stay safe. Frontier Airlines will also begin checking
temperatures. This is all in an effort to try to get people back into some sort of normal routine, normal travel routine. Many companies have invested
in circulation systems to give passengers cleaner air. Frontier CEO says, it's part of the company's layered approach to safety. Listen to this.
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BARRY BIFFLE, PRESIDENT AND CEO, FRONTIER AIRLINES: And we've listened to the health experts and we've listened to our customers and we're taking a
layered approach starting with the fogging and disinfecting of the aircraft, the masks requirement for our employees which we started a month
ago.
Now we're requiring masks for all passengers. But I think what's important to note in that video if you see, I know it's been slowed down much times
but the Hepa filtration system on our aircraft, our average fleet age is less than four years, it actually puts clean air through the cabin within
two to three minutes and so for that reason, we have not had any contact that we're aware of anyone contracting COVID-19 on our aircraft because the
system works very good.
But we're looking at a layered approach with temperature, masks, the filtration system, all these things together make you more safe on board an
aircraft than you are in a grocery store or many other buildings. The main thing to remember is with the facial coverings, with the temperature
checks, with the Hepa filtration and all these things layered together, we believe you're safer on board Frontier and most airlines for that matter
than most enclosed buildings.
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GORANI: All right, well that is the Frontier CEO saying that he believes that this set up will keep passengers safe. It's just a question of whether
or not people feel confident, that flying that in a confined space they will be safe, though passengers are returning to U.S. airports according to
the latest numbers.
Numbers from the weekend show a level not seen for more than a month but you have to remember, it is really starting from a very, very low number.
When we come back we'll take you to a city so overwhelmed by the virus that officials have no idea how many people have died. This terrifying story is
coming up in just a moment.
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GORANI: So if I say Guayaquil, do you know where that is or why it's significant. I learned of that name just in the last day. The reason that
it is so significant in this whole coronavirus pandemic is that it is Ecuador's second largest city and it has lived through one of the most
horrific local outbreaks of the coronavirus anywhere in the world.
A CNN analysis shows the virus' death toll on Guayaquil could be 17 times higher than official data suggests and that staggering a death toll has
ravaged the city roughly the size of Chicago.
CNN's Matt Rivers spoke to one young man who tells us first he lost his father to the disease and then the morgue lost his remains and now a strong
warning to our viewers. The video we're about to show you is graphic and difficult to watch but we choose to air it because it is the stark reality
of this outbreak in Guayaquil. Here's Matt Rivers with the story.
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MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: These are bodies piled in open shipping containers outside a hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador, the country's second
largest city. The person who shot this video shared it with CNN and if just watching the video is difficult, imagine going through those containers in
person looking for your dad's body.
That's what Arturo Ramos says he had to do.
ARTURO RAMOS, CAN'T FIND FATHER'S BODY: One on top of each other, one cross each other. It's really devastating.
RIVERS: On March 31, his dad Flavio couldn't breathe. After being turned away at 10 different hospitals because they were full, Ramos said his dad
was finally admitted at the eleventh. Flavio was placed in a wheel chair like this one and taken to a room with no bed.
There were two dead bodies already inside.
RAMOS: It was like a war, like a wars. A lot of people dying and no one is taking care of them.
RIVERS: Flavio died the next day. On his death certificate it says he died of acute respiratory failure likely due to COVID-19 but like so many others
in Guayaquil, Flavio was never tested because the health care system has all but collapsed.
The hospital wouldn't comment on Flavio's case but CNN has spoken to multiple doctors who say in March and April hospital city wide buckled
under the weight of the pandemic. Their facilities were overwhelmed almost immediately after the outbreak began, doomed by a lack of staff and
supplies.
The three doctors we spoke to suggested dozens of patients simply died in their cars outside of hospitals awaiting treatment. In this video obtained
by CNN, a man dead in his car was pulled out and laid in the hospital parking lot by his family.
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The group simply unsure what to do next. The federal government has apologized for its pandemic response and stating the obvious said, they
weren't ready for an outbreak with a staggering death toll.
In March and April combined, in 2018 and 2019 an average 2799 people died in Guayaquil. Experts say that's about what you'd expect but this year that
number spiked to at least 12,350. Of those the government has confirmed just 533 were due to COVID-19 so what explains the fact that thousands more
died over the same two-month period this year.
There's no doubt that the additional thousands and thousands of deaths are COVID related.
DR. ESTEBAN ORIZ-PRADO, EPIDEMIOLOGIST, UNIVERSITY OF THE AMERICAS: Totally. For me are COVID unless proven otherwise.
RIVERS: Three epidemiologist told CNN, Guayaquil's actual COVID-19 related death toll could be higher than 9000. The government has acknowledged the
virus death toll is far higher than what they officially report but say it's a lack of ability to test more means we'll never know the exact
figure.
When Arturo Ramos went to collect his father's remains, hospital officials couldn't find them. He says he had to start on his own, both in the morgue
and in these shipping containers and after five days of looking through hundreds of bodies, Ramos says he never found his dad.
RAMOS: I couldn't go anymore and mentally - mentally I was like 100 percent.
RIVERS: The government didn't respond when asked about Flavio Ramos or the shipping containers but say many families are still missing dead loved
ones. Last month, the Attorney General launched an investigation into the mismanagement of remains at hospital morgues and anyone can go to this
government website and type in the deceased's name to see if there's any news.
More than eight months after he died, a search for Flavio Ramos ends in no results found. Arturo grieves for his stand alone these days. He's
separated from his family because last week he tested positive for coronavirus. The overall case number is dropping in Guayaquil but for so
many, the worst parts of this outbreak will never really end. Matt Rivers, CNN.
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GORANI: Well, some major sports around the world have started to return to society but societies still can't return to the stadiums. Here is Don
Riddell.
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DON RIDDELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Just a few months ago, this would have seemed ridiculous. Life-sized cut-out football fans attending a top
Bundesliga game in Germany but now it's really happening. This is the only way that thousands of football supporters can be present for their team
Borussia Monchengladbach.
This weekend Germany's top league returns after two months on the sidelines, an enforced hiatus because of the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
Some other leagues in Europe such as France and the Netherlands have already been canceled. Ajax Amsterdam were top of the table but now have
nothing to show for it. Their CEO and legendary former goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar says he's curious to see how it's going to work across the border
in Germany.
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EDWIN VAN DER SAR, CEO, AJAX: I just read also that a couple days ago, some players, they - the coronavirus and of course I'm not sure how Germany
plans to do and of course they - and most of the big leagues rely lot on TV revenue and that's probably one of the big reasons that's - that those
leagues are going ahead.
RIDDELL: England's Premier League is the most lucrative football league in the world. They haven't yet given up on the 2019-20 season but the so
called project restart is still being furiously debated.
All 20 clubs are meeting again on Monday to discuss when this season might resume. Football hasn't disappeared completely during the outbreak. They
carried on playing in Belarus and a handful of other countries around the world but the most significant development recently can be found in South
Korea, where baseball and football have returned this month.
These are encouraging signs for sports fans in the United States when it comes to the likes of basketball, baseball and soccer returning. The timing
of the outbreak has so far not interfered with the NFL and their schedule has just been published. Their top stars can't wait.
RUSSEL WILSON, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS QUARTERBACK: When sports comes back, I know everybody's going to be screaming. They're going to be - they're going to
be ready to roll. I think it's going to be crazier than ever before. I think this would be - the rating is going to be higher than ever and so
hopefully we can bring a little hope to people soon and hopefully we can bring a little bit of inspiration too.
RIDDELL: But these times remains very uncertain. UFC has been one of the most bullish sports throughout the crisis but they were just reminded that
they cannot control the virus. Just hours before UFC 249 in Florida, middleweight fighter Ronaldo Jacare Souza was forced to withdraw from
Saturday night's event because he had tested positive for COVID-19.
UFC president Dana white except that there is always going to be an element of risk.
DANA WHITE, UFC PRESIDENT: There are no guarantees in life. There are no guarantees. There's no 100 percent guarantee I'm going to be safe draining
home after this interview. There's no guarantee - anything can happen. It's part of life and but we're going to - we're going to take away as much risk
as we possibly can to put on this event.
RIDDELL: So that makes the Bundesliga's return this weekend all the more interesting. The league, teams and players say they're taking every
possible precaution but how safe environment can it really be. There wouldn't be any fans in the stadiums but the rest of the sports world we'll
be paying very close attention. Don Riddell, CNN.
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GORANI: Well, Shanghai Disneyland is open again after being closed for over three months. This is the first of Disney's theme parks to reopen in
limited capacity. Tickets were listed online and sold out in minutes as you'd expect. Kids were probably overjoyed. Those who were able to make it
there into the park.
Here David Culver with a look at what Disneyland looks like in a pandemic.
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DAVID CULVER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It is a strange contrast as some cities in China are going on lockdown, you've got places like this. Shanghai
Disneyland reopened. CNN getting rare access to what it took to pull this off.
Welcome into Shanghai Disneyland where we are getting a sneak peek of what the new operations are going to look like for this park and reopening 3.5
months after they had to shut down because of the novel coronavirus outbreak here in China.
Now normally, when you're in the park as they reopen, you're going to have to wear a mask, we were able take ours off because the crowd isn't in just
yet. But as you can see the preparations are underway.
They've used this time to rethink how they're going to have people coming in safely, keeping that social distance and avoiding any sort of contact
not only with each other but also with cast members so it's going to have things looking a little bit differently.
I'm going to take you outside the park to show you how we got in with Senior Vice President of Operations, Andrew Bolstein.
ANDREW BOLSTEIN, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS, SHANGHAI DISNEYLAND: We ask our guest to do a few things now differently than before. One is
that we ask every one of our guests to have temperature screening as they arrive here at the resort. We also ask them to show their QR code which is
a Shanghai specific health code.
We put a little more structure, detailing and markers in place so these are very clear. Don't stand here and then you stand in the blank space in
between. As always we require government ID to redeem your tickets at the entrance but we're also going to be capturing government ID information for
every guest that comes into the park not just one for party as part of the traceability measures that we have in place now for the government
guidelines.
CULVER: Give us an idea I mean as we're walking through, what folks will notice that's different? I mean one thing I has seen is constant
sanitation.
BOLSTEIN: Yes, so we have a very dedicated team of custodial cleaners that we've even increased the numbers of those throughout the parts that are
constantly wiping down all the surfaces.
CULVER: And - and noticing that parade go by obviously at distance but you can still see the characters.
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BOLSTEIN: Yes.
CULVER: Not the big hug and high fives, right?
BOLSTEIN: Exactly, more a - more of a selfie moment and take the photos but again, it gives the guest an ability to have an emotional moment and that
connection.
CULVER: As you're walking along the line here, you'll notice places you can stop, and the places you need to keep a distance and then eventually you
can make it to the attraction.
Notice this, I want to point this out. As I go into number one, normally you have number 2 to go into, they've got it roped off. Stepping off the
ride the new normal and they've got several more along the way out.
BOLSTEIN: As for the guest understanding that for their health and safety the table's unavailable so basically we are asking them not to sit here,
sit there and again, it creates kind of that separation between all the different parties.
CULVER: Safe spacing even for the performances. This is one of the stages. Look here in the crowd. Pick a box. That's where you and your family unit
will stand keeping that distance.
BOLSTEIN: We were able to strike that right balance between safety and health and confidence side and then the magic that we're able to deliver
every day.
CULVER: Do you feel in many ways that not only other parks of the company are looking here and other parks hopefully going to be reopening, maybe
even other companies saying let me see how they are doing this could help us reopen too.
BOLSTEIN: Everywhere is little different though, there's different regulation, there's different environments, people in different phases of
the epidemic but I think what we have can be a model or some inspiration for them and they'll adapt it for what their local conditions are. Same
thing with the other operators around the world.
We communicate and we share. I mean this type of environment where we want to focus on safety and health, that's an area we all share together.
CULVER: Decided to end our day in Tomorrowland. The reality is the future is uncertain not only here in China but across much of the world. In places
like this, while they operate a bit differently than we're used to. You wear the facemask, you got to keep that social distance, you still find it
to be an escape from the noise of the rest of the world and a place to soak in the joy. David Culver, CNN, Shanghai Disneyland.
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GORANI: Well, thank you for watching. We'll take a quick break. We'll be right back. After the break, we'll be going to New York where the New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily coronavirus briefing. We'll be right back.
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