Minister designate in just 10 weeks on the stuff carver may be able to unite 6 hereon factions hungry and helpless the coronavirus pandemic impacting Food Supplies for hundreds of millions dependent on. And living in fear of the dead why some in indonesia dont one virus victims buried in their towns. Well staggering new figures reveal the extent of the damage to the worlds biggest economy by the coronavirus shut down in just one week another 6600000 people filed for Unemployment Benefits that means nearly 17000000 americans have lost their jobs in the past 3 weeks thats around one in 10 workers for more on this lets turn to our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett shes live for us from washington d. C. Kimberly how much of a shiver are these numbers sending down the spine of the economy there. Well they were expected but still the numbers are staggering never before in u. S. History has there been such a significant job loss in such a short amount of time the numbers are simply a
Rooms have been converted into makeshift hospitals. Oil producing countries trying to negotiate a truce save a market share through global collapse to demand. A 2 week a ceasefire comes into effect in yemen say they wont stop fighting other countries still in the sea. And hundreds of millions of children desperately needing food you look at the difficulties for aid during the pandemic. So the damage to the worlds biggest economy from the coronavirus shutdown is really hitting home in the past week another 6600000 americans have joined the jobless queue and that means nearly 17000000 americans have now filed for Unemployment Benefits in just 3 weeks thats one in 10 workers and the affairs of figures could be even worse lets bring in our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett in washington d. C. And kimberly in just a matter of weeks 17000000 people out of work and its probably more. Yeah youre absolutely right nothing like this seen in modern history and it is expected to be more be
If you feed say they will not stop fighting while the country is still under siege. Millions of indians ordered to wear masks in public including venues in the 2 biggest cities new delhi mumbai. So then the damage to the worlds biggest economy from the current of our shutdown is really hitting home in the polls week another 6600000 americans have joined the job was cute and that means nearly 17000000 americans have now filed for Unemployment Benefits in just 3 weeks thats around one in 10 workers there are fears the figures are even worse for more on this lets bring in our White House Correspondent can be how could you standing by in washington d. C. And kimberly 17000000 people out of work is just staggering isnt it. Its staggering and in terms of recorded numbers it may not even be hitting the Halfway Point the number expected once all American Workers who lost their jobs over the night as a result of coronavirus are actually filed could be in the neighborhood of about 46000000 ameri
Another 6600000 people in the u. S. Filed for Unemployment Benefits just last week that means 10 percent of the countrys workforce nearly 17000000 is now unemployed because of the fallout from the pandemic for more on this spring in our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett in washington d. C. And so kimberly these numbers put another huge strain on the economy. Huge strain on the economy and we hear that the numbers are only going to continue to get worse this is the 3rd consecutive week of massive job losses in the United States but what were told is that really could be in the 10s of millions even up to 46000000 people when all of these claims are filed the reason that we dont have those numbers now is that the states and employment offices are overwhelmed of people simply cant get in there to file the claims they cant get through on the telephone they cant even seem to file on live so we expect this number to continue to climb and its across all sectors were seeing the Hospita
A building makeshift facilities as the Health Care System struggled to. India orders the worlds biggest lockdown 1300000000 people were told to save those for 3 weeks in an effort to stop the spread of the virus. And the Olympic Games in tokyo people spend for a year because of the global spread of the disease. The new york has become a major battlefront in the fight against the corona virus pandemic the largest us city now has more than 225000 of cases and the number is rising rapidly medical facilities are struggling to cope and facing potential shortages of beds of staff and equipment but the u. S. President says he hopes to have the situation under control by Easter Gabriel elizondo reports now from new. Sobering news for new yorkers the situation is worse than 1st thought with the coronavirus rate of infection doubling every 3 days we were looking at a free tree coming across the country were now looking at a bullet through because the numbers are going up that quickly space to do