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 CorrespondentKimberly 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 astounding because as you point out weve had 3 consecutive weeks now of massive job losses in just 3 weeks more than 17000000 americans have lost their jobs and what were told is the numbers are actually much higher sammy but the states cant keep up with the number of claims in other words people cant get through on the phone to even filed a claim so we expect when all is said and done that more than 46000000 americans are going to file for unemployment hits across all sectors whether its Office Workers whether its Hospitality Industry even the Health Care Industry because while the United States pivots and prioritizes dealing with cove it 19 many other areas like for example elective surgeries or other specialties even like dental work is all being put to the side so many of these Health Care Workers are also finding themselves having to file these claims that again the number is truly historic in terms of modern history of the same time the trumpet ministration taking some flags for the depleting stone of the National Strategic reserve tell us why. Yet this is been an ongoing criticism that not only is there a sort of a lack of awareness of whats available but that its not getting to who needs it in terms of personal protective equipment things like surgical mask gloves the gallons that these frontline 1st responder Health Care Workers need to deal with corona virus and so the new concern is this National Stockpile the strategic National Stockpile is as its known essential what were being told is that 90 percent of the stockpile has been disbursed and theyre not going to give anymore because theyre keeping 10 percent for the federal government in its response so wheres it going its going to state and local governments now this is a criticism that has democrats on capitol hill particularly unhappy there pointed that trumpet ministration saying youre in charge of the federal response and what youve left these states and local governments to do now is to essentially get into a bidding war scouring the open market in fact weve seen even on social media front line workers taking pictures of themselves wearing garbage bags in place of these protective gallons that normally they would use now the trumpet ministration is defending its response saying its the fault of the states they should have been better prepared but i can tell you its not just the in terms of shortages in the United States its not exclusive to just personal protective equipment fact ordinary americans are finding when they go to the Grocery Stores things they count on like toilet paper even canned goods are also scarce or hard to find even not at all so this is an issue that is ongoing and as i pointed out again already there is this finger pointing towards the trumpet ministration so far it is deflecting blame or clearly difficult situation than the latest unemployment numbers only to that one is the Federal Reserve plans to do about it. Well the Federal Reserve is a body that is a monetary body in terms of Interest Rates and the rest but in terms of the response with regard to personal protective equipment this is something that is going crisis now that if you watch the briefings in the White House Briefing room they will tell you that everythings great its under control weve never seen Something Like this before and were doing the best we can but i can tell you weve seen some my usual characters popping in to take control of this situation for example the president some of la jarrett questioner who obviously has no expertise when it comes to this faction equipment in emergency situations his real estate background certainly does not make him especially equipped for handling this crisis and yet thats one of the people that the president now has overseeing this in fact he did have a bit of a slip up this week in terms of even understanding the basics of how the the Strategic Reserve works and as a result theres been a lot of criticism that this is an administration that simply doesnt know what its doing and it is evident in terms of the lack of materials that are out in the state and local governments now or i can believe how good that thanks for that we have reporters across the u. S. Covering how the worlds top economy is being affected by the pandemic just a bit well have Andy Gallacher from florida where the public can governor a key ally dont trump is facing criticism for not implementing stay at home ashes. But 1st john hendren explains how detroits already struggling city has become one of the infection hot spots. Detroit famed for its reduced to rags to riches story is reeling. Emergency rooms of. The coronavirus threatens to undermine the motor citys rapid recovery from a 2013 bankruptcy. Detroits t. T. s center was scheduled to house in north American International auto show in june that was expected to bring in 400000000. 00. Now instead beginning thursday it will begin accepting patients of a 1000 bed emergency coronavirus hospital this facility because its been told that. Theyre going to create negative pressure in here just like the world so the patients can talk again if needed they will be for other people the motor city is just the latest virus hotspot to make the demoralizing conversion from commercial hall to crisis Medical Center its a model the u. S. Army corps of engineers has pursued in coronavirus hot spots around the u. S. From new yorks massive Jacob Javits Convention center to illinois largest city where engineers have been installing thousands of beds in a matter of days chicagos Mccormick Place is north americas largest Convention Center but the conventions are all closed in illinois under a statewide lockdown order so this sprawling complex is now with 3000 bed hospital devoted entirely to coronavirus throughout neighboring michigan the virus is moving fast our numbers are climbing exponentially we know it was a matter of time not if covered 1000 come to michigan we took aggressive measures weve been on the front end of aggressive measures that states have been taking but we see this astronomical rise 7 years after the bankruptcy that brought motowns engine back to life the virus threatens to bring that progress to a grinding halt John Hendren Al Jazeera chicago. Bracing for impact in a peaking coronavirus cases expected next month florida is preparing for what could be a brutal onslaught almost a quarter of the states population is over the age of 60 placing millions of its residents in the high risk category many of floridas iconic destinations and now deserted but the statewide order to stay at home came long after other states already enacted similar measures during the almost 2 week debate on whether to issue the order the number of coronavirus cases here rocketed on april the 1st one month after the states 1st confirmed case the order finally came given the unique situation in florida and im going to be doing an executive order d today directing all floridians to limit movements and personal interactions outside the home critics of dissenters who was initially worried about the impact on the economy say its too little too late supporters of the republican governor say was a measured step by step approach on march the 23rd governor dissenters rejected the idea of a lockdown by the time he gave the order at the beginning of april the number of cases here that increased 5 fold that delicate balancing act between saving jobs and saving lives is one many governors and now facing whether the delay here led to the loss of life is a debate for the future and a highly politicized one its also a stark example of the life and death decisions leaders and now having to make dissenters has been criticized for excluding religious gatherings from his order tampa Mega Church PastorRodney Howard brown was arrested over defying Public Health orders the arrest warrant being signed by dissenters critic Andrew Warren well social distancing is the only arrow we have quiver is the one thing we can do right now to actually fly current and we know that it works we want to do it in a responsible but aggressive in a in a way and so the next animal signals were getting out of tallahassee. On your minds that process Health Experts say hospitals in florida will be strained by the summer as the death toll rises but politics should be put aside for now we will come out the best but we need to come as in nation. Orcus. And be ready for the 2nd wave and be ready for it but the company and fast florida faces some unique issues a screw ships with sick passengers dont crops rot in the field and unemployment lines grow but the focus now is on saving lives and gallacher aljazeera Miami Florida more than 680 people have died in spain in the past 24 hours that fewer though than the previous day the rise in new infections is also slowing a total of more than 15000 people have died since the outbreak began and more than 150000 have been infected spain is extending its state of emergency until april the 26 parliament to set to approve the move in the coming hours. Ago has more from madrid. But were talking about very high figures spain still remains the 2nd country with the largest number of people infected from part of ira so though we are celebrating a little bit of this slowdown still very very worrying figures because the death toll still overpasses the 15000 very worrying figures also the infected people in spain has reach one 152000 people infected from call it 19 in the past 24 hours so these 2 figures are really worrying and people are not celebrating as as ive mentioned before we have to be very cautious this is a very slow down trend were seeing despite the 2 pass these this figure is increased but still waiting to the Spanish Parliament is voting this 2nd extension 15 days 2nd extension of the state of emergency with the support of the most of the Political Parties except the stream far right pro independent and Catalan Party so we know this it wont be b. N. Top of the Spanish State of emergency. Italy has suffered a higher toll than any other country with more than 17000 deaths speaking to al jazeera Prime Minister decepticon terry said it was not prepared for the extent of the outbreak the west of the i mean were talking about a National Health system among the best in the world we provide treatment to all citizens of our residents and immigrants however the Health System is not qualified for this type of emergency we did not have enough beds to respond to this pandemic and wed a few weeks to adapt the situation nor was it possible to purchase ventilators at the required speed limit and to other news now yemens who see rebels tell al jazeera they wont stop fighting while the countrys under siege. Of the saudi u. A. E. Military coalition thats battling the rebels announced a 2 week unilateral ceasefire it began thursday morning local time is the 1st nationwide ceasefire in over 5 years of war the Saudi State News Agency reported the Coalition Wants to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus in yemen the houthi say theyre open to a truce but with conditions. Of a blog or not we are not going to observe a cease fire we will continue to fight so long as saudi arabia and United Arab Emirates are still imposing a siege on yemen the announcement by them is a continuation of war it is not a total cease fire so long as the siege is not lifted we have all right to use our Missile Systems our maritime air defenses including the drone who continue to target their military installations and Industrial Site is nothing but a continuation of you know or the coalition is just manipulating words either a total cease and halt the still sees an end to the siege or the war will continue. Well the push to end the fighting in yemen began in late 2018 when the 2 sides met for talks in sweden a truce was reached around the port city of the data and both sides agreed to pull their forces out of the area that ceasefire held until may of last year but fighting resumed when the withdrawal from the day the never materialized the Saudi Air Campaign continued and who the forces began a series of drone strikes on targets in saudi arabia the biggest attack happened in september targeting Oil Processing plants in the east causing massive disruption to the kingdoms Oil Production more than 100000 people have been killed in yemen since the conflict began its also led to a humanitarian crisis thats pushed millions to the brink of famine. Is yemen is a yemen researcher at Human Rights Watch she joins us on skype from gothenburg in sweden good to have you with us so how much of a threat 1st of all is coronavirus to yemen a country already racked by war we dont hear a lot about crime a virus there is it because its its not such a big threat or its just under reported and under detected. I think everyone should start thinking with some sense that there are coronavirus cases in the end already even though both governments im not mentioning so but i think the likelihood that and our frequent happen in yemen is very very high given this you know catastrophic situation where a 1000000 subsidiary ends i think the news about the cease fire to present a very vital appear to nitty who are not is certainly for their parties to the critic but for millions of civilians who deserve and need protection. Given that the kind of tsunami that will come and and you know this touring the country. Right now ive been speaking to the officials who tell me they seen no point to a cease fire without a lifting of the blockade it would be meaningless do you agree with that. I personally think its a very interesting. Demand to make given how well were becoming like you and thats where travel restrictions are and in so many places this is not the right time to visit and a very you know. Crucial demand and in a lot of lives the travel restrictions might be deterring a pull out break in yemen at the small end but what were really concerned about is what could happen an outbreak arrives today so with then few hours or few days that this is also mentioned by some Health Official that would be about 1000000. 00 people could be in fact that recur in a virus within days so of i your really understand how they can put this kind of demand as a very crucial match. What is happening with the general human rights situation in yemen are you finding that parties are taking advantage of the 5 of the worlds attention is slightly distracted with current a virus right now and are the conditions deteriorating there give it could you repeat the question there are human rights conditions deteriorating in yemen as the world is distracted with coronavirus yeah it was which is have been has been always. Has always been an obstacle trying to get the worlds attention to whats going on in yemen so we can see so many crisis happening around the recently it is because of the 1000 crisis but there seems to be a lack of appetite in trying to find a political solution where you know the. The suffering of millions of people in china and where i cant really measure is where all these victims and their relatives can be presented we see young men continue being ignore it all right now were going to end the agenda of the International Community so its very very disappointing all right thank you so much for your analysis of that the decision to seize airstrikes on yemen comes as the saudi leadership goes into isolation because of corona virus the New York Times reports that as many as 150 members of the saudi royal family have contracted covert 19 the paper says king sandman and crown Prince Mohammed bin sandman are staying in an island palace near the city of jeddah the pandemic is one of the reasons behind a global oversupply of oil but its also down to a price for between sau