And here they come again dramas in east africa prepare to battle millions of no concern for the 2nd time in months. Millions more people have been added to the queues of americas jobless the wider effects of the coronavirus pandemic become clear another 6600000. 00 claimed Unemployment Benefits last week alone that takes a total to nearly 17000000 people in the past 3 weeks and theres fear the rate could rise to numbers not seen since the end of the Great Depression in some cities drive ins have been created for people to collect unemployment forms john hendren has more from chicago. The president came out saying that the u. S. Was at the top of the hill when it comes to the coronavirus and in some cases going downward but thats not the case when it comes to the economy of and of course thats a lagging indicator here 6600000 new jobless claims 17000000 over the past 4 weeks out of work and filing new jobless claims and an Unemployment Rate of 12 to 13 percent thats a level not seen since the Great Depression forecasters are saying they expect that to go up to at least 15 percent and 11 said that this is really essentially the Great Depression 2 here in the United States one sign of that is the trouble of the u. S. Airline industries the president did address that in that briefing today he said details will come out over the weekend over the u. S. Aid package for those airlines he said the Airline Industry has hit very hard as everyone knows and we are going to be in a position to do a lot to help them but of course no details on that until the weekend so were looking forward to see what the president has to say on that. Now the death toll from corona virus across the u. S. Has now passed 16500 in new york saying its there are signs of improvement with a drop in hospital admissions but the worst affected state had a Record Number of deaths for a 3rd straight day n. S. Christensen omeri ports as struggling to cope hart island is new york citys potters field where those with no family or means to arrange a funeral are laid to rest they used to bury 25 people a week here in the age of the coronavirus its about that number every day counting the dead is now part of the daily routine for the governor 911 was supposed to be the darkest day or for a generation we lose 2753 lives our 911. Weve lost over 7000 lives through this crisis. That is so shocking and painful and breathtaking. I cant i dont even have the words for. As the daily death toll continues to reach new heights and the state builds more temporary hospitals like this 350 bed the syllabi there are signs that the spread of the disease is slowing thanks to mandatory social distancing measures that have all but shut down the city of nearly 9000000 those measures will remain in effect for the forseeable future as the number of new hospital admissions has gone down for the past 3 days if were not careful it were not strong if were not disciplined in fact this is a disease that can really us surge resurge you should be very worried about resurgence we all are the last thing we can afford is to let down our guard and let this disease back in the door even more and then see the numbers spike up pressured to lift restrictions and let people return to work has been growing along with the Unemployment Rate the number of new yorkers who have filed for unemployment claims in the last 3 weeks has more than double but theres one industry where they cant get enough help funeral homes. The governor says new york state will be bringing in additional Funeral Directors to help people like a sous pujols whos been working long hours 7 days a week and still cant keep up right now money is not worth it its not worth it its not worth it i would give up my job any day for like a normal normal job and every much rather be quarantined in my house right now and the bodies are expected to continue to stack up a grim reminder of a silent killer kristen salumi aljazeera new york. Elsewhere indonesias government has announced tied to social distancing measures a sudden surge in cases public transport has been reduced to half capacity and gatherings of more than 5 people are banned the new rules effective friday are in place for 14 days the capital jakarta is the epicenter accounting for nearly half of the more than 3000 Coronavirus Infections jessica washington says the government has been criticized for its slow response. For a number of weeks now schools and many businesses have been close these restrictions hasnt have now been extended there are Numerous Police checkpoints at various border entry points churcher kata not restricting travel into the city but they are checking just how many people are traveling in vehicles theres also restrictions on the number of people who can gather at any point in time maximum of 5 people at any gathering any people found to be in breach of these new regulations could face a fine of around 7000. 00 u. S. Dollars now these regulations are only in place for the jakarta area its not a nationwide social distancing regulation what is lacking here in indonesia is some sort of National Strategy it was only in launch that indonesia confirmed its 1st cases off the coronavirus here by that point the virus had spread well beyond china the government has been criticized for failing to use that time to get the hospitals ready and now that we know that the virus has spread across multiple provinces here in indonesia there is concern that although the virus is largely concentrated here in jakarta and most of the deaths thats around 280. 00 confirmed deaths here in the capital theres concern that if travel continues from the capital to other provinces that Health Care Systems around the country many of which are incredibly poorly equipped even more so than jakarta they simply will not be able to cope and that the virus will continue to spread undetected across the archipelago. Now argentina is one of the latest countries said to extend nationwide corn team measures present. Says strict controls will remain in place until april 23rd Security Forces about shorting the streets to make sure people see home some businesses are being allowed to operate again but under tight restrictions to the said boys in when a size she says the extension will come into force within days. The president has not announced it officially yet hes expected to announce it over the weekend but theres already talk about that this quarantine place will be extended mostly because most of the people we have spoken to here say that it has words i mean that the amount of people infected in this country will be much greater than what it is today argentina right now has around 2000 people that have been confirmed as infected and 70 people have died got the situation would have been much worse like for example in brazil thats the figure the fear you know its so its like it right now im standing in this is the most important avenue in what a sight is theres some circulation its a holiday but theres also i look down and place only supermarkets and pharmacies are allowed to remain open and very and those who are allowed to leave their homes are people that have are carrying very specific permits in order to be allowed to be on the streets and whats worrying many people here in argentina is the Economic Situation theres an enormous crisis an economy thats hit with recession inflation among other things argentinas kaname minister is already restructuring that payments because argentina warm be able to meet many off the books the credit part of it for in debt and thats something that scares argentines away because it reminds them of the crisis back in 2001 theres also the latest that this fix said that Small Businesses for example 50 percent of them wont be able to pay salaries this month the people going to soup kitchens is increasing by the minute those lots of people who work in the Informal Sector in argentina theyre not able to make ends meet especially this month with a lockdown in place but for president out of this right now the priority is saving lives in this country and thats why its likely that the quarantine in argentina will be extended officially extended this this coming weekend. Brazils president has gone on television again to defend his response to the pandemic and encourage people to return to. Work jay of also narrow criticize state governments for imposing containment measures saying the consequences of combating the virus cannot be more harmful than the disease itself is facing widespread criticism and protests for downplaying the crisis. Opec says Top Oil Producers except mexico have agreed to a historic cut in production to counter the slump and demand caused by coal and advise the group of Oil Producing countries will cut 10000000. 00 Barrels Per Day and till early june osama bin job it has details. A price war would started in march did not last as long as previous disagreements but its impact has been widespread u. S. Shale oil produces filed for bankruptcy as major Energy Projects have been delayed or suspended in the oil industry face significant job losses the oversupply coincided with a massive reduction in demand for oil because of the global slowdown caused by coronavirus in some markets oil was selling for less than 10. 00 a barrel which spell trouble for oil drilling to connallys when they agreed the market went up when they had their own differences the market went down and what is worse than not agreeing is course is competing for the c. M. Limited area of demand in the world as it stands right now. The crisis began after a deal to limit production fell apart and saudi arabia increased its supply to a record 12300000 barrels a day along with russias 11300000 barrels the markets were flooded to an extent that storage even started to run out as theres agreement is to slash or Oil Production at least until next year the decision will be reviewed in december iran venezuela and libya are exempt from the production cuts a few hours after the opec agreement the g 20 group of nations meet and decide in cuts from the u. S. Canada norway and others some say the crisis created a perfect opportunity for big investors to buy stakes and european oil firms theres a cute saudis in russians of Economic Warfare against the us us media reports 2 senators were working on legislation to remove u. S. Troops and Defense Systems from saudi soil if there were no are put cuts the United States says its output fell because of the price for and decreasing demand but it hasnt committed to any cuts for many years i used to think opec was very unfair i hated alltech you will know the truth i hated it because it was a fix but somewhere along the line that broke down and went the opposite way and we have a tremendously powerful Energy Industry in this country now number one in the world and i dont want those jobs being lost but experts believe even after the record cuts but opec and other produces the gloom for Oil Economies may not be over just because he says demolished russian so far has been 20000000 barrels a day i think its probably more towards the 3035000000 barrels a day if you look at india alone the 3rd Largest Consumer of oil has been decreased its consumption by 70 percent i would say it is more so 10000000 barrels a day is what so far been priced into the market and you saw the last cluster response so we probably need more to do the trick. What began as an attempt to grab a bigger share of the market is ending after 31 days with no real wins for anyone involved some of the job although there are still ahead on aljazeera weighing the risk the dilemma facing doctors and Cancer Patients in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Hello there are a few more showers across more northern sections of the middle east of course the Arabian Peninsula some very warm in place they can see where the cloud is and in particular well see some heavy showers pushing through terror but its kid very nicely away from all Northern Areas of turkey this of course the bosphorus and there is the city in the background has a very nice sunny skies and in fact improving to friday across into the temperature beginning to come back up 16 degrees celsius but youll see it through the eastern end of the time which is quite a bit lower than the average and also variance that with ranges and some fairly gusty winds and then the rain is quite widespread through Northern Iraq pushing on again into the central and Western Areas of iran but then to the south look at these temperatures 40 celsius in doha this is about 10 degrees above the average as we go through saturday the temperature is about the same but you notice the winds that coming from the south theyll be very strong and in fact we could once again see some sand and dust storms meanwhile to the north a cold showers really for most part and then some heavier spells of rain just pushing to the east of it now weve got fuel for call sickles into southern portions of south africa madagascar the eastern side well see some fairly heavy showers over the next couple of days and then particularly heavy showers and thunderstorms around the gulf of guinea today. But. Crossing borders breaking boundaries recording injustice fighting inequality from africa and asia to europe the use exile as it were in wind power of street every very grown up for me is one country aljazeera world meets for refugees whove come to your touched peoples lives and made a difference. The hard road from home photographers and activists on aljazeera. Welcome back our top stories on aljazeera 6600000 americans lost their jobs in the past week because of measures to stop the corner via span demick since mid march nearly 17000000 people in the u. S. Have filed for jobless benefits after a sudden surge in corona virus infections indonesia is tightening measures to curb the spread of the virus anyone breaking the rules can be fined up to 7000. 00 and be jailed for up to 6 years in asia has recorded more than 280 deaths and opec says Top Oil Producers except mexico have agreed to a historic cotton Oil Production to counter the slump in demand caused by calling a biased oil prices have come at it by around 30 percent after long downs around the world cut demand. Being called the e. U. s most important economic plan the brocks finance ministers have agreed on a trillion dollars rescue package the deal comes on a day of hope for members say says germany and spain signal they have reached the peak of the pandemic and the hayward reports. The rise in new infections seems to be slowing in spain the countrys hospitals though are still overwhelmed and after weeks of loss and mortar predicted trying to keep coronavirus at bay in public spaces is power mount and resident 3 minded they should stay at home. Spain will remain in lockdown until april the 25th but the Prime Minister says there is no room for hope that is the same on as the. After weeks of this fight which has been from the moment agonizing we see how the the pandemic released is starting to come under control the figures are encouraging we have reached the peak of coke at 19 and we are close to the beginning of the descent. In germany the lockdown appears to be working with burns landmarks empty deserted. And silent the latest coronavirus numbers in germany are a reason for some hope the increases flattening and the current number of infections is lowering a bit if we count the people who are recovered and those who lost their lives more than 18000 people have died in italy its squares remain empty the impact of weeks of prescriptions is clear to see for those families hardest hit the government says loan and mortgage repayments will be suspended and there are questions about who will help pay for the pandemic. Italy is an integral part of the e. U. The e. U. Must show a strong swift and unified response to the repercussions of this pandemic we have to provide answers about politics finance and the economy because this is in all of our interests this does not only concern italy but also spain and all countries that face economic and social problems and those questions are being asked across europe it is grappling with this crisis from the north to the south no where is untouched by. The happening deep divisions that are inside the e. U. About how it should be financed days of talks have now resulted in an agreement held by the french finance minister as the most important economic plan in the history it will allow credit from the blocks bailout fund to go to the worst affected countries until the crisis is over this emergency plan well shield our economic and social fabric as we dive into a recession. Where house prices abates we need to spur the economic recovery he needs it is imperative that we brought together. For many families in Europe Easter weekend which usually market time of togetherness coronavirus will mean many will now spend it apart remembering those who theyve lost and then he would out of their friends find minister is out of intensive care 2 weeks after testing positive full call that 19 after 3 days in i. C. U. Voice johnson is now back in a hospital ward and his is said to be an extremely good spirits hospital intensive care unit in the u. K. Have been overwhelmed with call the 1000 patients nonessential surgeries were cancelled early on now surgeries for diseases like breast and bowel cancer are also being put on hold and he has a story from london. Susie smith has been through Breast Cancer she had a mastectomy radiotherapy and chemotherapy because of coronaviruses have further cosmetic surgery later this year put on hold and she cant get checkup