Africa. We begin in the United States where figures just released show almost 3200000. 00 people have filed for Unemployment Benefits it keeps april on track to be the worst month for job losses on record more than 33000000 people filed for unemployment in just the past 7 weeks and economists say Economic Growth could plummet by 30 percent in the 2nd quarter in the u. K. The picture is also looking bleak the bank of england expects the u. K. s economic output to shrink by 14 percent this year and unemployment to rise to 8 percent meanwhile the European Unions been warned to brace for its worst ever recession with the economy tipped to slump by 7. 4 percent after years of growth but figures from china are suggesting a different picture their exports rose in april for the 1st time this year up 3 and a half percent after many factories reopened. Our economics editor is watching developments from london. I think notoriously difficult at this stage to actually say how deep recessions will because were not experienced anything like it in the modern era in fact the bank of england had to reach back 300 years to say the u. K. Economy will slump to the worst recession since 1709 and that was when we had the great frost the economy here is expected to contract 14 percent in 2020 in the 2nd quarter alone the economy could shrink by 25 percent these are precedented numbers and unemployment is expected to rise to 9 percent and the situation on the continent continues to be even worse will find out the numbers next week come friday when jim new releases its economic numbers that its expected to say that in the 1st quarter its economy contracted 2 percent but for the whole year economy says expecting a contraction up 11 percent and governments and Central Banks are doing exactly what this should be doing their poor in billions of billions of dollars into the economy to make sure the from natural system is working to make corporates make sure that the corporate sector is working when theyre paying for workers to stay off work right that this very moment in time so its really difficult to say exactly where economies are going but we do know that its heading lower right this very moment. Lets go now to our White House Correspondent kelly hellcats on the numbers coming out of the u. S. And kimberly more than 33000000 people a filed for unemployment in just 7 weeks put those numbers into context for us. That will essentially what this is is a decade worth of job gains lost in just a matter of weeks and these numbers are now in the 10s of millions we expect these to continue to rise even into the 40 millions is what has been projected but what makes this so distinct in contrast to say the Great Depression is the swiftness of how these jobs were lost as a result of stay at home orders that really obliterated the u. S. Economy what weve seen is just in the matter of weeks sensually the 50 year low 3. 5 percent in terms of the Unemployment Rate in the United States just wiped out as will this is why were hearing from the u. S. President in recent days he is so eager to get this economy reopened his exact wording was a you cant keep the kind of country closed forever but at the same time what we know is that the recovery is not going to look like the shutdown in other words well this disappeared in a matter of weeks bringing these jobs back could take years and could be on the running that someone close to President Trump has tested positive for the virus what can you tell us on that front. Yeah this story still developing but what were learning according to a spokesperson inside the White House Press office is that one of the members of an elite military unit that works very closely with the 1st family that would be the president the 1st lady and his children what we know is that this person a valet is the position is called has tested positive for corona virus apparently this member of the military started to exhibit symptoms on wednesday he then tested positive for corona virus the president was immediately tested as well as the Vice President and they have tested negative but of course this is just an example of what ordinary americans are going to be experiencing as the president pushes to reopen the economy the fact that these infections are still rising the projected deaths are going to continue to rise and what we know from the president s own guidance for reopening is that the most vulnerable americans those 60 years and older need to stay home to protect themselves will the u. S. President is much older than 60 years old so he himself is at risk and what were seeing here is what hes experiencing is the risk that americans are going to face as they try to go back to work absolutely thank you for that thats complete. Correspondent. As the worlds economy suffer from the Global Pandemic a universal appeal is being made to fund the response the United Nations is asking for billions of dollars from originations to help the millions living in the worlds poorest countries the world body has increased its appeal launched for the quota virus funding back in march from 2 1000000000 dollars to almost 7000000000. 00 now calling for extraordinary measures to fight the effects of the crisis in 63 nations so far the u. N. Agencies have only received a 923000000. 00 from donors while wealthier nations are spending billions to boost their economies aid agencies say they are scraping the barrel for Additional Resources to help the vulnerable the virus has spread to almost every corner of the globe but with 187 countries affected 264000 more than 264000 deaths have now been reported worldwide with the number of infections now closing in on 4000000 lets go live now to our diplomatic editor james bass who is standing by at the United Nations for us so james what more can you tell us well there was a humanitarian appeal at the end of march but theyve revised their figures and theyve revised the number of nations theyre looking at it was 54 nations they were most concerned about you know put it up to 63. 00 but its not just that is the reason for a massive increase in the amount of money they want and thats because theyre not just worried about the effects of covert 19. 00 only these nations in the way though respond made it clear to that theyre also respond worried about the economic downturn and the effects on these most vulnerable nations and its for those 2 reasons the head of the World Food ProgramDavid Beasley said the situation was so grave. As to what were facing now is the double pandemic truly famines that could impact us the biblical course theres no question mega famines are all on our break literally right now before kobe hit the scene and we already had 130000000 people as i say marching on the brink of starvation. The problem of course is going to be trying to persuade countries even the richest countries on earth for example where i am u. N. Headquarters is in new york and the u. S. Has all its attention on its own economic problems how are you going to persuade them to spend the money its worth telling you the 1st version of this appeal was 2000000000. 00 they only managed to raise home off of that money thank you that said that is on Diplomatic Initiative james banks. Pakistans Prime Minister on com says hell stop the fighting lockdown from saturday despite a high number of cases there are more than 24000 confirmed infections and 564 deaths high is in assam abbas he says people are already breaking restrictions on their doctor and have been warning that going to have devastating consequences there were earlier also objecting to the congregation and prayed that government if theyre going ahead read their particular eating of the log down sorry did great to be important to see how did played out because so far drug courts havent had that also disrupted and train driver to read you after decision from the province and door day the week will be accompanied strict blog down very good to be important to be where they prepare a bad knee hed ordered danger in todays big god we have seen it crushed by get on even during the lockdown be by the. Moving around in a larger group in the market and not paying any attention to the fop. Israels parliament has officially nominated Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new coalition between himself and political rival benny gantz. But some israelis are angry about netanyahu forming a government while still under indictment for corruption its all happening after months of political deadlock and 3 inconclusive elections and less than a year. Still ahead on aljazeera. Are you going to hire the kid hes like fresh out of school or are you going to hire someone whos been on a desk or for 5 years the bleak future facing young graduates is the pandemic home of the rising is the Global Economy plus. Living inside. A rubbish collection is one of the most the jobs that are now one of the most. Hallowed weve got some wet weather pushing into northern parts of china at the moment big area of cloud his sliding out of the yellow sea that will eventually not cis area of High Pressure around to the way and well see some wet weather just tumbling across the Korean Peninsula and here we go some very heavy bursts of rain for a time as this system makes its way further east was it links back into the hearts of china south of that it is generate dry at pretty hot well above average in hong kong at around 33. 00 degrees celsius not see bad for japan 22. 00 celsius there for tokyo it will stay 5 and sunny here as we go on into saturday but the cloud of rain will make its way across the Korean Peninsula towards that western side of honshu still a rash of showers there across southern parts of china to the south as that he continuing in hong kong fun to try cause the good parts of Southeast Asia from course the afternoon showers the liveliest showers will be into malaysia some very heavy rain there you can see just pushing up towards the far north of some are joining up with a very heavy rain that we have easing up into parts of the andaman sea right across southern sections of the by i have been go we see a fair bit of cloud syria crossed northern parts this is just around the far north of the region wanted to shower see the rain the process of diminishing the shot was to the southwest. He had it all. The passion the success and the popularity. And then he gave it all up. For the love of his homeland. Football rebels delves into the realm of footballing legend rushy but clue free. To forward to the Algerian National liberation front with his feet rashid makushi and the f. L. N. Team on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour almost 3200000 more people have filed for unemployment in the United States as the coronavirus outbreak devastates the economy 33500000 people have registered as unemployed in just 7 weeks. United nations is asking for nearly 7000000000. 00 in funding to fight the effects of the crowd a virus pandemic on for a countries the u. N. Humanitarian chief says extraordinary measures are needed to protect vulnerable communities from conflict and starvation. And Israels Parliament has officially nominated Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new coalition between himself and political rival benny gantz that follows 3 failed elections in the year critics say netanyahu should not be allowed to rule out facing corruption charges. Moscows mayor fares the number of cases in the city could be as high as 300000 thats 3 times higher than the official total lockdown in the city has been extended until the end of may 11 1000000 residents will only be able to leave their homes for essential services and theyll need to apply to use public transport but some missions have been east construction sites and factories are allowed to reopen. France will start easing its lockdown on monday with different regions opening up at different speeds Prime Minister edward for the prewar and that some areas like paris will continue to be under restrictions for some time france has been under lockdown since march more than 26000 people have died and theyll break but thats about the is life for us and them in Southern France what more can you tell us what else did the province to have to say. Well what the Prime Minister did was really present the governments plan easing the lock down. Next monday now weve heard much of this before in a speech that he made last week by. This is really the fine tune sort of tweaked version if you like that what the government is trying to do is really balance the need to stop a 2nd wave of infections with the need to revive the economy and give people some sort of normal life back now the Prime Minister says that from monday some things will reopen well see businesses being able to reopen some schools will be able to reopen with very reduced call says and what used to reduce that was public transport will also obese nobody increase but all passengers will have to where most people there will still be very much encouraged to work from home and want some of the Prime Minister is saying is that even though there will be some destructions lifted that many people be happy about such as when need permits to go out anymore the government is warning that units is still needed particularly in be so cold right high risk region so were talking about the car risk region were talking about the moon with east of the country and also tara 2 miles where the virus is still circulating in very large numbers so the government is saying that we have to be vigilant and that also unless people have it you want to still take a lot to move around too much and cross between territories and the government could consider reimposing lock down in the future think of that. Across developments and fronts from uncle sam thank you. Thousands of people in thailand are relying on charity to get enough food just to survive meals are being handed out at distribution points in the capital bangkok the World Bank Says poverty there was already on the rise before the outbreak and the pandemic is pushing more into dire straits 55 people have died the restrictions are being relaxed as the number of new infections falls to single digits. The virus has called tributed to the deaths of 6 Police Officers in bangladesh and infected thousands of others as well as their normal role police have helped to take patients to hospital and inspect food markets force commanders in the capital dhaka reportedly promised to pay 12000. 00 to bereaved families a cruise ship at the center of a criminal investigation into coronavirus deaths and australia has reached the philippines the ruby princess with around 500. 00 crew on board is an kid and manila bay many of them are for the peano the ships links to 21. 00 fatalities and 700. 00 infections the Australian Government is investigating how 2700. 00 passengers were allowed to disembark in march despite some showing signs of the disease. The 2 week long downs been imposed on the suburb of kenyas capital where the infection rate has increased the governments ordered restrictions in the east lee neighborhood of nairobi 26 kenyans have died in almost 600 cases are reported nationwide. Warnings about the spread of virus misinformation being issued in Africa Health experts say the president s of some countries are undermining efforts to contain the spread Catherine Sawyer imports from nairobi. Victor evers job as a journalist to the facts checking agency is to verify information on the internet and examine the truth to what government and political leaders are saying he especially needs to be more diligent during the coronavirus pandemic never has just analyzed the social media video of the governor of kenyas capital nairobi mikes on call who recently included potholes of a brand of cognac in food relief packs and gave these explanations that is committee which was somebody. Does a story. Its a symptom and it comes as the disease continues to spread across the continent so does misinformation about it a lot of false information a lot of misinformation and disinformation play on your emotions and when people are emotional the come to be become be critical of this would not be the right thing some in uganda president yoweri with 70 reason he endorsed the production of a sanitizing spray that a medical investor said could cure the disease but i gasped as president and the rajah alina also launched the distribution of a drink he said calicivirus and kenya some people are using Home Remedies they swear will protect them from getting sick while Health Organization has said theres no proven cure or vaccine give up on fusing time for everybody many people are now relying more on online content for their coronavirus some of those he talked to say they are overwhelmed by all the information on fossil media either way very lying on 4 called who are at the peak their feet online and most of the off information has been shared millions of times across the continent. For enochian use a volunteer with the kenyan red cross she distributes sanitizers soap and masks on the streets of. And office Accurate Information as opposed to the misinformation online of everybody ling us that that drinking a lot so it means they cannot divide us and that people believe that. Name to me is not for africans thats saying that in fact this morning someone quoted me and he told me government is just for