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 CorrespondentKimberly 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 Hospitality Industry even surprisingly the Health Care Industry because as the United States pivots towards dealing with coronavirus patients so many other specialties are being put down in terms of priority dental for example is one of the areas where now we see these workers filing unemployment claims so again this is historic in terms of the numbers but sadly theyre only expected to climb in one additional point that we should make in all of this when you have employer based Health Insurance in the United States as we see here what this means is when people lose their jobs theyre also losing access to Health Insurance at a time when they need it most. What more is the Federal Reserve able to do. Well in terms of the Federal Reserve we actually see something unique thats taking place for expecting to have a Conference Call because of course you cant go in person to any of these press conferences right now in most cases so there is going to be a for a Federal ReserveConference Call in just the next hour and what were expecting is the Federal Reserve is going to roll out a 2. 00 trillion dollar effort to bolster particularly small and medium sized businesses so what this means is that we could see them offering up to 4 year loans and theyre going to do it by buying the bonds of state and local counties but whats significant about all of this is this is a typically what we see the Federal Reserve doing usually were seeing it monetary Interest Rates as sort of manipulating the markets but this time what were seeing is a is essentially a shift in terms of the priorities trying to help people as we see this economic shutdown in the United States of people struggling to cope with that or i can believe how could that thanks for that. Detroit is a city that had been bouncing bank from major job losses in recent years but is now one of the new infection hot spots in the u. S. With more than 20000 cases in the city theyre hoping to get patients into newly built field hospitals as soon as possible john hendren reports. 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 a little road so that patients can walk 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 knew it was a matter of time not if covered 1000 would 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. Well oiled is just one industry that supports millions of jobs in the u. S. Now the pandemic has caused a global collapse in demand and the industry had already been suffering because of a price war between saudi arabia and russia major Oil Producing nations and their allies just starting an emergency meeting to try and end the crisis. Is the president of Energy Intelligence and former editor of Petroleum Intelligence weekly joins us on skype from london it talks to again so what do you make of the prospects now for an agreement well the meeting just started as you said and what were hearing is going into the meeting there was still some question about whether russia and saudi arabia were on the same page working through that virtual door as you put it. Those are the 2 countries that watch really the saudis and the russians are able to find a way forward here and reach a what were hoping for the naming of a more sort of indicating as the magic number which is 10000000 barrels a day so thats what theyre trying to get that number out to see if those 2 Major Oil Producers to one of the 2 largest in the world are able to do that or is it likely theyll do that without the u. S. Maybe even also canada making a commitment to cut their production. Well the way it looks right now is that the opec and an opec group which includes much is led by saudi arabia russia today theyre going to try to hammer this out between the 2 of them and that will exclude countries like the u. S. And canada for the moment and these from the saudi and saudi arabia one of the what they would like to do is get 10000000 barrels a day of cuts from opac and nano and this alliance by themselves now it remains you see what theyre going to be able to do that and whether theyre going to need additional cuts from members outside this alliance and that would include countries like the u. S. And canada but i think its its going to be very tricky as far as were hearing right now to get the u. S. To commit something tangible to really kind of say that we will actually reduce production even if they do come. Production how long you think itll be before well actually see Oil Prices Start to rise again. They were its always very difficult to predict how all prices react you know when when something her comes up that should should spur or president move on where the other i mean it in an ideal world what would happen is if they came to an agreement today and tomorrow with the sort of broader g 20 he would see a bump an oil prices im around 3034. 00 a barrel right now you may see a bump in or prices the market hasnt already factored in the green at which theres been a lot of signals that maybe they have they have already so you might see a temporary. Blip up with oil prices but the question is you know how sustainable that would be you know high that kind of bump will go and i think what weve been saying is that even a cut of this magnitude is not going to solve the or all supply right away its going to take some time so even if prices are slightly higher we get maybe closer to the fortys and still not really acceptable for a lot of Oil Producers and or companies around the world. Thank you for your analysis. Yemens rebels tell al jazeera they wont start fighting while the countrys under siege and so after the saudi u. A. E. Military Coalition Announced a 2 week unilateral ceasefire it began on midday on thursday local time its the 1st nationwide cease fire in 5 years of war the Saudi State News Agency says the Coalition Wants to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus in yemen. Theyre open to a truce but with visions. 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 i am and the announcement made by them is a continuation of war it is not a total ceasefire 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 your 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 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 data 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 of a that never materialized Saudi Air Campaign continued and who 3 forces began a series of drone strikes on targets in saudi arabia the biggest happened in september targeting Oil Processing plants in the east it caused massive disruptions in the kingdoms Oil Production more than 100000. 00 people have been killed in yemen since the conflict began its also led to a humanitarian crisis thats crushed millions the brink of famine. Of fraud and also as a yemen researcher a Human Rights Watch she says the houthi demands may not be right this time i personally think its a very interesting. The madam to make given how of the leavenworths use becoming like yemen where travel restrictions are and who is in so many places and this is not the right time to resent that a very you know a crucial demand in a lot of lives the travel restrictions might be deterring a full outbreak in yemen at this moment but what were really concerned about is what could happen if an outbreak arrives today so with then few hours or few days that this is also mentioned by some head of. That movie about 1000000 people could be infected with going to virus within days so i dont really understand how they can have this kind of the man as a very crucial. But decision to seize asteroids on the island comes as the saudi leadership goes into isolation because of coronavirus the New York Times reports that as many as 150 members of the saudi royal family have conflicts of contracted covert 19 the paper says king solomon and the crown Prince Mohammed bin sound man are staying in now in the palace near the city of jeddah. So the common aljazeera hungry and helpless to find out how the pandemic is impacting Food Supplies for hundreds of millions the dependent on a. Social distancing the last thing on the minds of thousands of afghans desperate to return. To. Hell it was a nice warm start to spring in some parts of japan but it seems to come back down to average now i would not see much rain recently is more on is why we still got that northerly breeze for honshu for qaida and if youre on the north shore its not going to feel very warm even in tokyo say 60 beijing is cooled down a bit is a spread of cloud throughout china the blue of course represents rain if anything thats working itself for the sas and concentrating for the suns getting heavier and thats consistent with this time of year as well forecast for hong kong is one of a few thunderstorms not particularly wet and not particularly warm fed humid at least for a couple of days yet for the sas its difficult to spot much detail from this masts and sunder storms but youd expect more to be going north than going south and thats true to some degree picking them up in cambodia thailand and vietnam but were still seeing further south as well as the day before cross would suggest and in jakarta more or less steady temperature a little light rain the case of thunderstorms so its not a daily round of thunderstorms. In india the main stories of course rising temperatures but we do have significant shadows occasionally in the southwest from the far east. Join the global conversation to ask the bubble to the people that expand their brains maybe have a different view this is a dialogue that women in cambodia are in fact selling their hair we dont know how much theyre getting paid for it its hard to track its hard to trace everyone has a voice tell us what you think and your conversation could be a lot right here in this case we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progression not perfection on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching out the 0 time to recap our headlines new figures from the u. S. Reveal 6600000 people filed for Unemployment Benefits last week that means nearly 17000000 americans have lost their jobs in the past 3 weeks around one in 10 workers in the worlds top Oil Producers are meeting to discuss the cotton output the Video Conference is seeking ways to address a collapse in demand brought on by the coronavirus and the price fall between saudi arabia and russia. The u. A. E. Coalition has begun a 2 week unilateral cease fire in the island to prevent a krone Virus Outbreak the host the spokesman tells aljazeera they wont stop fighting unless the coalition lifts the sea german hunting. The u. K. s death toll has risen to nearly 8000 with more than 60000 confirmed cases among the infected is Prime MinisterBoris Johnson who remains in intensive care the u. K. Is also feeling the Economic Impact of the epidemic has been over a 1000000 new benefit claims since the middle of march thats 8 times the normal number European Finance ministers are meeting for the 2nd time this week to try and overcome differences over a proposed economic rescue package they failed to reach a deal on wednesday with Member States divided over how to share the financial burden brought about 1 by the pandemic italy and spain are pushing for the e. U. To issue joint debts also known as corona bonds but germany and the netherlands once used an existing bailout mechanism with more conditions attached. More than 680. 00 people have died in spain in the past 24 hours thats fewer than the previous day the rise in new infections also slowing a total of more than 15000. 00 people have died since the outbreak began more than 150000 been infected spain is extending its state of emergency until april the 26th parliament is set to approve the move in the coming hours italy has suffered a higher toll than any other country with more than 17000 deaths speaking to our Prime Minister just pick on 3 said italy was not prepared for the extent of the outbreak the west of your main were talking about a National Health system among the best in the world we provide treatment all citizens of our resident 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 the world bank is warning Subsaharan Africa is set to fall into recession for the 1st time in 25 years because of a pandemic the continents 3 biggest economies are expected to bear the brunt angolas oil reliant economy had already been hard hit by the falling all prices as it struggles to recover from a 2014 recession south africa had to shut down its economy in response to the outbreak its Central Bank Says the direct impact of a 21 day long down has been a 2. 6 percent economic decline and the i. M. F. Is revised nigerias g. D. P. Growth rate for this year down to 2 percent after initially saying it would grow boy 2. 5 percent that made it greece is in nigerias capital abuja he says the impact on the west african economies is already showing. The Nigerian Government for example has cut down its forecast for this year and has also been forced because of the oil prices to revise this 2020 budget taking of more than 14 percent of the Budget Office simply because it doesnt have enough resources to Fund Government activities for this year and its the same thing in many west african countries the problem now is such that the recession will hit nigeria and many of african countries especially in west africa very hard simply because these are countries that have bought up so much in the past and there will be little to borrow from a lot of countries will be struggling after this pandemic to rebuild their audit kind of ease and they would be willing as they used to to loan this country a lot of funds or resources to help them with their economies now if you look at a country like nigeria for example where the growth rate has been reversed revised unemployment is mounting by the way and its expected that some Companies Either government or private will spike their workers in the coming months or in the coming year so the situation is so bad here that the government is struggling to deal with the problem government has already borrowed so much from from external boards and its looking to borrow more from International Bodies like the world bank and the International Monetary fund hundreds of millions of people in india have been told they Must Wear Masks when going out the order applies to people in the 2 biggest cities new delhi and mumbai as well as the most populous state of preservation is mosques in short supply worldwide the Health Ministry is giving instructions on how people can make their own india as there is 6000 cases of infection with at least 178 deaths. Well the current virus poses a major threat to vulnerable populations around the world but humanitarian agencies say restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of the disease are also making it increasingly difficult to deliver aid to those who need it most i have a jim jim reports. In syria the closure of schools because of the coronavirus pandemic is affecting far more than how children learn. Its also making it much harder for them to. We estimate that around 368000000 children around the world are at this moment not receiving school meals because their schools are closed. The u. N. World food program and other humanitarian groups are doing what they can to continue distributing food for the syrian children and their families in many cases these are the poorest families that really depend on the fact that their children are going to school but getting much needed supplies to vulnerable populations is posing a challenge travel restrictions and border closures are making it much harder to deliver aid while workers on the ground in refugee camps like a cooma in northern kenya are introducing new physical distancing measures to protect people against the spread of covert 19 and. In coxs bazaar bangladesh where around 1000000 Rohingya Refugees live physical distancing is nearly impossible humanitarian agencies however say they are trying their best in the delivery of the humanitarian assistance itself and we have to be very very careful and ensuring that we dont become part of the problem but at the same time that we are responding to peoples needs and hopefully preventing as much impact as possible in places like the camps in bangladesh where they are the most Vulnerable People in the world. Its not just the threat from covert 19 causing concern these humanitarian operations that are already happening before the covert 1000 outbreak need to continue there are people who desperately need that assistance and those operations are there for a very good reason because people depend on it. At a time of growing uncertainty for aid workers one thing is clear the obstacles they face in delivering help are already great they will likely become greater damage jersey or. New zealand has introduced tough border restrictions ordering all citizens arriving from overseas into foreseen days of government run quarantine the Prime Minister just cinder dern announced the lowest number of new cases in 3 weeks saying the lockdown measures are working foreigners were banned from entering on march the 20th the countrys been shut down for 2 weeks thousands of afghans stuck in pakistan have been returning home before the borders of closed again pakistan open the eastern thought home Border Crossing point on monday for 4 days the Afghan Government has set up a Quarantine Center close to the crossings to screen travelers for the virus that has the latest from islamabad. There were thousands of odd to chaos and pandemonium on the pakistan of one border door come at how the. Anxious to return to their country crush many running. After the Border Security force and one more day but to control the crowd how the end of those people have now already crossed into online if done it should be remembered that bucket on is the key in the ditch stick a supply route through of run it down that has been supporting the war effort and also sending supplies Food MachineryPetroleum Products to that country their trade between the 2 countries started over 2000000000. 00 but even today a day ago what a 1000000000. 00 now the pakistanis have opened their border on the request of the avalon government. Didnt they were stranded in pakistan after the outbreak of the pandemic which stunned more than it needs its we are grateful to pakistan for allowing us back to our own country on street on out of money and it was hard to live in here in uncertainty i started to say good wasnt it was so nice of pakistan i think open the border for us and if allowed us to return to afghanistan without the hassle of paperwork august on sending a gesture of goodwill methods through afghanistan. Be free to go across also interestingly the Foreign Office that pakistan will also be now opening guard border for movement of trade to go to. Truck on both side of the border from the 10th of april their driver and of course will be mandated to wear put Protection Equipment they were left drivers on the border the pakistani drivers went up to the border from where the driver is ready to take all that had also been agreed because of the desperate situation in afghanistan. Although pakistan has allowed the of one student on home the afghans on the other hand have not been allowed to plug a tiny. Dug in afghanistan to come back to iran and also throw that border because of the pandemic there and the real now be hoping that some sort of trade resume but it turned out to be understood that pakistan and home to the largest number of one refugee then you read in the words these are divided families tens of thousands of people travel both sides of the border to be able to keep in touch with each other one is on also need support and keeping the logistical supply lines open. For detentions who would come order to go to of one its done. Iraqs intelligence chief called to me is the latest to be asked to form a government after Prime Minister designate. Withdrew his candidacy earlier he had been till april 15th to form a cabinet but was mounting opposition from some parties to his candidacy simona faulty and has more from baghdad. Well most of them it was put forward as the new nominee for the Prime Minister designate by a number of parties in parliament they suggested to him as an of alternative to a hole in the past days appears to have lost support from many parties across the political spectrum including shia sunni and kurdish parties now most of the me is the intelligence chief at the moment he is somebody who has held various government positions over the past year so he is very much part of the political establishment and not exactly the change that many protesters have been asking for for months the question remains whether he will indeed be able to form a cabinet that will pass through parliament what we saw today when president barham salih appointed him as the new Prime Minister designate was that there were many leaders of Political Parties who were present at that meeting and thats something that we havent seen with past the point man so it seems at least for now that most of the me has widespread the Political Support from various Political Parties so it appears that he could perhaps form a new government but as weve seen over the past months things can change very quickly here in iraq so its entirely possible that over the next few weeks as codd to me is negotiating with these parties over what the new government will look like that support may in fact change. A hong kong causes ruled in favor of the government declared the band to wear masks during an authorized protest constitutional law was introduced last year in a bid to quell months of antigovernment rallies the latest ruling up held an earlier decision which says the power granted to Police Officers to remove mass was unconstitutional. And lets take you through some of the stories were following here on aljazeera new figures from the u. S. Reveals 6600000 people filed for Unemployment Benefits last week that means nearly 17000000 americans have lost their jobs in the past 3 weeks around one in 10 workers kimberly how it has more from washington d. C. 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. The saudi u. A. E. Coalition as we gather 2 weeks we unilaterally seems fire in yemen to prevent a corona Virus Outbreak feast folks person tells ill just heard they wont stop fighting unless the coalition lifts the siege on the country. 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 posing a siege i am and 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 your 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. The saudi leadership has gone into isolation because of corona virus the New York Times reports that is funny as 150 members of the saudi royal family have contracted covert 19 the paper says king salamander and the crown Prince Mohammed bin salomon are staying in an island palace near the city of jeddah the worlds top Oil Producers are meeting to discuss a carted output Video Conference is seeking ways to address a collapse in demand also on by the coronavirus and a price war between saudi arabia and russia the world bank is warning Subsaharan Africa is set to fall into recession for the 1st time in 25 years because of the pandemic the continents 3 biggest economies are expected to bear the brunt its the stream now stay with us. We understand the differences and similarities have cultures across the wound. So no matter what you see how does that bring you the kind of thing that matter to you. Ok and join the strain today a new novel about a mexican families migration to the u. S. Well look at why the book is striking a nerve with american latinos online. Ringback freelance journalist in mexico covering organized crime and Drug Trafficking and you are in the string. The book is called american and it tells the story of a middle class mexican woman and her 8 year old son who are suddenly forced to flee for their lives and seek refuge across the u. S. Border. All the music