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Been avoided were going to discuss that and more coming up all right its time to boost your news i q. As covert 1000 cases in the americas doubled just this past week the Pan American Health organization calls for protection and peace supplies for Health Care Workers at the frontlines paho is appealing for cooperation from the private sector in the form of some 94800000. 00 in donations now at least 51. 00 countries and territories in that region are now currently battling this pandemic so joining us now to discuss cooperation and assistance is dr. Hes the director of Health Emergencies at the Pan American Health Organization Dr they thank you so much for being with us so as of april 6th. Well skimming more than 384000 cases are now confirmed at least 51 countries across the region latest numbers double that amount of combat 1000 just in one week so what are the priorities for pa in terms of guidelines training medical personnel is that to access personal protective equipment and also
Other nonessential businesses to shut their doors a Record Number of people have filed for unemployment the Labor Department reported a staggering 10000000 people filing for Unemployment Insurance in just the past 2 weeks that means almost all the jobs that were gained in the last 5 years just vanished lets take a look at the most hard hit states the highest number of unemployment claims the files were coming in from california at 870000 over on this side in new york those claims total about 360000. 00 now economists believe that the end of this crisis is not anywhere near the at and as the numbers are expected to continue to climb its estimated that about 20000000. 00 people will lose their jobs in the coming weeks but there is an increasing concern about how its impacting low income and minority communities and whether it will lead to an even deeper divide between the haves and have nots so. More on this lets go to our tease Rachel Blevins she is live in the news room with more to th