A wave of criticism there. And with south africa in the middle of a 3 week lockdown we hear from a johannesburg resident about how people are cared. About Peter Simmons with the sport of argentina instructed carlos tevez has cooled and his father football is to open up their wallets and help during the current coronavirus crisis. Now the economic devastation caused by the current of our us outbreak is becoming clear what the United States once again announcing skyrocketing rates of unemployment a record 6600000. 00 people have now applied for Unemployment Benefits thats 3000000 more than last week its a similar story in spain strict quarantine measures that have now led to 800000 jobs being lost in march 3 point 5000000 people are now without work and the race of people applying for benefits in the United Kingdom is 10 times the normal almost a 1000000 people have claimed universal credit in the past 2 weeks despite a stimulus thats meant to prevent layoffs. Welcome to how katrines us
Not follow the city stay at home order. She would have to close city parks to help combat the coronavirus outbreak mare bring said the city has also hired 82 nurses over the weekend to help in the outbreak in addition, she said the private sector has stepped up to help provide protective gear for frontline workers, including masks, gowns and gloves, but the mayor urged saffron sisters, san franciscans to continue to take social distancing seriously. The folks who are. Out on the streets socializing in coming together and not taking this social distancing. Requirements seriously you are putting lives at stake, your putting Public Health in jeopardy. To help those who cannot practice self quarantine such as residents of longterm care facilities or people in the Homeless Population San Franciscos Human Services agency is working with the Hotel Council to secure available rooms in fact 320 rooms are expected to be available by the end of the night tonight with hundreds more needed in the c
Announcement was met with some confusion and also some disappointment but we got a clarification tonight from the states Parks Department saying that not all of the states parks parking lots are closed. Its about 3 dozen of them and most of them are in the bay area in an effort to flatten the curve a California State Parks governor Gavin Newsome says its time for soft closures he announced monday Effective Immediately that 36 of the states 280 parks will be closed to vehicular traffic. It breaks my heart but i understand the reasons. We know a guy ive been wondering how long it would last that were still able to access the stuff, rock climber adam sandler says for the most part hes seen people on the trails of Mount Diablo State Park practicing social distancing right now the East Bay Park does not fall under this closure ambler says thats a good thing because the outdoors have been helpful for leaving his anxiety over the pandemic it today in a church is always good for the soul and t
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
What all the financial and psychological costs of the coronavirus on damage to the sporting world the olympics is the latest major event to be postponed or canceled what will be the impact on athletes found on businesses this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. 3 a limpid games have been cancelled in the past because of the 2 world wars but this year is the 1st time the event has ever been postponed their coronavirus pandemic made it impossible to hold the olympics and paralympics in tokyo this summer australia and canada said they wouldnt send teams to japan because of the risk to health some qualifying events have already been cancelled and Global Travel bans made it nearly impossible for athletes and fans to plan flights the games organizers promise the worlds biggest sporting event will take place before summer next year as a symbol of triumph over the virus the delay will cost the japanese government businesses and sponsors billions of dollars and that the. Less i t