South africa as a reserve forces are deployed to enforce its lockdown this cape town reports are winds of looting. And the lockdown forces writers and bookstores to find a new way to celebrate stories on world books say. Hello new figures released in the u. S. Paint a picture of an economy devastated by the coronavirus in just 5 weeks all the jobs created since the end of the 2009 recession have been wiped out so here are the numbers last week another 4400000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits this is the 3rd week the number of new claims has declined so a sign the worst of the shock may be over but it does mean a record 26400000. 00 americans have lost their jobs since the end of march when lockdowns shut down production and led to mass staff furloughs thats more than 15 percent of the u. S. Workforce meanwhile members of the u. S. House of representatives representatives have returned to washington where theyre expected to pass a 484000000000. 00 relief bill to Fund Small Busi