A deal to cut production iran says its exempt from the agreement along with libya and venezuela. A 2 week cease fire comes into effect in yemen but the heathy say they wont stop fighting while the country is still under siege. And hundreds of millions of children desperately needing food we look at the difficulties for aid agencies during the coronavirus crisis. So that the damage to the worlds biggest economy from the current of our shutdown is really hitting home in the past week another 6600000 people in the United States have joined the jobless queue and that means nearly 17000000 americans have now filed for Unemployment Benefits in just 3 weeks that figure is around one in 10 workers White House Correspondent can be help it says there are fears the figures could be even worse. Nothing like this scene in modern history and it is expected to be more because heres the reality the states unemployment offices are overwhelmed they cannot keep up with the processing of claims so weve had 3 consecutive weeks 17000000 in the United States filing for unemployment but the number is expected to continue to climb for many weeks in fact its projected to be more in the neighborhood of around 46000000 americans who overnight as a result of this shutdown and social distancing lost their jobs and were seeing this all across every economic sector whether its factories whether its Office Workers even the Health Care Sector because theres been a pivoting of priority in terms of dealing with covert night Team Patients and that means that other people have specialties in other areas may be dental elective surgery all of that has been canceled so they follow selves out of work and theyve also in many cases found themselves losing their Health Insurance because in the United States its an employer based plans this is typically people get their Health Insurance through their employers losing their jobs means that is now in jeopardy well lets take a closer look at how people are being affected by this Economic News as a result of the pandemic shortly on we got to get reports from florida where an ally of president double trump is facing criticism for not implementing stayed home as soon as the 1st lets hear from john hendren who explains from detroits why americas most a city has rapidly accelerating cases. Detroit famed for its reduced to rags to riches story is reeling. 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 faith has 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. Bracing for impact in a peaking coronavirus cases expected next month florida is preparing for what could be a brutal onslaught almost a quarter of the states population is over the age of 60 placing millions of its residents in the high risk category many of floridas iconic destinations and now deserted but the statewide order to stay at home came long after other states already enacted similar measures during the almost 2 week debate on whether to issue the order the number of coronavirus cases here rocketed on april the 1st one month after the states 1st confirmed case the order finally came given the unique situation in florida and im going to be doing an executive order d today directing all floridians to limit movements and personal interactions outside the home critics of dissenters who was initially worried about the impact on the economy say its too little too late supporters of the republican governor say was a measured step by step approach on march the 23rd governor decentest rejected the idea of a lockdown by the time he gave the order at the beginning of april the number of cases here that increased 5 fold that delicate balancing act between saving jobs and saving lives is one many governors and now facing whether the delay here led to the loss of life is a debate for the future and a highly politicized one its also a stark example of the life and death decisions leaders and now having to make dissenters has been criticized for excluding religious gatherings from his order tampa Mega Church PastorRodney Howard brown was arrested over defying Public Health orders the arrest warrant being signed by dissenters critic Andrew Warren well social distancing is the only arrow we have quiver is the one thing we can do right now to actually fly current and we know that it works we want to do it in a responsible but aggressive in a way and so the next several signals were getting out of tallahassee on your minds that process. Health experts say hospitals in florida will be strained by the summer as the death toll rises but politics should be put aside for now we will come out the best but we need to come as in nation. Orcus. And be ready for the 2nd wave and be ready for it but the. Florida faces some unique issues as cruise ships with sick passengers dont crops rot in the field and unemployment lines grow but the focus now is on saving lives and gallacher aljazeera Miami Florida well lets take another look at those latest jobless figures in the United States and more people have lost their jobs in the last 3 weeks than jurong the Global Financial crisis and subsequent recession the u. S. Unemployment rate this month could hit 15 percent and thats a number last seen at the tail end of the great depression. As staggering figures speak to kate brown whos the director of labor market policy and an economist at the Washington Center for equitable growth joins us now on skype from washington d. C. And kate as i say startling figures we havent seen the likes of these since the 2nd world war. Yeah thats correct and this is also a unique circumstance because its 1st and foremost a Public Health crisis that has led us to induce an economic downturn that is quicker and deeper than anything weve seen in our lifetimes as you noted weve that over 60000000 workers have applied for Employment Benefits that in the past 3 weeks alone just a Staggering Number and my colleague plenty of psalm at the Washington Center for Economic Growth estimates estimates that her employment rate as at the end of last week is probably 14 percent which is higher than max monday in the Great Recession of 10 percent so thats now thats just 3 weeks and what about by the end of this pandemic where are we going to be then. There are you know a wide range of estimates from model economists the overarching theme and what we knows so far is that it really depends on the Public Health crisis and how well we can successfully limit the impact of a Public Health crisis there are 4 costs of up to 40000000 job losses but job losses on this level alone at 17000000 this quickly what effect will this have on the u. S. Economy this is we know we are already in a recession that is sort of what our best guess is that we are currently in a recession and what is most troubling about this for the u. S. Economy is that is that the workers who are losing the most jobs are those who are already low wage workers are the last access to that type of Workplace Benefits like paid sick leave that help manage this process we havent been at that social safety net that they cant get access to so whats really troubling to me as an economist looking at this is that workers who are already in the curious positions who couldnt belt out the financial cushion to weather this crisis are those who are being hardest hit right now right and of course all nations the world to soften their own economic problems from this crisis but when the worlds biggest economy is struggling like this what is the Global Impact of that well have to wait and see i think it sort of depends on how quickly they can again contain the Public Health crisis and what to the policy measures are put into place to try to keep the economy at a sort of stable level its almost like an induced coma want to keep the economy stable we want to make sure that people are getting some sort of income through benefits so that they can maintain their current levels of consumption keep paying rent or keep maintaining their current lifestyle on so that we can sort of he thinks that he right now that so that once the Public Health crisis is addressed we can sort of pick back up where we left off in a ideal scenario yeah and when one side is address once that Public Health crisis is addressed in the pun demick is over just how quickly can the nation like the United States recover from Something Like this. The estimates range and i think whats also really important to look at to is it really depends where you are on the Income Distribution i think for a lot of workers particularly those of us like me who are lucky to be able to work from home we can pick up a few what would a homicide policy to be shaped downturn so that you can write that and go continue on your trajectory back up but will you want to watch out for is that workers who are more vulnerable going into the recession could face really long term consequences we know from the Great Recession that if you started off the same much starker a downturn consequences as a worker it could take you up to 10 years to make up their lost income and so i think we really want to make sure that were looking at those most marginalised workers particularly workers of color who will using the most and make sure that were helping those workers and their recovery because they may face a really long term consequences if we dont have adequate relief for that now and stimulus Going Forward and we appreciate your perspective on this thanks very much indeed thats quite bond economist thank you if the you matt. Well oil is one industry that supports millions of jobs in the United States and the pandemic has caused a global collapse of course in demand the sector had already been suffering because of a price war between saudi arabia and russia a major Oil Producing nations and the allies have been holding an emergency meeting to try and end the crisis and theres now a glut of about 35000000 barrels a day and thats the same amount produced by the United States russia and saudi arabia combined and the us president told trump he was asked to pick and its partners including russia to cut up to 15000000. 00 barrels a day but there is still be too much oil and some want the u. S. And canada to cut back as well and analysts warn prices could fall to 10. 00 a barrel that figure if the instability continues well in the last half hour weve been getting reports quoting the Iranian Oil Minister saying that iran venezuela and libya will be exempt from any production cuts lets bring in our economics said its a bit early i mean does it say that were seeing some developments what more do we know at this point. So we guess we had the radio and minister speaking and hes suggesting that. The opec 1st group is now looking at between 10. 00 to 11000000. 00 barrels of production cuts a day and some of those will be fed into the future and now theyre also depending. On the United States and other nations to step forward as well and introduce cuts of about 5000000. 00 barrels a day as well so in total we could be looking in excess of 15000000. 00 barrels a day now it seems like a lot but as you just went through those numbers you can highlight if the big elephant in the room because production is down by about 35000000 barrels a day sort of demand is down by 35000000 barrels a day and so you know it will take a long time for these production cuts to come through and have a real impact on that Oil Supply Glut that they reason at that at the present moment now whether there is a natural thing it will all depends on what the United States tomorrow when the g. 20 meeting takes place or ministers from the g 20 will be having a discussion on Conference Call as final and just like the opec. Members are having now on a Conference Call because you know they cant fly out to meet each other because of that and and it will be seen whether the United States is willing to do us any more production based as the President Trump has already said later to do 2000000 barrels but thats the natural loss in production because as that Oil Companies wind down some going out of business because they have money and they need oil prices up about 40. 00 a barrel were currently at 5. 00 a barrel but the other thing is that right that workers and saudi arabia well the last 3 years have been worried really upset about the you. Yes not contribute to get you think and shout produce is really writing on the. Cuts so that they they say that the u. S. Has been benefiting from from. High oil prices while they have been had to cut their production and this time around they really want us to step in and join and join the production process and how important is it for the Global Economy as a whole for oil prices to rise well for our jobs perspective very very important in the sense that it keeps those particular Oil Companies going it make sure that certain for instance in the United States where they report is 17000000 jobs lost its over the last 3 weeks alone. 10000000000 jobs are tied to the oil industry especially in the shale industry and really they could do with the Higher Oil Prices are. But when you look at the ellipse side you really want to see any level or a price it because youre right its very American Time so you want Lower Oil Prices did help the Global Economy through this a fair bit difficult to really thank difficult state and that unlike you that likely to happen for some time because i think imagine that that huge right amount of the oil prices were off the remains around 40. 00 a barrel maybe 50. 00 for the for the rest of the year there isnt much profit but theyre pretty right you know i think that most people would be rather happy with that but you got a place like nigeria. Or but you know arent you rich because the oil really need High Oil Prices to balance their budget yeah its all very crucial stuff ive made personally that thanks very much put us in the picture there a bit early to this from london. On to yemen yemens who the rebels have told al jazeera they wont stop fighting while the country is under siege the Spokesman Says they have been continued land attacks and strikes and thats despite an announcement from the saudi u. A. E. Military coalition of a 2 week unilateral ceasefire and they say it is to prevent a current of our break as laura but mainly now reports. By home in military operations in yemen. But in the days and even hours since will cease fire came into effect all too familiar scenes of violence across the country injured people taken to hospital after hutu happens shelled the port city of had 8 or more injuries to intense of the heavy shelling the who thing say