The WHO has said half of Europe's COVID-19 deaths have occurred in aged care homes, while Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has purchased millions of doses of hydroxychloroquine.
applied for US unemployment benefits last week as job cuts escalated across an economy that remains all but shut down, the Government said on Thursday [local time].have now filed for jobless aid in the five weeks since the coronavirus outbreak began forcing millions of employers to close their doors.have lost their jobs in the past five weeks, by far the worst string of layoffs on record.
Economists have forecast that the unemployment rate for April could goThe enormous magnitude of job cuts has plunged the US economy into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Some economists say the nation's output couldThe economic consequences of the virus-related shutdowns have sparked angry protests in several state capitals from crowds insisting that businesses be allowed to reopen.
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