The United States reported 5.2 million unemployment claims last week, taking the monthly total to about 22 million - with one in seven Americans now out of work.
All businesses classed as non-essential have closed in almost every state as part of lockdown measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Economists have predicted the unemployment rate could reach 20 per cent in April which would be the highest rate since The Great Depression. Image: AP
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