Grim employment and spending numbers have darkened the prospects for a speedy recovery in the U.S. as the economic devastation from the global coronavirus pandemic continues to spread.
meanwhile announced that the United States will end its support for the World Health Organization, charging it didn’t respond adequately to the pandemic because of China’s “total control” over the U.N. agency.
South Korea reported 39 new cases on Saturday, most of them in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area where officials have linked the infections to warehouse workers. Authorities have so far maintained the phased reopening of schools in the hope that the recent transmissions could be contained quickly.
The figures showed that consumers are unable or reluctant to spend, as wages and salaries — normally the key component of overall income — sank by an annualized $740 billion in April.The latest job-loss figures from the U.S. Labor Department brought to 41 million the running total of Americans who have filed for unemployment since shutdowns took hold in mid-March.
Russia’s government, meanwhile, presented updated coronavirus statistics to include deaths of those who tested positive for the virus but died of other causes. Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards is expected to announce Monday whether Louisiana will further ease restrictions when current emergency orders expire June 5.
In Missouri, officials said they were trying to notify “mass numbers of unknown people” after someone who attended crowded pool parties Memorial Day weekend at the Lake of the Ozarks tested positive for COVID-19. Video of the parties circulated widely online, with many people criticizing revelers for flouting social distancing guidelines.
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