WASHINGTON, May 9 — The coronavirus pandemic triggered the steepest monthly loss of US jobs since the Great Depression, data showed on Friday, as a second White House aide was diagnosed with the respiratory infection, raising doubt that the highest levels of government are well protected. A day...
An unidentified valet places a glass of soda on US President Donald Trump’s desk as he engages in an interview with Reuters during the coronavirus disease response at the White House in Washington, UA, April 29, 2020. — Reuters pic
Concern over infection control in the White House heightened as the Labour Department reported US unemployment rose 14.7 per cent last month, up from 3.5 per cent in February and demonstrating the speed with which the economy collapsed after stay-at-home orders meant to curb the outbreak were imposed across most of the country.
Elderly individuals and people with underlying chronic health conditions have been the most vulnerable. Just as the pathogen itself has hit black and Hispanic Americans especially hard — they are overrepresented in the US death toll relative to their population size — minorities also have suffered greater job losses during the crisis.
Trump, seeking re-election in November, initially played down the threat posed by the coronavirus. He has given inconsistent messages about the expected length of the economic shutdown and the conditions under which states should reopen businesses.Katie Miller, press secretary for US Vice President Mike Pence, speaks to White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow before the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, US March 10, 2020.
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