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In the United States, the shocking numbers of 10 million people lost their jobs in two weeks in the wake of Corona19 were reported. In order to prevent an explosion of infection, the US government has virtually ordered home evacuation across the country.

Washington Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung reports.

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The number of new jobless claims in the fourth week of March was even more shocking.

The third highest claim in March was 3.3 million, but the fourth week doubled to 6.66 million.

It is the story of 10 million people lost their jobs in the two weeks of Corona 19 in the United States.

[Jade Brooks / Boston Citizen: I am most afraid that my mother will be homeless because she is unemployed and unable to pay rent.]

The US Department of Labor has broken the record for the second consecutive week since 1967, when statistics were compiled, ten times more than in the financial crisis.

In the United States, more than 230,000 people were infected with Corona19 and 5,000 were dead.

As orders to evacuate homes to prevent the boom in infections expanded, 96% of the US population, or 315 million people, was targeted.

This means you can't go outside your home except for the essential activities of buying food, medicine, and more.

The City of Los Angeles recommended wearing a mask when going out.

[Eleg Gasseti / Los Angeles Mayor: Masking the face is effective only in parallel with physical distance.]

In the wake of Corona 19, the Democratic National Convention, which elected a presidential candidate to face Trump, was also postponed for a month in August.