takeover situation and that's what if situation is really what's worrying tons investors right now josie delaney their force in frankfurt over to the us nowhere nearly 2 and a half 1000000 people plied for unemployment benefits last week as part of the latest wave of layoffs due to the pandemic the u.s. labor department says over 38 and a half 1000000 people have now now filed for jobless aid since the coronavirus forced millions of businesses to close their doors with scale down operations another 2000000 people have sought aid under a new program for self employed contractors and good workers who are now eligible for assistance for the 1st time. in the school our financial correspondent in new york yen scored a. whopping 39000000 people now out of work in the u.s. what's the mood like among normal americans are they optimistic or pessimistic about the future. well i'm not certain if i would necessarily call it optimism but at least there is some hope that most all told the job losses are temporary that survey recently and 90 percent of people who lost their jobs have belief that they will retu

to be unlawful for years it's likely that they will have to have more permanent restructuring josie delaney for us in frankfurt thanks very much for that. so you look now some today's coronavirus developments the number of infections worldwide now passing 5000000 d.w.a. joe says 106000 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours that's the most in the single day since the outbreak began the chinese city of the epicenter has issued a total ban on hunting breeding and eating wild animals research indicates the virus most likely spread from animals to humans through those practices and the european union's virus response chief says the e.u. has to prepare for a 2nd wave and yet is that it was not a question of if but when that would occur or germany is tightening regulations for its meat industry that after covert flare ups and slaughter houses the government today agreed to a draft law that would force me plans to stop are foreigners on short term contracts that move is in response to accusations that eastern european workers were being exploited to keep the price of meat low. in germany mea