More than 16 million US citizens have been left jobless over the past three weeks.
Hundreds of food banks have been set up around New York to provide three meals a day to the newly unemployed and struggling.
Volunteers at one centre in The Bronx told Sky News more and more people are coming"in waves", although some are worried to leave their apartments. A further 6.6 million Americans registered for unemployment benefits over the past seven days, taking the total jobless across the United StatesThe figure represents 10% of the entire workforce, a similar size to a small country, and economists predict it will significantly exceed the 15% jobless rate recorded during The Great Depression.One New Yorker, Jamie Evans, lost her job of twelve years last week.
We met Joshua Aviles searching for food after two days going without. Until a few days ago he had a job in a supermarket.
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