WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States recorded its steepest job losses in history over the coronavirus pandemic as Europe, faced with rising deaths, moved to keep its borders shut for another month.
People walk past empty stores and restaurants closed due to impact of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Beverly Hills, California on May 8, 2020. An unprecedented 20.5 million jobs were destroyed in April in the world's largest economy, the biggest amount ever recorded, the Labor Department said in a report released Friday, the first to capture the impact of a full month of the lockdowns. / AFP / Mark RALSTON