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Pandemic Stress

As my job has reduced my hours since this pandemic began, and I find myself not being able to qualify for unemployment, I am very stressed out. I find that my money issues are becoming tighter and tighter and I can’t do anything about it because my job has acquired no knowledge of when we will be going back to normal hours. On top of this, they have hired a new person, to help on weekends since we have become super busy. I work at a local donut shop, family owned. It is getting harder and harder for me to find the courage to stay at this job because I am not getting the hours I need to pay my bills and provide for myself. My significant other however, is making an extreme amount of money and is working full time again (an auto mechanic). My issue however is, I cannot ask him for money to pay for my bills, because whats mine is mine, and whats his is his. I have thoughts about finding a new job, however, I’m afraid of where I would go and what I would be exposing myself to, because my coworkers have been isolating themselves just as much as I have. I am so afraid of getting said Coronavirus in fear that it would cause severe damage to my body, or even result in death. I am trapped and have no idea what I should do going forward.