2.7B People Go Without State-Supported Social Protections During Pandemic, Oxfam Report Says
Al Jazeera: 2.7 billion people did not get state aid during pandemic: Oxfam
“The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures to contain it have hit millions of people hard, with poverty set to increase sharply in almost every country for the first time in decades unless action is taken now, according to a new report by Oxfam. Hundreds of millions of people have lost their jobs and income, and 2.7 billion people have not received any public financial support to deal with the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Oxfam said in the report published on Tuesday…” (12/15).
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