Cash injection urged to help poor fight COVID-19 during vaccine wait
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation More than 80 per cent of people in some developing countries have lost income due to COVID-19, economists said on Friday, warning that soaring poverty could hamper efforts to control the disease in nations where mass inoculation may be a long way off. Without emergency assistance, people desperate to feed their […]
COVID-19 pandemic plunges working world into crisis – ILO
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Global leaders called for a comprehensive approach to counter the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, which International Labour Organization chief Guy Ryder said on Wednesday had plunged the world of work into “unprecedented crisis”. “Let’s be clear: it’s not a choice between health or jobs and the economy. They are interlinked: we will […]