Covid-19 to wipe out equivalent of 195m jobs, says UN agency
UN Labour body expects 6.7% of working hours to be wiped out globally in second quarter
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The disruption to the world’s economies caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to wipe out 6.7% of working hours globally in the second quarter of this year – the equivalent of 195 million jobs worldwide, according to the UN’s labour body.
More than four fifths of workers globally live in countries affected by full or partial lockdown measures, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a report on Tuesday.
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