3-million lost their jobs after first month of Covid-19 lockdown

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Employment has decreased substantially since the lockdown began in April and close to half of the population has experienced hunger at some point during the same period

between February and April report no household-level grant protection at all.and 1-in-7 reported that a child had gone hungry in the week before.

“That is, even though adults are reporting hunger, children are reported not to have gone hungry in the past seven days.”that almost all respondents who said they needed to see a health-care worker for a chronic condition in the past four weeks said they were able to do so. The survey also found that though 90% of respondents reported changing their behaviour in some way, only one in three are reporting implementing the most effective preventive measures.

 

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