7 hours agoUN: Pandemia could create 45 million poor in Latin America
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)COVID-19's pandemic could push into poverty 45 million people who currently figure in the middle class -- in Latin America and the Caribbean -- warned the UN today. “in a context of already visible inequality, high working levels informal and fragmentation of health services, more vulnerable populations and individuals are once more [...]
“in a context of already visible inequality, high informal working levels and fragmentation of health services, most vulnerable populations and individuals are once again the most affected”, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a statement.
The United Nations expects poverty levels to rise by 7% in 2020, an increase of 45 million, for a total of 230 million poverty, representing 37.2% of the population living in Latin America and the Caribbean.
According to the organisation, the economic impact will be increasingly devastating, while pandemic is affecting the region, which has seen seven years of slow growth and deep inequality continues, with millions of people without medical coverage or drinking water. / AT S-AFP/
