‘Immediate danger’: Half of world’s workforce could lose livelihood due to Covid-19, UN agency warns

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned that around half of the world’s workforce, or 1.6 billion workers, are at imminent risk of losing their livelihood because of the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. … Read More >‘Immediate danger’: Half of world’s workforce could lose livelihood due to Covid-19, UN agency warns

Covid-19 was already ‘silently circulating’ in France before virus arrived from China & Italy – study

The outbreak of the coronavirus in France has little to do with cases imported from China or Italy, as another strain of the disease of unknown origin had already been infecting people in the country, research claims. … Read More >Covid-19 was already ‘silently circulating’ in France before virus arrived from China & Italy – study

Care Homes and COVID-19: UK Social Care Sector Isn’t Getting Support It Requires, Insider Warns

Social care currently looks after 400,000 people in care and nursing homes throughout the United Kingdom, which is “three times the number in NHS hospital beds”, according industry representative Mike Padgham. He also says the sector takes care of an additional 640,000 people “in their own homes” and “employs 1.5 million people”. … Read More >Care Homes and COVID-19: UK Social Care Sector Isn’t Getting Support It Requires, Insider Warns