US-based polling company Gallup, which surveyed 300,000 people across 117 countries, found that half of those with jobs earned less because of COVID-19 pandemic disruptions. A study by the international charity Oxfam on Thursday said the pandemic had cost women around the world $800 billion in lost income. The Gallup poll found that more than half of those surveyed said they temporarily stopped working at their job or business - translating to about 1.7 billion adults globally. Fewer than one in 10 of those who had jobs in Austria, Switzerland and Germany said they had stopped working temporarily. The poll also showed that one in three people surveyed lost their job or business due to the pandemic - translating into just over one billion people globally.

Source: Standard Digital May 03, 2021 06:56 UTC