And those who have been at their workplaces have faced greater health risks than those who have been able to plug into the Zoom economy. Of course, there are the mandatory exceptions—of people losing income in sectors that can shift online and vice versa. Meanwhile, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy said this week that 7.35 million Indians lost jobs in April, as the virus re-emerged to wreak havoc on the health system. Sergei Soares, Florence Bonnet and Janine Berg used household and labour force surveys in 31 countries to arrive at these estimates. In advanced economies such as the US, Germany and Singapore, 40% of workers can do their work from home.

Source: Mint May 04, 2021 18:48 UTC