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COVID-19 having 'disproportionate' impact on young workers, warns ILO
More than one in six young people have been forced to stop working since the pandemic began, the UN's International Labour Organisation has highlighted, warning it "make it much more difficult to rebuild a better, post-COVID economy".
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Italy
Euroviews. In Italy and further afield, pollution and poverty have played a part in worsening COVID-19 ǀ View
There are important clues in the patterns the disease is leaving that tell us quite a bit about what conditions can hasten its spread and worsen its lethality. So far, the areas where the most people are dying of the disease have been densely populated urban zones in China, Iran and northern Italy.
Hungary
Euroviews. Zoltán Kovács: Hungary’s criticised Coronavirus Protection Act has saved thousands of lives ǀ View
The virus is still with us, of course, and the fight goes on. But as we look back over the last several difficult weeks, we recall how critics claimed that this law hailed the end of democracy in our country. In fact, more Hungarians are alive today because of it.
Europe News
EU countries split over size and conditions for coronavirus recovery
As the European Commission prepares to announce its recovery fund and new EU budget to help the economy rebound from the pandemic, the 'frugal four' have called for Brussels to be 'realistic' on the size and conditions for funding.