Half a billion people could be pushed into poverty by coronavirus: Oxfam
- 4 years ago
On Tuesday, Oxfam said the fallout from coronavirus spread could push around half a billion people into poverty.
It says the economic crisis is deeper than the 2008 global financial crisis, adding that increases in global poverty could throw some countries back to levels of deprivation last seen some three decades ago.
It says the economic crisis is deeper than the 2008 global financial crisis, adding that increases in global poverty could throw some countries back to levels of deprivation last seen some three decades ago.