COVID-19 and Livelihood Loss

The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown have affected us all but, as in most things, not equally. A huge casualty is people’s livelihoods. Those already vulnerable, relying merely on what they make in a day, are just so much more badly hit than many of us. A good number have lost jobs and livelihoods, some temporarily, others permanently. And those unemployed before this crisis now face even more dismal prospects with the economy shrinking.