Troubling data show how the pandemic has exacted an unequal toll, pushing tens of millions into poverty and having the greatest effects on already-disadvantaged groups.
The shock waves of the COVID-19 pandemic have reverberated throughout the world. But the latest data reveal that the burden of COVID and its aftermath does not rest equally.details how the pandemic has worsened existing inequalities and exposed others in terms of income, health, safety and more.The past two years have been particularly challenging for the world’s poorest people, and this is just the beginning.
Researchers estimate that in 2021, the average incomes of people in the bottom 20% of earners were 6.7% lower than projected before the pandemic.Earners in the third quintile saw greater recovery, making only 5.1% less than they would have without the pandemic.And the highest 20% of earners are doing best of all, making only 2.6% less than they would have without the pandemic.
At the peak of the first wave of COVID-19, between March and July 2020, the death rate in areas of England that scored highest for deprivation was double that of the least-deprived regions. Similar degrees of disparity were seen for some other conditions.
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