Thailand: Coronavirus Causes Increased Poverty And Suicides
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By: Carol Isoux
In Thailand, containment measures and the closing of borders have resulted in the collapse of the tourism sector which officially represented up to 15% of GDP, unofficially much more including the informal sector. Today in the big cities, thousands of families, deprived of all income, now depend on food aid to survive. Report in Bangkok.
- Thailand
- Poverty
- Coronavirus
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