Thailand: Coronavirus Causes Increased Poverty And Suicides

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People line up to receive free food in Bangkok, a tourist country hard hit economically by the coronavirus. REUTERS / Athit Perawongmetha

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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