Covid-19 jobs: Francisco, Mexican farm worker in Californian fields

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At the El Centro border post in California, Francisco Pancho, a Mexican worker, picker of melons and watermelons in Californian fields, protects himself from the Covid as best he can. RFI / Eric de Salve

By: Eric de Salve Follow

California is one of the states most affected by the coronavirus in the United States. Mainly affected by the pandemic, the Latinos and especially the hundreds of thousands of workers who collect the crops in the often unprotected fields. Report in Imperial County, the poorest and most Latino region in California on the Mexican border, where the Covid-19 figures are the highest.

  • Coronavirus
  • United States
  • Mexico
  • Employment and Work

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