COVID-19 lockdowns have cost 1.6 million Australians their incomes, ABS survey shows
4 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 lockdowns have cost 1.6 million Australians their incomes, ABS survey shows

ABC  

Around 8 per cent of adult Australians, or more than 1.6 million people, appear to have lost their incomes in the first week of the total COVID-19 lockdown, according to early official estimates. Key points: The survey is based on the first week of the current tough coronavirus restrictions Official unemployment figures released last week which showed little change were from before strict social-distancing measures came into force The new survey shows an estimated 12.5 per cent of Australians in work in early March no longer were by the first week in April While last week's official jobs numbers showed little increase in unemployment, the survey that they were based on was taken in mid-March, before hundreds of thousands of people were forced out of work by the closure of dine-in eating, pubs, clubs and tight restrictions on people leaving home. In the first week of April, just 56 per cent of respondents were working paid hours, versus 64 per cent in early March before the current restrictions entered force. The ABS said that 12 per cent of people still in a job worked longer hours than usual in the first week of April due to COVID-19, although twice that number worked fewer hours due to the pandemic.

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Benefits of original Covid lockdown were 'a drop in the bucket compared to the costs'
1 year, 7 months ago

Benefits of original Covid lockdown were 'a drop in the bucket compared to the costs'

Daily Mail  

Draconian lockdown measures taken to stop the spread of Covid in early 2020 may have saved as few as 1,700 lives, analysis suggests. A report suggests specific initiatives to control the spread of Covid had mixed results in reducing mortality, with mask mandates having the biggest impact while measures such as limiting gatherings paradoxically raised death rates Vaccines — considered …

Lockdown effects feared to be killing more people than Covid
2 years, 4 months ago

Lockdown effects feared to be killing more people than Covid

The Telegraph  

The effects of lockdown may now be killing more people than are dying of Covid, official statistics suggest. Figures for excess deaths from the Office for National Statistics show that around 1,000 more people than usual are currently dying each week from conditions other than the virus. The British Heart Foundation said it was “deeply concerned” by the findings, while …

Australians admit they kept showing up to work despite having Covid-19 symptoms
2 years, 7 months ago

Australians admit they kept showing up to work despite having Covid-19 symptoms

Daily Mail  

About 20 per cent of Australians admit they risked working while having Covid-19 symptoms to make ends meet. Around 20 per cent of Australians admit they risked working while having Covid-19 symptoms in order to make ends meet. stock image The Australia Institute's Centre for Future Work director Jim Stanford said millions of workers had either used up their paid …

Australians are spending as though they are in COVID-19 lockdowns, data from ANZ Bank suggests
3 years ago

Australians are spending as though they are in COVID-19 lockdowns, data from ANZ Bank suggests

ABC  

No state or territory around the country is in lockdown, but the economic data coming through now indicates millions of Australians are behaving as if a nation-wide lockdown is in place. Key points: ANZ data shows that spending has been at its lowest level since the Delta COVID lockdowns Caution about being out in public and staff shortages has also …

Australia's economic decline smaller than feared during latest east coast COVID lockdowns
3 years, 1 month ago

Australia's economic decline smaller than feared during latest east coast COVID lockdowns

ABC  

Australia's economy has recorded its third-biggest fall on record, as COVID lockdowns shut economic activity across the mainland's south-east. Key points: Australia's GDP fell 1.9 per cent in the September quarter, but economists had expected a 2.7 per cent slide A 4.8 per cent slump in household spending led the drop, due to lockdowns across the south-east Household saving rose …

Most of us will recover our mental health after lockdown, but some will find it harder to bounce back
3 years, 3 months ago

Most of us will recover our mental health after lockdown, but some will find it harder to bounce back

Firstpost  

Adults noted COVID-19 restrictions and isolation measures led to loneliness, loss and disconnection. Participants experienced this isolation across their various social roles Australians’ mental health has tended to decline during COVID-19 lockdowns. Rather than fear of infection, Australians described how the pandemic “pressurised” personal triggers for poor mental health by worsening financial stress and reducing social support. Increased unemployment and …

Delta variant tempts us to trade lives for freedom, a COVID-19 choice we didn't anticipate
3 years, 3 months ago

Delta variant tempts us to trade lives for freedom, a COVID-19 choice we didn't anticipate

ABC  

Last year COVID-19 seemed simple. Last year Australia recorded fewer than normal doctor-certified deaths, in part because the COVID restrictions stopped deaths from influenza, and in part because they snuffed out COVID-19 early, ensuring hospitals weren't overwhelmed. COVID restrictions stopped deaths from influenza last year and stopping COVID-19 spread early ensured hospitals weren't overwhelmed. While last year's lockdowns didn't do …

Australian economic growth better than expected as nation's GDP returns from COVID recession, but lockdowns bite
3 years, 4 months ago

Australian economic growth better than expected as nation's GDP returns from COVID recession, but lockdowns bite

ABC  

Australia's economy bounced back from the COVID recession, with national growth rising 9.6 per cent over the year to June. The nation's economy rose 0.7 per cent in the June quarter, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics data, compared with a 1.9 per cent increase in the first three months of the year. Impact of lockdowns will show in September …

In COVID lockdown record numbers are turning to Lifeline, these are the people picking up the call
3 years, 4 months ago

In COVID lockdown record numbers are turning to Lifeline, these are the people picking up the call

ABC  

The volunteers manning Lifeline's crisis hotline have noticed an interesting trend — an increase in first-time callers who say they've never felt the need to use the service before. "It's people who never thought they would be in a position where they would need to access Lifeline for support," Liz, 57, says. "I can be anywhere and Lifeline's name will …

Do sudden, sharp lockdowns help to control the Delta COVID-19 variant?
3 years, 5 months ago

Do sudden, sharp lockdowns help to control the Delta COVID-19 variant?

ABC  

As Victoria and South Australia emerge from snap lockdowns this morning, the country's lived experience seems to indicate fast, hard lockdowns are the only effective tool to stop the highly-infectious Delta coronavirus variant spreading while we wait for our population to be vaccinated. Key points: States that lockdown within two days of transmission can lift restrictions sooner, data shows Delay …

Lockdown returns in Australia’s Melbourne due to growing Covid clusters
3 years, 5 months ago

Lockdown returns in Australia’s Melbourne due to growing Covid clusters

India TV News  

Amid concern over rising Covid cases in Australia, country's largest city Melbourne has been put under 5-day strict lockdown, starting tonight. Melbourne’s fifth lockdown of the pandemic will apply across Victoria state, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said on Thursday. A three-week lockdown of Sydney and surrounding communities in New South Wales state had been due to end on Friday. Health …

Sydney's COVID-19 outbreak may cost Australia $7 billion, Cue boss urges harder lockdown
3 years, 5 months ago

Sydney's COVID-19 outbreak may cost Australia $7 billion, Cue boss urges harder lockdown

ABC  

While many retailers are bemoaning Greater Sydney's extended lockdown, some are calling for tougher restrictions to help control the outbreak more quickly as the economic damage quickly mounts. "My estimate is that it’s costing the NSW economy, and therefore by definition the national economy, about $1 billion a week," AMP Capital's chief economist Shane Oliver said. He also said the …

COVID-19 support payments increased for Greater Sydney amid likely protracted lockdown
3 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 support payments increased for Greater Sydney amid likely protracted lockdown

ABC  

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced an increase to the emergency disaster payment from $325 to $375 for people who have lost up to 20 hours of work, and from $500 to $600 for people who have lost more than 20 hours of work due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney. Key points: Emergency COVID-19 payments to affected workers will …

Re-employment still a challenge for those who lost jobs in COVID-19 first wave
3 years, 6 months ago

Re-employment still a challenge for those who lost jobs in COVID-19 first wave

The Hindu  

As many as 40% of people who had lost their jobs over April or May 2020 after the COVID-19 pandemic hit India, had been unable to find a paying job even ten months after the national lockdown began, with the problem most acute for younger workers in urban India, as per a new survey-based report. On an average, people who …

Casual workers again the forgotten faces of Australia's latest COVID lockdowns
3 years, 6 months ago

Casual workers again the forgotten faces of Australia's latest COVID lockdowns

ABC  

As almost half of Australia battles through a lockdown, hundreds of thousands of casual workers without leave entitlements are facing an uncertain and anxious future. Key points: Hundreds of thousands of casual workers have been left without pay Federal government assistance for workers does not kick in until they've been locked down for a week Unions say all workers deserve …

Unemployment is back near pre-pandemic levels. A CBA economist says missing foreign workers are one reason why
3 years, 6 months ago

Unemployment is back near pre-pandemic levels. A CBA economist says missing foreign workers are one reason why

ABC  

We know employment in Australia has rebounded strongly from the recession. He says the monthly labour force data is excluding a vital element of Australia's labour force: foreign workers who've been working in Australia for less than 12 months. He says short-term foreign workers, as a share of total workers, has been fairly stable for the last 20 years, sitting …

Covid-19: How 2nd wave has impacted jobs, household incomes
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19: How 2nd wave has impacted jobs, household incomes

India Today  

The second wave of Covid-19 has severely impacted household incomes and jobs as local lockdowns remain imposed in most states. Over 10 million Indians have lost their jobs because of the second wave of Covid-19, and around 97 per cent of households have faced income loss since the beginning of the pandemic last year, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy chief …

Covid lockdown UK: Young black workers are three times as likely to be jobless as whites
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid lockdown UK: Young black workers are three times as likely to be jobless as whites

Daily Mail  

Young black workers are three times as likely to be unemployed as white workers, with more than 40 per cent without jobs in further damning evidence of the harm done to the economy by coronavirus lockdowns. Before the pandemic, between January and March 2020, 10 per cent of young white workers were jobless compared with 25.3 per cent of young …

AP-NORC poll: Many in US still face COVID-19 financial loss
3 years, 10 months ago

AP-NORC poll: Many in US still face COVID-19 financial loss

Associated Press  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Roughly 4 in 10 Americans say they’re still feeling the financial impact of the loss of a job or income within their household as the economic recovery remains uneven one year into the coronavirus pandemic. The poll shows that about half of Americans say they have experienced at least one form of household income loss during the …

Covid: Earlier lockdown in England could have saved more than 20,000 lives, new study says
4 years ago

Covid: Earlier lockdown in England could have saved more than 20,000 lives, new study says

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The study said: “Among control measures implemented, only national lockdown brought the reproduction number below …

Nearly Two-Thirds Of U.S. Households Struck By COVID-19 Face Financial Trouble
4 years, 3 months ago

Nearly Two-Thirds Of U.S. Households Struck By COVID-19 Face Financial Trouble

NPR  

Nearly Two-Thirds Of U.S. Households Struck By COVID-19 Face Financial Trouble Enlarge this image toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images John Moore/Getty Images COVID-19 has caused widespread damage to the economy — so wide that it can be easy to overlook how unevenly households are suffering. Sponsor Message "We had to be quarantined for a while, and me and my husband …

Coronavirus UK: Lockdown 'may kill 75,000' - that's the OFFICIAL projection
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Lockdown 'may kill 75,000' - that's the OFFICIAL projection

Daily Mail  

Nearly 75,000 people could die from non-Covid causes as a result of lockdown, according to devastating official figures buried in a 188-page document. An additional 31,900 could die over the next five years as a result of missed cancer diagnoses, cancelled operations and the health impacts of a recession Many people took the 'stay at home' message to heart in …

Australia records its deadliest day of coronavirus pandemic
4 years, 4 months ago

Australia records its deadliest day of coronavirus pandemic

India Today  

Australia recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic Monday as the government urged hot spot Victoria state to announce its plans to lift a lockdown on the country's second-largest city. While the deaths were a state and national high, the tally of new infections was Victoria's lowest since 67 new cases were recorded on June 30 in the early weeks …

Salary Cuts & Layoffs! Survey Shows Coronavirus Lockdown Severely Impacted Work-Life Balance Of People
4 years, 4 months ago

Salary Cuts & Layoffs! Survey Shows Coronavirus Lockdown Severely Impacted Work-Life Balance Of People

ABP News  

As India continues to reel under the Coronavirus pandemic, a new survey reveals that the lockdown imposed to contain the virus has drastically affected work-life balance of several people owing to salary cuts and layoff. The survey conducted by online by human resource solutions provider Genius Consultants during April-June, stated that nearly 50 per cent of respondents believe that coronavirus-related …

Victorian jobs slump amid stage 4 coronavirus lockdown, but 'COVID recession' bites elsewhere
4 years, 4 months ago

Victorian jobs slump amid stage 4 coronavirus lockdown, but 'COVID recession' bites elsewhere

ABC  

Paula Evans, owner of boutique Tierra Alma in beachside Mordialloc, didn't need the Australian Bureau of Statistics to tell her about the epic economic pain of Melbourne's August lockdown. Key points: Payroll jobs fell 1 per cent around the nation, but 2.8 per cent in Victoria, in the month to August 8 Melbourne entered tough stage 4 coronavirus restrictions on …

Differential impact of COVID-19 and the lockdown
4 years, 4 months ago

Differential impact of COVID-19 and the lockdown

The Hindu  

In his book, The Great Leveler, Walter Scheidel, the Austrian economic historian, argues that throughout human history, there have been four types of catastrophic events that have led to greater economic equality: pandemic, war, revolution and state collapse. The risks extend beyond mortality as the economic consequences of the current pandemic are likely to be most concentrated among the low …

Australia: Five million begin lockdown in Melbourne
4 years, 6 months ago

Australia: Five million begin lockdown in Melbourne

Live Mint  

Five million people in Australia's second-biggest city began a new lockdown Thursday, returning to tough restrictions just weeks after they ended as Melbourne grapples with a resurgence of coronavirus cases. The state of Victoria, which announced a further 165 new cases Thursday, has been effectively sealed off in an effort to preserve the rest of Australia's success in curbing the …

Victoria's coronavirus lockdown won't help an economy that's being held hostage by a pandemic
4 years, 6 months ago

Victoria's coronavirus lockdown won't help an economy that's being held hostage by a pandemic

ABC  

The fate of the economy, at least as far as the eye can see, has been resting on how well the authorities can control the spread of coronavirus. He says the current unemployment rate is actually more like 11.5 per cent, despite Australian Bureau of Statistics figures showing the "headline" rate is a fraction over 7 per cent. "I think …

Those most likely to lose their jobs in Covid-19 crisis also have little to no savings
4 years, 6 months ago

Those most likely to lose their jobs in Covid-19 crisis also have little to no savings

NL Times  

The people who are most likely to lose their jobs during the coronavirus crisis also often have little to no other income or savings to fall back on, central planning office CPB warned in a study into the most vulnerable groups on the labor market during this crisis. According to the CPB, those most likely to lose their jobs are …

Coronavirus has prompted both men and women to do more housework — and nobody's happy about it, new data shows
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus has prompted both men and women to do more housework — and nobody's happy about it, new data shows

ABC  

The gender gap between men and women has narrowed during the coronavirus crisis — but not in a good way, with both genders now more unhappy with their domestic workload. Respondents answer: "I feel rushed or pressed for time" Pre-COVID Now Men Women Men Women Never 2.76 0.33 4.23 2.92 Seldom 10.34 1.84 21.13 18.36 Sometimes 35.17 23.71 26.76 27.96 …

How Covid-19 affected anxiety level among Indians between lockdown 1.0 and unlock 1.0
4 years, 7 months ago

How Covid-19 affected anxiety level among Indians between lockdown 1.0 and unlock 1.0

India Today  

Despite assertions by some public figures and politicians that Covid-19 is mostly a mild influenza-like illness and it should be treated like a common cold, except in some cases of co-morbidities, the coronavirus pandemic has caused immense mental stress among people. According to an online survey, conducted by citizen engagement platform LocalCircles, there has been 166 per cent increase in …

UK unemployment claims surge 69 percent as pandemic takes hold
4 years, 7 months ago

UK unemployment claims surge 69 percent as pandemic takes hold

Al Jazeera  

Coronavirus has ‘major impact on labour market’, says ONS statistician, as claimant count rises to highest since 1996. A measure of the number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the United Kingdom leapt to its highest level since 1996 in April, the first full month of the government’s coronavirus lockdown. The ONS said emergency changes to the UK’s welfare system …

COVID-19, lockdown impact: 27 mn youth in their 20s lost their jobs in April, reveals CMIE
4 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19, lockdown impact: 27 mn youth in their 20s lost their jobs in April, reveals CMIE

Firstpost  

Over 27 million youngsters in their 20s lost their jobs in April. Data from CMIE’s Consumer Pyramids Household Survey reveals youngsters in the age group 20-24 years accounted for 8.5 percent of the total employed persons in the country in 2019-20. Another 14 million jobs were lost in the age-group 25-29 years, the CMIE report said. This group accounted for …

Low-income workers are bearing brunt of coronavirus job losses
4 years, 7 months ago

Low-income workers are bearing brunt of coronavirus job losses

Al Jazeera  

Nearly 40 percent of US adults working in February with a household income below $40,000 reported a job loss in March. The Fed’s Report on the Economic Well-Being of US Households found that financial conditions changed dramatically for American workers who either lost their jobs or had their hours reduced in March or the beginning of April as coronavirus lockdowns …

Coronavirus sent shockwaves through the Australian job market. Here are the numbers you need to know
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus sent shockwaves through the Australian job market. Here are the numbers you need to know

ABC  

They're some of the first solid numbers on the impact COVID-19 restrictions are having on Australians' jobs, and they've been described as "devastating" and "terribly shocking" by Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Prime Minister Scott Morrison described the number as "terribly shocking, although not unanticipated", warning more dire employment numbers would follow Thursday's announcement. It's a drop of 2.4 per cent …

COVID-19 lockdown: April job losses highest among youth, says data
4 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 lockdown: April job losses highest among youth, says data

The Hindu  

Job losses during the lockdown have been disproportionately high among younger Indians, with six crore people between the ages of 20 and 39 losing jobs in April, according to data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. More than 2.7 crore young people in their 20s lost their jobs last month, along with 3.3 crore people in their 30s, said …

Data | 80% of urban workers lost jobs during coronavirus lockdown: survey
4 years, 7 months ago

Data | 80% of urban workers lost jobs during coronavirus lockdown: survey

The Hindu  

According to the Azim Premji University COVID-19 Livelihoods Survey, about 80% of urban workers lost their jobs during the lockdown. image/svg+xml Rural Urban 70 80 Essentials are elusive % of households without money to buy even a week’s worth of essentials. image/svg+xml Rural Urban 34 43 Fall in earnings % average fall in earnings for self-employed non-agricultural workers compared to …

85 per cent daily wagers hit by lockdown in Ahmedabad: Survey
4 years, 8 months ago

85 per cent daily wagers hit by lockdown in Ahmedabad: Survey

India TV News  

At least 85 per cent of daily wagers in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city have lost their regular income during the COVID-19 lockdown, a survey conducted by the Indian Institute of Management here revealed. The nationwide lockdown, which has been in place since March to contain the spread of coronavirus, has rendered several unskilled labourers and daily wagers jobless. "At least 85 …

COVID-19 cost more than 700,000 Australians their jobs in just a week
4 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 cost more than 700,000 Australians their jobs in just a week

ABC  

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a 5.5 per cent slump in jobs in the first week after extensive business shutdowns and social-distancing limits were introduced to contain the virus. Key points: ABS numbers suggest 780,000 jobs were lost as COVID-19 restrictions ramped up Around 90pc of those jobs were lost in the first week of April, after tougher COVID-19 restrictions …

'Extreme' COVID-19 epidemic better than lockdown argues economist, but others strongly disagree
4 years, 8 months ago

'Extreme' COVID-19 epidemic better than lockdown argues economist, but others strongly disagree

ABC  

Economics professor Gigi Foster has drawn severe criticism for saying Australians would have been better off if the economy was never locked down, even if a "very extreme epidemic" had occurred. Key points: Hundreds of economists have urged the Government to ignore calls to relax coronavirus restrictions in Australia An open letter said the hit the economy has taken is …

Job loss, pay cuts worry Indians the most during lockdown: Survey
4 years, 8 months ago

Job loss, pay cuts worry Indians the most during lockdown: Survey

India TV News  

Every 1 in 5 Indians is now worried about losing his or her job as the coronavirus pandemic has shut industries and businesses in India, a new survey warned on Wednesday. Early estimates indicate that millions of jobs are at stake in India and the urban unemployment rate has soared to 30.9 per cent. There has been a marginal decline …

Coronavirus UK: 2million jobs at risk in three-month lockdown
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus UK: 2million jobs at risk in three-month lockdown

Daily Mail  

The economy faces shrinking by more than a third this quarter with two million people made jobless as coronavirus wreaks havoc, the government's watchdog warned today. The UK is forecast to take a 6.5 per cent hit this year, while Italy could see a drop of 9.1 per cent; A total of 406 deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales …

AP-NORC poll: About half of workers lose income due to virus
4 years, 9 months ago

AP-NORC poll: About half of workers lose income due to virus

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — About half of all working Americans report some kind of income loss affecting themselves or a member of their household due to the coronavirus pandemic, with low-income Americans and those without college degrees especially likely to have lost a job, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. “It’s terrible and it’s …

COVID-19 has put jobs in danger. How many workers don't have leave entitlements?
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 has put jobs in danger. How many workers don't have leave entitlements?

ABC  

As the world struggles to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, workers without paid leave entitlements are clearly among the most vulnerable in the sudden economic downturn. In this fact file, RMIT ABC Fact Check takes a look at casual workers and others without paid leave — how their work is defined, how many there are, and what their entitlements include. …

COVID-19 pandemic could make another 25 million jobless
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic could make another 25 million jobless

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic will significantly increase global unemployment, leaving up to 25 million more people out of work, and will dramatically slash workers’ incomes, the United Nations said Wednesday. “This is no longer a global health crisis, it is also a major labour market and economic crisis that is having a huge impact on people,” ILO chief Guy Ryder said …

Poll: Nearly 1 In 5 Households Has Lost Work Because Of Pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

Poll: Nearly 1 In 5 Households Has Lost Work Because Of Pandemic

NPR  

Poll: Nearly 1 In 5 Households Has Lost Work Because Of Pandemic Enlarge this image toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Spencer Platt/Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic has already started to hit American pocketbooks, with nearly 1 in 5 households experiencing a layoff or a reduction in work hours, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. As people stay home, avoid …

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