Tuesday, April 07, 2020

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Coronavirus: How China’s army of food delivery drivers helped keep country going during outbreak Buying and paying for meals and supplies online was already second nature for many Chinese before the Covid-19 lockdown .... The supply and delivery networks that were already in place were able to work with the authorities in cities like Wuhan ......... “China’s powerful home delivery service makes life much easier at a time of crisis.” ....... “Home delivery played a very important role amid the coronavirus outbreak. To some extent, it prevented people from starving especially in cases when local governments took extreme measures to isolate people.” ...... All of these things have been in place for a long time and the crisis tested its agility and capability to deal with peak demand.” ....... “The surge of online demand for fresh merchandise shows the pandemic helped e-commerce providers further penetrate into the life of customers. It also helped upstream farm producers to know and trust us.” ......... prices had gone up and vegetables were three times more expensive than they had been over Lunar New Year in 2019.



Italy Is Sending Another Warning This is what a country a month into lockdown looks like: desperate, hungry and scared. ........ “As of yet, I haven’t received any government assistance. We have nowhere to turn.” ......

The first European nation to be hit hard by the coronavirus, it has become a harbinger for the rest of Europe and America.

....... The economy is in trouble, bound for a major contraction. And the precariously situated workers — self-employed, seasonal, informal — are suffering the most. It’s not clear how much longer they can survive. ........

“We don’t even know when things will go back to normal.”

....... the measures put in place by the Italian government to ameliorate the worse effects of the crisis — a moratorium on mortgages, loan repayment holidays for businesses and wage protections for those laid off — do not protect them. ...... Mr. Esposito and his family are relying on weekly food parcels from a community center. “Without their help,” he said, “we just wouldn’t have anything to eat.” ....... The government has granted a one-time payment of 600 euros, around $650, to the self-employed and to seasonal workers in the tourist sector. ...... “There are lots of people who are going hungry.

You can see that their behavior is beginning to change.”

Reports of social unrest across the region — shopkeepers forced to give away food, even some thefts — have ruffled a usually close-knit community. “The other night I caught some kids trying to break into my garage,” Mr. Gallinari said. “This is new for us.” ...........

for insecure workers across the world, the siren is ringing.














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