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For 90% workers in India's informal economy, there’s no shelter from COVID-19
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With cities shut down, these workers are migrating home to villages by the hundreds of thousands, potentially spreading the virus along the way.India’s situation isn’t unique Locking down India for 21 days may slow the spread of the new coronavirus, but it's quickening the misery of the hundreds of millions of people who work in the country's informal economy.
By some accounts, these workers make up nearly 90% of India’s labor force, from self-employed trash collectors to stay-at-home garment embroiderers.
Job security is minimal and the safety net is all but nonexistent. With cities shut down, these workers are migrating home to villages by the hundreds of thousands, potentially spreading the virus along the way.India’s situation isn’t
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