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Covid 19: Making the poor poorer

By France24
05 July 2020   |   9:00 am
Every day thousands of people around the world continue to become direct casualties of the Covid-19. But there’s another group slowly emerging -- indirect victims who have not contracted the virus but are suffering its consequences. Our reporter Julie Dungelhoff went to meet a temporary worker and cleaner who have been hard hit by the crisis.

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