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Young Mexican workers are desperate for jobs in Business and Economic News
“22-year-old looking for cleaning jobs, please help.”
“Looking for work,” writes an 18-year-old. “I have tattoos.”
These cries for help have been posted on a Facebook group for young people seeking employment in the Mexican city of Guadalajara last month.
Some claims are short and concise. Others provide more details on the struggles of young Mexicans who lost their jobs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
“I’m a stylist, but I lost my job because of the pandemic,” wrote one young mother of three. “I’m looking for any work I can do, urgently, thank you.”
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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:
ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s minister for planning and development warned his countrymen Friday that the number of critically ill COVID-19 patients is rapidly increasing and the next few weeks will be critical for the impoverished Islamic nation.
Asad Umar, who oversees Pakistan’s response to the coronavirus, said as many as 5,360 patients with COVID-19 were on oxygen support at hospitals. That is 57% more than the number of COVID-19 patients who were critically ill during Pakistan s previous outbreak peak in June, he said.
ROME â Italy is nearing its goal of administering a half-million COVID-19 vaccines a day.
Premier Mario Draghiâs office said early Friday that provisional data indicates some 497,993 doses were administered on Thursday, a daily record.
Italyâs vaccine czar has aimed to have at least 500,000 shots administered per day by the end of April, to reach the goal of inoculating 80% of the population by September. Italy was the one-time epicenter of the outbreak in Europe and still has the worldâs sixth highest confirmed death toll at 120,544, second only to Britain in Europe.
The vaccination campaign got off to a slow start because of delivery delays, logistical hiccups and organizational decisions that didnât fully prioritize Italyâs oldest and most vulnerable residents. Some 300 people are still dying each day.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy ended the state's disaster declaration for COVID-19, saying the state is in a position where the declaration is no longer necessary