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Covid-19 forces 300,000 Ugandans into poverty

Covid-19 forced at least 300,000 Ugandans into poverty, according to the Uganda National Household Survey, 2019/20.  The survey, conducted by Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos), indicates that during the 2019/20 financial year income poverty, which also means living below the poverty line, worsened during Covid-19, increasing from 19 per cent to 22 per cent.  Covid-19 was first declared in Uganda in March 2020 and continues to ravage much of the country, causing loss of jobs and incomes.  The survey indicates that the number of poor Ugandans during the period increased from eight million to 8.3m people with majority of these living in Busoga, Bukedi and Acholi sub-region.

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