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2020-12-14 18:06:00 GMT2020-12-15 02:06:00(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Matthew Rusling
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) Kara Ross, president and CEO of Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, said the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the local economy hard. Lots of people here have service industry jobs like restaurants or hotels or tourism. Even if they re employed, their hours have been cut, Ross told Xinhua.
With a surge of people struggling to make ends meet, the area s food insecurity rate has skyrocketed to 40 percent, from a pre-pandemic 14 percent, Ross said.
The situation mirrors that of communities nationwide, as government-imposed lockdowns and draconian restrictions have sparked high jobless rates not seen since the massive recession that followed the 2007-2008 economic meltdown.
by Matthew Rusling WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) Kara Ross, president and CEO of Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, said the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the local economy hard. Lots of people here have service industry jobs like restaurants or hotels or tourism. Even if they re employed, their hours have been cut, Ross told Xinhua. With a surge of people struggling to make ends meet, the area s food insecurity rate has skyrocketed to 40 percent, from a pre-pandemic 14 percent, Ross said. The situation mirrors that of communities nationwide, as government-imposed lockdowns and draconian restrictions have sparked high jobless rates not seen since the massive recession that followed the 2007-2008 economic meltdown.