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Poverty and covid-19

This week, explore how covid-19 and poverty are linked. Answer questions like: what is poverty? Does every person in poverty face the same difficulties? And what impact has the pandemic had on people in poverty?

Published 01 June 2021

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Download this Headline to use numeracy skills to help you answer questions and see what the numbers tell us about the link between covid-19 and poverty.

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