One third of households have experienced a drop in income due to the restrictions related to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a media poll. Nearly half of all employees and three out of every four self-employed workers said they had felt the negative impacts of the coronavirus crisis. 11% of households experienced a significant drop in income and 20% of households faced a moderate drop at the beginning of May. The others said their income remained the same or even showed an increase.
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