Coronavirus has hit China’s migrant workers harder than Sars and the financial crisis, but worst yet to come

In early January, when a mysterious “new pneumonia” started to ripple across parts of China, domestic worker Zou Lan caught a cold.Though authorities had yet to announce the unprecedented threat the coronavirus posed, her employer asked her to take some rest. She has been unable to return to work since.Penniless and with three kids to support, the single mother – who had worked in Nanjing for more than 10 years – has been trying to find a job for four months. After multiple failed job…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3085904/coronavirus-has-hit-chinas-migrant-workers-harder-sars-and