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Poverty alert

Evangelical Alliance UK

The Evangelical Alliance is warning that Covid-19 will plunge more of the world into poverty.

Catherine Da Souza said: ‘The World Bank defines extreme poverty as those living on less than the equivalent of £1.55 a day and they estimate that 49 million people will be pushed into extreme poverty because of the impact of Covid-19. This will be the first increase in global poverty since 1998.’