Health and economic measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic- Effect on street vendors.
COVID-19
coronavirus
economy>
human rights
informal workers
poverty
Journal
Journal of infection in developing countries
ISSN: 1972-2680
Titre abrégé: J Infect Dev Ctries
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 101305410
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 03 2021
07 03 2021
Historique:
received:
13
07
2020
accepted:
11
01
2021
entrez:
10
3
2021
pubmed:
11
3
2021
medline:
23
3
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
COVID-19 pandemic affects human health and the global economy. Its evolution is unpredictable, making it hard for governments to provide response actions suited for all populations. Meanwhile, informal street workers carry on with their labor despite contingency measures to sustain their lives. The objective was to conduct a case-control study to become aware of how street vendors' economy is affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. During phase 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic in a Mexican suburban city. We interviewed informal street vendors (cases) and formal employees (controls). Before mobility restrictions were in place, population income came 1.5% from formal employment and 23.5% from informal employment (street vendors). Informal employees lived on less than the equivalent of 1.5 Big Macs per day (p <0.001). After the contingency measures, formal employment kept the same, while the informal employment ratio increased to 57.4% (p < 0.001). The street vendors were almost 100-times less likely to be concerned about the coronavirus outbreak (p < 0.001) and were 38-times less likely to stop working compared with the formal workers (p < 0.001). We have proven that street vendors are a sector of the population that is highly vulnerable to significant economic loss due to contingency measures. Informal workers cannot stop working despite the "Stay at Home" initiative because the government has not implemented strategies that guarantee their survival and their families. Therefore, street vendors continue to be a source of the virus's spread throughout cities.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
198-203Informations de copyright
Copyright (c) 2021 Jessica C Romero-Michel, Karen A Mokay-Ramirez, Marina Delgado-Machuca, Josuel Delgado-Enciso, Nomely S Aurelien-Cabezas, Daniel Tiburcio-Jimenez, Carmen Meza-Robles, Osiris G Delgado-Enciso, Jose Guzman Esquivel, Sergio A Zaizar-Fregoso, Margarita L Martinez Fierro, Iram P Rodriguez Sanchez, Valery Melnikov, Carlos E Barajas-Saucedo, Agustin Lara-Esqueda, Ivan Delgado-Enciso.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
No Conflict of Interest is declared