Article 54113 'I don’t know how I’ll survive': the laid-off workers devastated by coronavirus cuts

'I don’t know how I’ll survive': the laid-off workers devastated by coronavirus cuts

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Michael Sainato
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More than 40m Americans have filed for unemployment in two months, and many are struggling to make ends meet

Sandra Rivera Del Valle, a cabin cleaner with airline contractor Eulen America at Orlando airport in Florida, started experiencing cold-like symptoms on 13 March. As a cancer survivor over the age of 60, she was advised by her doctor to quarantine for two weeks as a precaution, as she was unable to get tested for Covid-19.

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I don't have income. I don't know how to pay my mortgage next month. I don't have money for food, bills, utilities

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