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rise to about 9%.
Within two weeks of the March 12 quarantine declaration, 60% of Ukrainians interviewed by Info Sapiens agency say they are suffering financial losses. ​About half of 809 people interviewed by telephone said they stopped going to work or school. Of interviewees who had jobs, only 46% say they will receive full salary for March. Of the group that lost jobs or income, 45% say they only have enough money for March. And 34% say they have money to get through March and April.
If the crisis goes badly then up to half a million Ukrainians could find themselves out of work says the government.
Poland’s farmers and builders are lobbying Warsaw to hold on to their Ukrainian workers.​ About 20% of Poland’s Ukrainian construction workers have gone home and won’t come back until borders are reopened, Poland’s Association of Construction Employers warns in a Bloomberg article headlined: “Shut Border Risks $47bn Migrant-Based Polish Industry.” Similarly, Poland’s Farmers and Agricultural Organizations tells Euractiv: “Employees from Ukraine permit Poland to maintain the same level of production in the food industry.” With an eye to Germany’s move last week to guarantee that season farm workers keep coming, Poland plans to extend visas and to suspend fines for overstays, Reuters reports from Warsaw.
In poll conducted earlier in the week of March 24, Gradus, the marketing agency, found that 57% of respondents said they do not have the savings to get through one month​. In eastern Ukraine, people on average said they only have enough money for two weeks.
In the first 12 days of Ukraine’s March quarantine, job applicants to the hh.ua placement agency jumped by almost 60%. Compared to February, new applicants are more male, more experienced and more managerial, the job agency reports. Job applicants from March 12-23 were 63% male, compared to 53% in February. In March, 67% had more than six years of experience, compared to 53% in February. The company says it works with 77,000 companies and has 1.3mn resumes on files. Separately, an American lawyer tells the UBN that he posted an opening for a lawyer on Wednesday and got 100 CVs by Friday.
22​ UKRAINE Country Report​ April 2018 ​ ​www.intellinews.com