en-us	COVID-19 lockdown and containment measures threaten to increase relative poverty levels among the world’s informal economy workers by as much as 56 percentage points in low-income countries, says a new briefing paper issued by the International Labour Organization. 
zh-cn	国际劳工组织最新发布的简报指出，为应对2019冠状病毒病疫情而采取的封城和限制措施可能使低收入国家的非正规经济劳动者的相对贫困水平增加高达56个百分点。  

en-us	As many as 1.6 billion of the world’s two billion informal economy workers are affected by lockdown and containment measures.  
zh-cn	全世界20亿非正规经济劳动者中，多达16亿将受到封城和限制措施影响。 

en-us	Most are working in the hardest-hit sectors or in small units more vulnerable to shocks. 
zh-cn	他们中的大多数在受疫情打击最严重的部门或更易受疫情冲击的小企业工作， 

en-us	These include workers in accommodation and food services, manufacturing, wholesale and retail, and the more than 500 million farmers producing for the urban market.  
zh-cn	包括住宿和食品服务业、制造业、批发零售业以及为城市市场供给的5亿多农民。 

en-us	Women are particularly affected in high-risk sectors, the report says. 
zh-cn	报告指出，在高风险部门工作的女性尤其受到影响。 

en-us	In addition, with these workers needing to work to feed their families, COVID-19 containment measures in many countries cannot be implemented successfully.  
zh-cn	此外，这些劳动者需要（外出）工作以养家糊口，许多国家为控制疫情采取的限制措施因而不能有效实施， 

en-us	This is endangering governments’ efforts to protect the population and fight the pandemic.  
zh-cn	这危害到政府保护人们免受感染和抗击疫情的努力。 

en-us	It may become a source of social tension in countries with large informal economies, the report says. 
zh-cn	报告指出，这可能成为非正规经济大国社会冲突的根源。 

en-us	More than 75 per cent of total informal employment takes place in businesses of fewer than ten workers, including 45 per cent of independent workers without employees. 
zh-cn	非正规就业的75%以上是在雇员少于10人的企业中，包括45%没有任何雇员的独立工人。 

en-us	With most informal workers having no other means of support, they face an almost unsolvable dilemma: to die from hunger or from the virus, the briefing says.  
zh-cn	简报指出，由于大部分非正规劳动者没有其他维持生计的办法，他们面临一个几乎无法解决的两难困境：死于饥饿或者死于病毒。 

en-us	This has been exacerbated by disruptions in food supplies, which has particularly affected those in the informal economy. 
zh-cn	粮食供应的中断加剧了这一情形，对非正规经济中的劳动者影响更为严重。 

en-us	or the world’s 67 million domestic workers, 75 per cent of whom are informal workers, unemployment has become as threatening as the virus itself.  
zh-cn	对全世界6700万家政工人来说（其中75%是非正规工人），失业 造成跟病毒同等的威胁。 

en-us	Many have not been able to work, whether at the request of their employers or in compliance with lockdowns.  
zh-cn	由于雇主要求或者封城规定，许多家政工人无法工作； 

en-us	Those who do continue to go to work face a high risk of contagion, caring for families in private households.  
zh-cn	继续去私人居所里照顾家庭则面临传染的高风险。 

en-us	For the 11 million migrant domestic workers the situation is even worse. 
zh-cn	对于1100万移民家庭工人来说，情况甚至更糟。 

en-us	“The COVID-19 crisis is exacerbating already existing vulnerabilities and inequalities,” says Philippe Marcadent, Chief of the ILO’s INWORK branch.  
zh-cn	“2019冠状病毒病危机加剧了业已存在的脆弱性和不平等。”国际劳工组织包容性劳动力市场、劳资关系以及工作条件处处长菲利普·马卡登（Philippe Marcadent）指出。 

en-us	Policy responses must ensure that support reaches the workers and enterprises who need it most. 
zh-cn	应对政策必须确保支持措施能够覆盖那些最需要支持的劳动者和企业。 

en-us	The countries with the largest informal economies where full lockdowns have been adopted, are suffering the most from the consequences of the pandemic.  
zh-cn	非正规经济规模大且采取了全面封城措施的国家，遭受疫情影响最为严重。 

en-us	Countries need to follow a multi-track strategy that combines several lines of actions relating to both the health and economic impacts of the pandemic, says the ILO. 
zh-cn	国际劳工组织指出，各国应多措并举、多管齐下，采取与医疗卫生和经济影响相关的多种措施和行动。 

en-us	Among its recommendations, the report highlights the need for policies that reduce the exposure of informal workers to the virus;  
zh-cn	报告在其建议中着重强调，需要制定政策减少非正规经济劳动者接触病毒的机会； 

en-us	ensure that those infected have access to health care; 
zh-cn	确保感染者能够获得救治； 

en-us	provide income and food support to individuals and their families;  
zh-cn	为个人和其家庭提供收入和食品支持； 

en-us	and prevent damage to the economic fabric of countries.
zh-cn	以及防止疫情损害国家的经济组成和结构。