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A pharmacist in France puts up an indication reading ‘protective facemasks are offered’.
The eurozone economy shrank at the sharpest rate on record in the first quarter as the Covid-19 pandemic forced countries into lockdown.
A very first quote of GDP in between January and March revealed a contraction of 3.8%, worse than during the financial crisis.
Separate figures exposed a high fall in economic activity in France and Spain over the exact same duration.
In Germany, unemployment has increased though it remains reasonably low compared to other nations.