10. 为防治这场大流行病而采取的措施“对穷人、低收入者和依靠非正规活动谋生的千百万人产生不利后果”，加剧了饥饿，导致已经高企的失业率和就业不足率进一步恶化24，并对千百万很少或根本没有机会进行集体谈判的工人产生了不利影响。25 在大流行病之前，全球人口中只有 31%享有完善的社会保障；只有大约 33%的儿童享有社会保护；只有 22%的雇员享受失业现金福利；只有 28%的重度残疾人可领取残疾现金津贴。26 当大流行病爆发时，对与就业、中小企业担保、订单和装运合同、保险和维持生计的其他法律制度有关的合同义务普遍适用不可抗力例外的情况也全面爆发。27 这导致人们失业，工资或其他就业福利遭到无限期削减，中小企业担保被取消，因此也丧失了公共和私营的健康和失业保险。据国际劳工组织估计，由于大流行病控制措施，全球将损失 500 万至2,500 万个工作岗位，劳动收入损失 8,600 亿至 3.4 万亿美元。
10. The measures taken to combat the pandemic “have had deleterious consequences for the poor, the low-income earners and the millions who rely on informal activities to eke [out] a living for themselves”, increasing hunger and exacerbating already high unemployment and underemployment rates, 24 and for the millions of workers who have little or no access to collective bargaining.25 Prior to the pandemic, only 31 per cent of the global population was fully covered by social security; only about 33 per cent of children enjoyed social protection; only 22 per cent of the employed enjoyed unemployment cash benefits; and just 28 per cent of persons with severe disabilities received disability cash benefits.26 When the pandemic struck, so did the widespread use of force majeure exceptions to contractual obligations related to employment, small- and medium-sized business guarantees, orders and shipment contracts, insurance and other legal regimes that sustain livelihoods.27 That resulted in loss of employment, the indefinite reduction of salaries or other employment benefits, the revocation of guarantees for small- and medium-sized businesses and the loss of public and private insurance covers for health and unemployment. The International Labour Organization estimates a global loss of between 5 million and 25 million jobs and losses in labour income of between $860 billion to $3.4 trillion, as a result pandemic control measures.