EESC economies in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown measures have significantly affected the economies and societies of the six countries of the EESC. Infections started to occur in March 2020 and rose quite rapidly in the following months. From June to August 2020, new cases tended to decline; however, as of the end of September, all except Azerbaijan were experiencing an increase again. This included the two countries that did not have large caseloads initially: Georgia and Ukraine (figure III.1).

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