1. As per a report by the International Labour Organization, 42 lakh youth lost jobs due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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2. The report is based on a regional assessment of the ‘Global Survey on Youth and COVID-19’.
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3. According to the report, two-thirds of firm-level traineeship and three-quarters of internships were completely interrupted during the pandemic.
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4. Youth unemployment rates in the country increased sharply in the first quarter of 2020 from the last quarter of 2019, it said.
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5. The report calls on the government in the region to adopt urgent, large-scale, and targeted measures to generate jobs for the youth.
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