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Chile's president said the 'emergency measures' would benefit 2.6 million informal workers. A woman wearing a preventive face shield attends the market, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Santiago, Chile Chilean President sabastin pinera on Wednesday announced a fresh two-billion-dollar fund to help support the country's informal workers as the COVID-19 out break continues to batter the South American nation's economy. Chile's government had previously announced a nearly $12bn stimulus package, worth nearly 5 percent of all goods and services produced in the country, aimed at saving jobs and protecting small businesses. The new measures announced by Pinera on Wednesday seek to aid those not covered by the previous package, a sign of the deepening crisis in Chile. The world's top copper producer has already confirmed more than 5,000 cases of the novel coronavirus, among the highest talli

The demands on the nation's delivery drivers are immense, but even after the death of a worker, few expect change. A group of Coupang delivery workers prepares to go to work; the coronavirus outbreak has increased their workload but stalled talks on improving working conditions Seoul, South Korea  - In the middle of last month, a delivery driver for Coupang, South Korea's biggest online marketplace, was found dead between the fourth and fifth floors of the apartment building where he was supposed to be delivering a package. The man, known only as Mr Kim, was in his 40s and had only been doing the job for a month. The official cause of death was heart disease, but the tragedy convinced Ha Woong, a 34-year-old delivery worker at the same company, to step up his campaign for better pay and shorter hours. "I think he died from overwork and the pressure to deliver packages quickly," Ha said. "I think poor working co