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Mido 2021 | Digital Edition

These are the numbers of the digital edition of Mido 2021: Almost 50,000

interactions on the business platform, 438 display pages, more than 5,700 registered users, 50% international attendance

Mido

Loss of working hours

In 2020, 8.8%

of global working hours were lost relative to the fourth quarter of 2019, equivalent to 255 million full-time jobs. Working-hour losses in 2020 were approximately four times greater than during the global financial crisis in 2009.

International Labour Organization (ILO)

G20 GPD growth

Year-on-year GDP growth of the G20 area rebounded to

CL compliance level in students

3.4%

in the first quarter of 2021, following a contraction of (minus) 0.7% in the previous quarter. Among G20 economies, China, which was affected by COVID-19 at an earlier stage than other countries, recorded the highest annual growth (18.3%), while the UK recorded the largest annual fall (minus 6.1%).

OECD 266 university students with an average age of 22 years completed an online questionnaire in Spain. The findings:

39.1%

complied with the replacement schedule, 63.6 % report more hours of wear that recommended, 64.9 % have not been informed about potential risks of CL wear, 42.1 % expose their CL to water frequently.

DOI 10.1016/j.clae.2021.01.006

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