In the past two years, following the apparently ill-planned lockdown, the situation became much worse. Photo: iStock
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In any region where this happens, the human cost is only one horrendous outcome. Copious research has shown that the effects of damaging what is the potential future labour force in this way is seriously harmful to society at large in social, economic and, often, political terms.
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