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Average Pinoy lost about 4 hours of work per week due to pandemic: ILO

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<p>MANILA - On average, Filipinos lost about 4 hours of work per week due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the Philippines registered the most number of work hour losses in 2020 at 13.6 percent compared to the ASEAN average of 8.4 percent, ILO - Asia Pacific labor economist Christian Viegelahn told ANC.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="An ice cream vendor passes by under the Marcos bridge in Marikina City on August 7, 2021. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/business/08/16/20210807-covid-marikina-ecq-gc-0852.jpg"/><figcaption>An ice cream vendor passes by under the Marcos bridge in Marikina City on August 7, 2021. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/13/21/ph-had-most-working-hours-lost-in-asean-due-to-pandemic">Philippines posts most working hours lost in ASEAN due to pandemic: ILO study</a></li></ul>

On average, Filipinos lost about 4 hours of work per week due to the COVID-19 pandemic.