How Would Liberia Deal With the Economic Shock of The Coronavirus Outbreak? Monrovia – Liberia has never completely recovered from the economic impact of the Ebola outbreak that also caused the death of nearly 5,000 people. Consequently, jobs were lost and the government’s revenue generation was ghastly reduced. China, Europe and the United States are also struggling to deal with the economic shock and economists have warned that if the number of cases continues to grow and spread, the global economic damage will increase drastically. Also, with the impact of the outbreak affecting the global economy, smaller countries like Liberia that are import-dependent would obviously face some turbulent times.
Source: Front Page Africa March 19, 2020 03:00 UTC