SINGAPORE - Never before have governments created safety-nets as wide and deep as those they set up during the Covid-19 pandemic.
From Germany to Japan and Britain, a large chunk of furloughed workers' wages have been paid for by the state. Companies have been shored up with an array of debt-relief schemes.
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