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More than one million cargo ship workers are working seven days a week because the coronavirus pandemic means they're not being allowed to disembark.
According to the South China Morning Post, there are about 50,000 merchant vessels in the world, and each vessel has an average crew of 22 people. The BBC reported there are currently 1.6 million seafarers caught in limbo.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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