The British economy took a crushing blow, due to the emerging Corona virus crisis, as the UK’s GDP fell by more than 20% last April, the worst decline since 1997.
The data released by the British Office for National Statistics revealed, on Friday, that the gross domestic product of the United Kingdom contracted by 20.4 percent in April, compared to a decline of 5.8 percent in the previous month of March.
The BBC quoted Jonathan Atho, an expert in the British National Bureau of Statistics, as saying: “It is really unprecedented. The amount of the decline in British GDP during April is 10 times greater than the sharpest contractions recorded.” In the pre-epidemic period. ”
He added, “In fact, most sectors declined, but some were particularly affected. Industries such as aviation fell by 90%, as well as cars, which fell by the same percentage in April. On the other hand, we see that the construction sector declined by 40% and that the impact was widespread.” .