The first wave of the CCP virus pandemic wiped out some 6 million jobs in the European Union, according to a study released on Thursday, with temporary contractors, young and female workers at times hit harder than in the 2008-09 financial crisis. The Eurofound study said teleworking, short-time work schemes and other state support helped protect jobs but also meant more people slid into protracted professional inactivity rather than figuring in unemployment statistics. India Sees Worst Increase Since Christmas as Western State Battles Surge India reported its worst single-day increase in CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus cases since late December on Thursday, as the western state of Maharashtra battled a fresh wave of infections and imposed a lockdown in one of its most densely populated cities. A total of 22,854 new COVID-19 cases, the disease caused by the CCP virus, were reported in the last 24 hours, the health ministry …