{"id":69260,"date":"2020-11-21T09:26:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T09:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=69260"},"modified":"2020-11-21T09:26:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T09:26:57","slug":"hairdresser-24-dies-suicide-coronavirus-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=69260","title":{"rendered":"Hairdresser, 24, dies by suicide during coronavirus shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 24-year-old hairdresser has taken her own life after she invested her savings to open a salon and was forced to close amid\u00a0the financial crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

Alysson Jadin \u2013 from the city of Liege, Belgium \u2013 died by suicide on Monday.<\/p>\n

The young hairdresser was allegedly devastated she had to close down her hair salon after investing the entirety of her savings to open it just a few months ago in August.<\/p>\n

Even though she was aware businesses were suffering due to the pandemic, Ms Jadin believed in her dream so much she decided to take the risk and invest her savings of \u20ac25,000 (AU$40,828) to open up the salon.<\/p>\n

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In a recent interview with local media, she said: \u201cSome thought that was daring, but if you don’t go for it you won’t get anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though businesses in Belgium are offered financial aid by the government to alleviate the Covid crisis, Ms Jadin’s salon was not eligible due to not being in business for long enough.<\/p>\n

Soon she was faced with the harsh reality in the peak of the pandemic as government measures forced all non-essential businesses to close at the beginning of this month.<\/p>\n

Belgium will be in lockdown until the middle of December, with non-essential shops and businesses that provide personal services \u2013 such as hair salons \u2013 closed, the BBC reported.<\/p>\n

The country has more than 553,000 coronavirus cases with more than 15,300 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.<\/p>\n

As quoted by news outlet HLN, Ms Jadin said in an interview two weeks ago: \u201cIt is true that I can no longer provide for my basic needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cFood, heating, invoices that have to be paid, it is all very difficult financially.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to make \u2018ethical\u2019 choices: do I pay the electricity bill so that my clippers continue to work or do I fill the fridge with food?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Jadin also said her accountant had advised her to close the business, which she refused to do after only three short months.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ll do whatever it takes, more hours if I need to, because after such a short time we do not announce a bankruptcy just like that, not after putting everything we had in it,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

It is not clear what other possible motives could have played into the young woman’s choice.<\/p>\n

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