File pic: A Health ministry personnel arriving at a screening centre located at Section 3, Petaling Jaya. - May 10,2020. - SHAARI CHEMAT/The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of unemployed persons spiked by 48.8% to 778,800 in April and the overall unemployment rate increased to 5% as the economy felt the full impact from the lockdown during the Movement Control Order (MCO).
Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said on Monday the closure of operations for most of businesses during the MCO had impacted employment and jobseekers could hardly find jobs.
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