Zimbabwe's employment returning almost to pre-pandemic level: survey

HARARE, May 26 (Xinhua) - After a severe initial shock, Zimbabwe's employment has gradually returned almost to the pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, particularly in urban areas, according to findings of a survey jointly done by the World Bank and Zimbabwe's national statistics agency, ZIMSTAT.

According to findings of the Rapid Poverty, Income, Consumption and Expenditure Survey (PICES) Round Six released on Thursday, 51 percent of the people were working during the first PICES survey done between July 6 and 24, 2020, when the country was going through its first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.