The number of people employed in the nation’s industrial and service sectors increased in October as business activity picked up amid eased concerns over COVID-19, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) has said.
With domestic consumption on the rise, the hospitality and food and beverage industry, which had been hit hard by virus fears, saw the number of employees rise near the level before a local COVID-19 outbreak was detected in May, the agency said.
The number of people employed in the industrial and service sectors totaled about 8.15 million at the end of October, up 31,000, or 0.38 percent,
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