Travel and tourism is the most hit with 3.1 million jobs affected including hotel employees, pubs and restaurants, tour operators, airlines, travel agents and their related suppliers and support services. Gender and Youth is the second most affected with 500,000 jobs lost and at high risk across the sectors. The sports, arts and culture sectors has seen 400,000 jobs lost along the value chain. In the manufacturing sector, 30,000 direct jobs have been lost so far due to overall reduction in demand. Between 100,000 and 150,000 additional indirect jobs have also been lost due to closure of other key sectors such as hospitality.

Source: The Star June 01, 2020 08:48 UTC