Polish unemployment up to 6% in May: stats office

Unemployment in Poland rose to 6 percent in May, from 5.8 percent in April, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Wednesday, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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The figure was in line with an earlier estimate by the country’s labour minister.

There were around 1,011,700 people without jobs at the end of May, up from 965,800 a month earlier, according to the state-run statistics agency.

Registered #unemployment rate in #Poland in May 2020 amounted to 6.0% and was higher than in April 2020 (5,8%).

More information in recent #StatisticsPoland's Statistical Bulletin 5/2020: https://t.co/b0XIh0b8jS#RegisteredUnemployment #LabourMarket #labour #statistics pic.twitter.com/edcStk62kY

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) June 24, 2020

Poland’s Labour Minister Marlena Maląg said this month that some 5 million jobs have been saved throughout the country thanks to measures including a massive relief and stimulus package that aims to shield the economy from the coronavirus.

By Wednesday, Poland had reported a total of 32,527 coronavirus infections and 1,375 deaths from the COVID-19 respiratory disease.

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Source: PAP