Survey: With Covid-19 under control, Malaysians now worried over unemployment, job safety
Monday, 01 Jun 2020 11:48 AM MYTPeople are seen wearing protective masks as they walk along the Bukit Bintang shopping area in Kuala Lumpur May 31, 2020. ― Picture by Firdaus Latif
Concerns over Covid-19, which were at 85 per cent in April 2020, went down 11 per cent to 74 per cent last month. Unemployment has hit record levels in Malaysia as the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the economy, causing businesses to shut down. Employers, who made up of 2.9 per cent of survey respondents or about 4,877 people, had also been hit badly, with 23.8 per cent of them losing their businesses.
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