With the gradual incorporation of economic activities in
Phase 3 of the country's economic reactivation, a total of 3.4 million private jobs will have been recovered,
Deputy Labor Minister Juan Carlos Requejo estimated.
According to the government official, 2.2 million jobs were expected to be created during Phase 1, about 600,000 jobs in
Phase 2, and another 600,000 in Phase 3.
In this way, 3.4 million people would return to work in the private sector during the first three phases of the economic reopening plan.
Requejo informed that the economically active population (EAP) working in the formal private sector in Peru total around 3.8 million people.
"We are seeing that 500,000 jobs have yet to be reactivated in the last phase," he said in remarks to TV Peru.
The government official pointed out that the country will emerge from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as economic engines restart progressively.
"This requires teamwork. Let us observe health measures, hand washing, the use of face masks, and social distancing," he emphasized.
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Publicado: 3/7/2020