Furloughed worker numbers hit new high since local COVID surge in May

The number of workers on formal furlough programs in Taiwan as of the end of August hit a new high of more than 58,000 since a surge in domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases in mid-May, the Ministry of Labor (MOL) said Wednesday.

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